What Is notion.so, and Is It Safe?

Last Updated on September 5, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake

Notion (notion.so) is an AI tool for workspaces. Notion was founded by Jessica Lam, Ivan Zhao, Chris Prucha, Simon Last, and Toby Schachman.

ALTERNATIVES

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DESCRIPTION

The homepage shows an example of the program and a link to get Notion for free or request a demo. The top menu has numerous links. One is for the product, and it comes with numerous subcategory links. Another link is for downloading. There’s also a link for solutions and another for resources. The final link is for pricing. There is not a lot of information above the fold, but there was a lot of information when I scrolled. The homepage claims that notion.so has over 1 million community members. 4/16/2024

HISTORY

As of November 2023, notion.so has 149.5 million monthly views. Notion.so was founded on July 13, 2015. The Internet Archive has 10,076 times between July 13, 2015 and January 2, 2024.

Is notion.so Safe?

Here, I analyzed notion.so for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam:

I checked notion.so on Sucuri, and it returned as a low security risk.

Security hardening flaws:

• Missing Content-Security-Policy directive. Affected pages:
  http://notion.so/ for Google’s UA
  https://www.notion.so/product

I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on notion.so, and it is clean.

I also checked notion.so on VirusTotal, and it is clean.

URLVoid says notion.so passed all blocklist engines.

In conclusion, we graded says notion.so as safe, but it has security header issues. OVERALL GRADE: Safe.

Links and Profiles

Website: notion.so