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Monday CRMvsNotion

TL;DR

monday CRM runs four tiers from $12 per seat per month billed annually ($18 monthly) on Basic with 1,000 active contacts and deals, $17 on Standard with the AI agents and 10,000 contacts, and $28 on Pro with 100,000 contacts; Ultimate is quoted. Plans start at three users and the CRM has no free version, only a 14-day trial. Notion is priced per member with the yearly option selected: Free at $0, Plus at $10 and Business at $20, with no seat minimum and Enterprise quoted.

monday CRM publishes four tiers. Basic is $12 per seat a month billed annually ($18 monthly) with 1,000 active contacts and deals, one workspace, one dashboard, five columns per board and 20 quotes or invoices a month. Standard rises to $17 annually ($25 monthly) and adds the AI agents, the outreach caller, lead sourcer, meeting prep, AI meeting notetaker and a build-your-own agent, plus three workspaces, 10,000 contacts, 250 automations a month and the mobile apps. Pro is $28 annually ($41 monthly) with 15 workspaces, 100,000 contacts, 25,000 automations and mass email. Ultimate is quoted and lists unlimited records, 25,000 API calls a day and HIPAA compliance. The page states plans start from three users and that there is no free version, only a 14-day trial.

Notion is priced per member, shown with the yearly option selected. Free is $0 per member a month for individuals. Plus is $10 per member a month yearly and lifts the block and file-upload limits for teams. Business is $20 per member a month yearly and adds the Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes, Enterprise Search, SAML SSO and private teamspaces. Enterprise is quoted with zero data retention, SCIM and audit logs. The page offers up to 20% off yearly, Custom Agents are free to try and then billed at $10 per 1,000 monthly Notion credits, and a custom domain for published sites costs $8 a month billed annually or $10 monthly. Notion applies no seat minimum, because the per-member price starts at one.

Pros & cons

👍 Monday CRM Pros

  • Basic is $12 per seat a month billed annually ($18 monthly) with 1,000 active contacts and deals
  • The AI agents, outreach caller, lead sourcer, meeting prep and notetaker, arrive at Standard from $17
  • Pro at $28 billed annually covers 100,000 contacts, 25,000 automations a month and mass email sequences
  • Quotes and invoices are built in: 20 a month on Basic, 50 on Standard and 250 on Pro
  • Ultimate publishes unlimited records, 25,000 API calls a day and HIPAA compliance even though its price is quoted
  • Contact, automation and column limits are printed on the pricing page instead of being left to a sales call

👎 Monday CRM Cons

  • Plans start from three users, so a single operator pays for three seats
  • There is no free version of monday CRM: the entry route is a 14-day trial
  • The 1,000-contact cap on Basic forces an upgrade as soon as the pipeline grows
  • Asking for more than 40 users moves the price to a sales quote
  • Prices exclude tax and the page notes the final figure is set by the buyer's billing country

👍 Notion Pros

  • Free is $0 per member a month with databases, calendars and published pages
  • Plus at $10 per member with yearly billing undercuts monday CRM's $12 a seat entry
  • Business at $20 per member adds the Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes and Enterprise Search
  • There is no seat minimum, so the per-member price starts at a single user
  • Custom Agents are free to try and then cost $10 per 1,000 monthly Notion credits
  • Yearly billing is advertised to save up to 20%

👎 Notion Cons

  • There is no sales pipeline: contacts, deal stages, quotes and sequences have to be built from databases
  • Page history runs 7 days on Free, 30 on Plus and 90 on Business before becoming unlimited on Enterprise
  • External guests are capped at 10 on the Free plan
  • SAML SSO needs Business and SCIM needs the quoted Enterprise tier
  • Custom Agents and Workers draw on Notion credits, and a custom domain costs $8 or $10 a month

