Series C · Founded 2013

Notion

Connected workspace combining documents, databases, wikis and lightweight project management.

San Francisco900 employeesCEO Ivan Zhaonotion.so ↗

Overview

Notion's flexibility is both its moat and its ceiling: teams adopt it enthusiastically and then hit governance limits at scale. Recent investment has gone into search, permissions and AI retrieval to address exactly that.

Key metrics

ARR: $580M
Registered users: 100M+
Paid seats: 4.1M
Free-to-paid conversion: 3.8%

Products

Notion

Connected workspace where documents, databases and wikis share one flexible model.

★ 4.6$0 / $10 per user / month

Timeline

2018
Notion 2.0
Database blocks turned a note app into a workspace platform.
2021
$10B valuation
Raised $275M as remote work drove workspace consolidation.
2023
Notion AI
Shipped an AI writing and retrieval layer as a paid add-on.
2026
Enterprise search
Cross-tool retrieval launched to defend against wiki consolidation.

Compensation at Notion

Reported median total compensation by role.

software engineer	$241k
product manager	$232k
product designer	$226k

Competitors

Atlassian

Software team tooling anchored by Jira and Confluence, sold with minimal sales touch.

Airtable

Relational database with a spreadsheet interface, used to build internal operational apps.

FAQ

Common questions

What does Notion do?

Connected workspace combining documents, databases, wikis and lightweight project management.

How many people work at Notion?

Notion has approximately 900 employees, headquartered in San Francisco.

Is Notion hiring?

No open roles are currently listed for Notion. New postings are synced on a rolling basis.

Who are Notion's main competitors?

Atlassian, Airtable.