Notion’s Landing Page Is Beautiful—But Here’s Why It Fails
Edition 52, Notion vs Monday - Who speaks to businesses better? Who builds more trust? And who’s just vibing?
Today, I’m putting two competitors to the test to answer one big question:
Who tells a better story to businesses?
Notion and Monday.com both want to win over teams and decision-makers—but do their landing pages make a strong case?
The core question is simple:
Would I, as a business buyer, click that “Contact Sales” button or not?⚠️ This isn’t a review of the tools themselves.
It’s about how they present themselves—and whether they earn your trust in those first few scrolls.
Meet the Tools: Notion and Monday
Before we look at their landing pages, here’s how each tool describes itself:
Notion is an all-in-one workspace for notes, docs, and projects. It focuses on flexibility, letting teams build custom setups for writing, planning, and collaboration.
Monday.com is a “Work OS” built to help teams run projects and workflows. It focuses on structure, automation, and scaling across teams—from small businesses to big companies.
So now that we know how each tool describes itself, let’s see how well that message actually comes across.
5 Rounds of Competition
We’re judging both landing pages for five key questions:
Round 1: Who Looks More Professional?
Round 2: Who Speaks to Businesses Better?
Round 3: Who Communicates Their Value Faster?
Round 4: Who Feels More Trustworthy?
Round 5: Who Has Stronger Social Proof?
Round 1: Who Looks More Professional?
Which design feels more polished, intentional, and business-ready?🏆 Winner: Monday.com
Monday’s design feels built for the corporate crowd. It’s structured, polished, and full of clean containers and boxes
Is it beautiful? debatable. But is it comfortable for a decision-maker used to SaaS? Absolutely.
It works because:
It feels familiar
It signals “serious tool”
It mirrors what corporate buyers expect to see
Notion is more quirky and visual. It’s giving cool startup founder, not head of ops at a 500-person company. Just from the design alone, Notion feels more B2C than B2B.
Round 2: Who Speaks to Businesses Better?
Which one addresses real team needs with clear, relevant language and CTAs?🏆 Winner: Monday.com
Monday knows it’s talking to decision-makers.
The copy is direct and business-focused, with clear use cases like CRM, Project Management, and Operations.
Monday’s messaging is clearer, more structured, and built around business needs. Notion is charming but a little too casual for buyers looking to solve serious team problems. We can even see it in the CTA 👇
Monday: “Contact Sales,” (Business Intent)
Notion: “Try Notion Free.” '(Low-commitment, but also low urgency.)
So again, Monday wins this round.
Round 3: Who Communicates Their Value Faster?
Which page makes it crystal clear what the tool does and why it matters?🏆 Winner: Monday.com
Notion’s messaging is flexible—maybe a little too flexible.
Notion is creative and open-ended, but that also creates mixed signals for business users.
Yes, they do have business-focused use cases and screenshots showing how teams can use Notion for business use. They also smartly highlight which tools Notion can replace, which helps frame its potential.
But even with all that, the core value proposition still feels vague. I feel like one has to piece it together yourself.
Whereas Monday’s messaging is crystal clear and straight to the point. You immediately see structured categories like 👇
Monday is direct, specific, and grounded in real business functions. It speaks in B2B language, and that clarity is what wins this round.
Round 4: Who Feels More Trustworthy?
Which page feels more credible and confident?🏆 Winner: Monday.com
This round isn’t even close. Monday.com goes all-in on trust signals. Here’s how Monday showcases trust with customer logos and security badges. 👇
Notion, on the other hand? Nothing.
There’s no visible social proof, no security badges, and no third-party validation. It makes Notion look a little amateurish in comparison.
When you’re a business buyer evaluating tools, trust matters—and Monday knows how to show it.
Round 5: Who Has Stronger Social Proof?
Who’s showing real proof that the tool works🏆 Winner: Monday.com
This round clearly goes to Monday.com. Their landing page does a great job showing that it is loved and trusted by its clients 👇
Well-known customer logos (Coca-Cola, Lionsgate, Carrefour, and more)
A detailed case study from Canva with measurable results
A clear message: they’re trusted by over 245,000 customers, from startups to enterprises
It sends a strong signal that businesses—big and small—use and trust the platform.
Notion, on the other hand, only offers a small section of logos. There’s no deeper validation or concrete proof of impact, which makes their social proof feel limited in comparison.
So again, Monday wins this section.
The winner is Monday.com
And once again, I am not commenting on their actual features
If I were choosing based on what I see, I’d pick Monday.com for a business project and Notion for something more personal.
In fact, when I started writing my newsletter a year ago, I chose Notion because it felt more personal and individual.
For me, it’s not just about how nice a landing page looks—it’s about how quickly and clearly it earns my trust. And as much as I love Notion, Monday just does that better when it comes to speaking to businesses.
I’d love to hear which landing page you’d trust more as a Business buyer.
If Notion really wants to catch up to Monday, what can it do better?
The thing is that Notion is used by not just B2B customers but also by individuals, freelancers, startups, etc. Trying to speak to all of them on one landing page makes the message feel a bit scattered.
One easy fix is to create separate pages for personal and business use cases. That way, each audience gets a clearer, more focused message.
Your 5-minute task for today:
Open your landing page (or homepage) and ask yourself:
Would a business buyer know what you do in 5 seconds?
If not,it's time to tighten your value prop.Want me to analyze your site like this? DM me the link
🌠 Thank you for reading this newsletter.
See you next week,
Irene
Hahaha loving the word play
Thank you 😊
On this Monday, we're the ones that won more Notion about these platforms with your great article, Irene!