Monday.com vs Notion Comparison
Compare Monday.com vs Notion features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
monday CRM
7.4/10
Sales CRM built on the monday.com work platform, with pipeline, lead and contact boards, email tracking, sequences and AI sales agents, for small and mid-sized sales teams.
Notion
7.1/10
Connected workspace combining docs, wikis, relational databases and AI agents that teams use for knowledge management and lightweight project tracking.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.4/10 | 7.1/10 |
| Integration | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Security | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Customization | 8/10 | 9/10 |
| Ease of Use | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Scalability | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Support | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | $18/user/mo Basic | $12/user/mo Plus |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | $180/mo Basic | Free Free |
| Features | ||
| Marketing Automation | Not listed | |
| Collaboration | Not listed | |
| Lead Management | Not listed | |
| Integrations | Not listed | |
| Sales Automation | Not listed | |
| Opportunity Management | Not listed | |
| Contact Management | Not listed | |
| Reporting & Analytics | Not listed | |
| Mobile Access | Not listed | |
| Databases | Not listed | |
| Docs | Not listed | |
| File sharing | Not listed | |
| App integrations | Not listed | |
| Task management | Not listed | |
| Collaboration tools | Not listed | |
| Knowledge base | Not listed | |
monday CRM vs Notion cost by team size
Notion costs less from 5 users.
| Team size | monday CRM | Notion |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | Contact for pricing | FreeFree |
| 5 users | $90/moBasic | FreeFree |
| 10 users | $180/moBasic | FreeFree |
| 25 users | $450/moBasic | FreeFree |
| 50 users | $900/moBasic | FreeFree |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose monday CRM
- Higher Analytics score (7/10 vs 5/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (8/10 vs 7/10)
Why choose Notion
- Has a free plan (monday CRM does not)
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: Free vs $180/mo
- Higher Customization score (9/10 vs 8/10)
- Better fit for freelancers (7/10 vs 3/10)
- Better fit for startups (9/10 vs 6/10)
Pros & Cons
monday CRM
Pros
- Uses the same flexible board model as monday work management, so teams already on monday.com can link sales pipelines to project delivery.
- Built-in AI agents score and enrich leads, flag stalled deals and summarize calls without a separate tool.
- Gmail and Outlook sync fills CRM fields from emails automatically, which cuts manual data entry for reps.
- Strong review scores of about 4.6 on G2 and 4.7 on Capterra, according to third-party summaries.
Cons
- Three-seat minimum and bucketed seats mean small teams pay for seats they do not use, and there is no free plan.
- Basic is very restricted, with one dashboard, 1,000 contacts and five columns per board, which pushes most teams to Standard or Pro.
- G2 reviewers often say it lacks features found in dedicated sales CRMs, especially native calling, texting and template automation.
- Email sequences and mass emails are reserved for Pro, and monthly billing costs much more than annual billing (41 versus 28 USD per seat on Pro).
Notion
Pros
- Relational databases and nested pages let teams build their own trackers, wikis and project systems without a fixed workflow.
- Docs, knowledge base, calendar, forms and published sites are bundled in one workspace, which can replace several separate tools.
- Business includes AI agents, meeting notes and cross-app Enterprise Search without a separate per-seat AI add-on.
- Enterprise security covers SCIM, audit logs, SIEM and DLP connections, and zero data retention with AI providers.
- Strong review ratings, around 4.6 on G2 and 4.7 on Capterra.
Cons
- Reviewers repeatedly report slow loading and lag in large databases and workspaces.
- Offline support is weak and the mobile app does less than the desktop app.
- Plus includes only an AI trial, so teams that want working AI must pay for Business.
- Since late 2026, AI use beyond the monthly credit allowances pauses unless an admin buys extra credits, and some legacy discounted customers have reported large increases at renewal.
- Teams must design their own structure before it works well for project management, and new users describe the setup as unintuitive.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Notion costs less for 10 users: free on its Free plan, against about $180/mo on its Basic plan for monday CRM, billed monthly.
Notion has a free plan; monday CRM does not list one.
Notion is the better fit for freelancers: we rate it 7/10 for them, against 3/10 for monday CRM.
