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Linear vs Notion: who uses which

Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.

On usedby, 30 companies use Linear and 117 use Notion. 10 companies use both, including OpenAI, Ramp, and Remote. Notion leads among the Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool.Latest check Nov 13, 2026: 83 of 147 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. A company on both tools counts at any proof level, and a job post on one side is marked as such.

Who uses Linear, Notion, or both

Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.

20

listed for Linear only

10

companies use both

107

listed for Notion only

On usedby, 20 companies are listed for Linear only, 107 are listed for Notion only and 10 use both, out of the 137 companies listed for at least one. An absent listing does not prove non-use.

30customers
18 confirmed 1 declared 11 observed

Where it lands

Artificial Intelligence5
DevTools & Infrastructure4
Fintech & Payments4
117customers
21 confirmed 6 declared 76 observed 14 signals

Where it lands

Fintech & Payments18
Artificial Intelligence10
DevTools & Infrastructure9

Recently publicly listed customers

BrainlabsNov 11
HiBobOct 31

Who uses both

Companies with a public line on both tools, at any proof level: the strongest proofs come first, and a job post is marked.

Companies that use both Linear and Notion
CompanyFirst public proof, Notion
OpenAIOn or before Apr 2025
RampOn or before Feb 2025
RemoteOn or before Jan 2025
CursorOn or before Jul 2025
ClayOn or before Apr 2026
FigmaOn or before Oct 2024
VercelOn or before Nov 2024
Mercury—
SubstackOn or before Oct 2024
LovableOn or before Apr 2026

By industry

Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Linear, Notion or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.

IndustryListed for Linear onlyBothListed for Notion only
Fintech & Payments20 companies on usedby
10%10%80%
Artificial Intelligence13 companies on usedby
23%15%62%
DevTools & Infrastructure10 companies on usedby
10%30%60%
Marketing Tech10 companies on usedby
10%0%90%
Media & Publishing8 companies on usedby
13%12%75%

Listed for Linear onlyBothListed for Notion only

More common with Notion

  • Fintech & Payments18 of the 20 Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool use Notion, 2 of them alongside Linear.
  • Artificial Intelligence10 of the 13 Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby that use either tool use Notion, 2 of them alongside Linear.
  • DevTools & Infrastructure9 of the 10 DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool use Notion, 3 of them alongside Linear.

Source: every usedby line, from confirmed proofs to job-post signals (the weakest proof level).

Side by side

Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.

Vendor facts checked: Linear, 0 of 6; Notion, 5 of 6. Missing facts remain unverified, not absent features.

LinearNotion
Customersusedby, latest check Nov 13, 2026Linear: 30 (18 confirmed, 1 declared, 11 observed)Notion: 117 (21 confirmed, 6 declared, 76 observed, 14 job-post signals)
PricingNo verified public evidenceNotion: Free: $0 per seat / month; Plus*: $10 per seat / month; Business: $20 per seat / month; Enterprise*: contact salesnotion.com, checked Nov 13, 2026
SecurityNo verified public evidenceNotion: SOC 2 (type not stated), ISO 27001, C5notion.com, checked Nov 13, 2026
Your dataNo verified public evidenceNotion: Not used to train models by default.notion.com, checked Nov 13, 2026
Data residencyNo verified public evidenceNo verified public evidence
Free trialNo verified public evidenceNotion: Free trial or free plan available.notion.com, checked Nov 13, 2026
IntegrationsNo verified public evidenceNotion: Slack, Google Drive, GitHub, Jira, Linear, Figma, Datadog, Splunk, Microsoft Entra ID, Outlook, Google Calendarnotion.com, checked Oct 4, 2026
WebsiteLinear: linear.appNotion: notion.com

What customers report

Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.

Linear

Clay has already accepted nearly 300 suggestions from Triage Intelligence

Clay

Vendor case study, linear.app, captured Nov 13, 2026

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one of the teams improved bug resolution time by 52%

Scale AI

Vendor case study, linear.app, captured Nov 13, 2026

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Notion

saving more than 30 hours a month and giving every rep consistent feedback

RoomPriceGenie

Vendor case study, notion.com, published Nov 3, 2026

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The system saves over an hour of reporting prep each week.

OpenAI

Vendor case study, notion.com, published Apr 3, 2025

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Evidence for your decision: Notion

Source observations. Check the required plan and conditions before choosing.

Documented tasks

EqualsAutomate internal business workflows
With Custom Agents in Notion, the team now automates documentation updates, release approvals, and customer feedback triage—saving 24 hours a week.

SourceVENDOR CASE STUDYCaptured:

ToyotaAutomate internal business workflows
With Notion, every post gets drafted and sent for approval in an easy-to-follow workflow that ends with a single click of the “approve” button that reduced approval timelines by 3x.

SourceVENDOR CASE STUDYCaptured:

Choice criteria

Free trial or free plan: YesSourced observation

Plan: Unknown

Free $0 per seat / month For individuals to organize personal projects and life.

SourceVendor pageChecked:

Integration: SlackRecheck required

Plan: Unknown

Slack Public API Free 80K Google Drive Public API Free 2.3 228K GitHub Public API Free 31K Notion AI Connector for MS Teams

SourceVendor pageChecked:

Integration: Google DriveRecheck required

Plan: Unknown

Slack Public API Free 80K Google Drive Public API Free 2.3 228K GitHub Public API Free 31K Notion AI Connector for MS Teams

SourceVendor pageChecked:

Integration: GitHubRecheck required

Plan: Unknown

Slack Public API Free 80K Google Drive Public API Free 2.3 228K GitHub Public API Free 31K Notion AI Connector for MS Teams

SourceVendor pageChecked:

Pricing: $20Sourced observation

Plan: Business

Scope: per seat / month

Business Recommended $20 per seat / month For growing businesses to streamline teamwork.

SourceVendor pageChecked:

Integration: SlackSourced observation

Plan: Unknown

Conditions: Product scope needs verification

Product: notion

Setup and limits: Named plan, contract entitlement, connector scopes, permissions, volume limits and regional eligibility remain unknown.; Documented only; not_tested. No authenticated vendor operation executed.; Named integration listing only; operation semantics and data direction are not established.

SlackPublic APIFree

SourceDocumented · Not testedChecked:

Questions about Linear and Notion

Which is used more, Linear or Notion?

Notion has more customers on usedby: 117 against 30 for Linear.

Do companies use both Linear and Notion?

Yes. 10 companies use both on usedby, including OpenAI, Ramp, and Remote.

Who uses Linear?

30 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Linear.

Who uses Notion?

117 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Notion.

How does usedby count customers?

A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of four proof levels: confirmed, declared by the company itself, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company counts as using both tools when it has a line on each, at any level; the list shows the strongest proofs first and marks job posts.