Side by side

FeatureMonday CRMNotion
Starting paid priceBasic $12 per seat a month billed annually ($18 monthly)Plus $10 per member a month with yearly billing
Free tierNo free version; 14-day trial, plans from three usersFree $0 per member with databases, calendars and published pages
Mid tierStandard $17 billed annually ($25 monthly) with 10,000 contacts and the AI agentsBusiness $20 per member a month with yearly billing, the Notion Agent and SAML SSO
Top tierPro $28 billed annually ($41 monthly) with 100,000 contacts; Ultimate quoted with unlimited recordsEnterprise quoted with SCIM, audit logs and zero data retention
Billing unitPer seat, minimum three users; more than 40 users goes to a quotePer member, no minimum; free for individuals
Contact limits1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 active contacts and deals; unlimited on UltimateNo contact meter; records live in databases governed by plan limits
Automations and quotas250 custom automations a month on Standard and 25,000 on Pro; 20 to 250 quotes a monthDatabases, charts and forms by plan; Custom Agents and Workers need Notion credits
AIOutreach caller, lead sourcer, meeting prep, notetaker and workflow builder from StandardLimited AI trial on Free and Plus; Notion Agent, Meeting Notes and Enterprise Search on Business
Currency and taxUS dollars, tax excluded, final price set by the billing countryUS dollars for plans with the yearly option; custom domains and Notion credits also in dollars
Best fitSales teams that want quotes, sequences and contact caps priced per seatTeams that want one workspace for docs and a light CRM at a per-member price

Verdict

Pick Monday CRM if

Pick monday CRM when the pipeline needs quotes and caps

Quotes, invoices, sequences and the AI agents arrive finished, contacts are capped at a published number on each tier, and the entry price of $12 a seat billed annually spans three seats. It is a sales tool rather than a workspace, and the contact ceiling is a floor for budgeting rather than a surprise.

Pick Notion if

Pick Notion when the workspace is the product

Plus at $10 per member undercuts monday CRM's entry seat, there is no seat minimum, and the same subscription carries docs, databases, meeting notes and the Notion Agent. A sales pipeline has to be assembled from databases, but most teams already keep their documents in Notion.

What the vendors say, and what we did not measure

Vendor-published figures only: we collected no independent reviews, ratings or user quotations for monday CRM or Notion in this run, so the around 250,000 customers figure on monday's page and Notion's stated user and Fortune 100 counts are the vendors' own. Prices were read from the monday.com/crm and notion.com pricing pages, both quoted in US dollars; monday CRM shows monthly and annual figures while Notion's plan prices are shown with yearly billing selected.

Who Should Use Which?

Use Monday CRM if you...

  • Sales teams that need quotes, invoices and email sequences out of the box
  • Teams that want AI outreach and meeting notes inside the seat price
  • Organisations needing HIPAA compliance and 25,000 API calls a day on the quoted tier

Use Notion if you...

  • Small teams that want one per-member price across docs, projects and a light CRM
  • Companies whose deal tracking fits inside a Notion database rather than a CRM object model
  • Teams that already run their wiki on Notion and want the CRM beside it

FAQ

Is monday CRM cheaper than Notion?

Not on the entry number. monday CRM Basic is $12 per seat a month billed annually ($18 monthly) and starts at three seats, while Notion Plus is $10 per member with no minimum. Once monday CRM's AI agents and quotes are counted, the $12 seat buys more sales tooling.

Does monday CRM have a free plan?

No. The monday CRM pricing page states the first option to use it free is a 14-day trial, after which a paid plan is required. Notion has a standing Free plan at $0 per member, without an expiry.

What are monday CRM's contact limits?

1,000 active contacts and deals on Basic, 10,000 on Standard, 100,000 on Pro and unlimited on Ultimate. Notion does not meter contacts; its records sit in databases governed by block and upload limits on each plan.

How many seats does monday CRM require?

Plans start from three users, the page states, and a team of more than 40 users has to request a quote. Notion charges per member from the first one, with Free covering individuals at $0.

Which one includes AI?

monday CRM adds the outreach caller, lead sourcer, meeting prep, notetaker and AI workflow builder from Standard at $17 billed annually. Notion gives a limited AI trial on Free and Plus and places the Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes and Enterprise Search on Business at $20 per member.

What extra costs sit outside the seat price?

Notion lists a custom domain at $8 a month billed annually or $10 monthly, and Custom Agents at $10 per 1,000 monthly credits. monday CRM folds quotes, invoices and automations into the seat price and quotes Ultimate by contact.

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reviewed · data sourced from official product pages · sources: monday.com, notion.so