No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is app.notion.com legit or a scam?
Official Notion workspace app operated by a legitimate 10+ year-old San Francisco company with 100M+ users; some user complaints about billing practices but no malware or phishing indicators.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
app.notion.com is the official subdomain used by Notion Labs, Inc. for its web application and workspace access. The domain is 28+ years old (though the company itself was founded around 2013–2016), registered through Amazon Registrar with valid SSL from Google Trust Services, and shows no malware detections or browser blocklist flags. Business registration confirms Notion Labs, Inc. is an active, legitimate company headquartered in San Francisco. The hosting IP has a low abuse score (18/100) with only 8 reports, which is typical for a major service provider. Independent review aggregators rate the domain as low-risk and established. However, our web research found 17 complaints on consumer-review sites and the Better Business Bureau, primarily concerning unexpected annual subscription charges, billing errors, and refund denials — these are customer-service disputes rather than indicators that the domain itself is fraudulent or unsafe. The complaints reflect real user frustration with Notion's billing practices, not a scam operation.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for app.notion.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- app.notion.com is the official login and workspace subdomain of Notion (notion.com / Notion Labs, Inc.).
- Notion Labs, Inc. is a legitimate San Francisco-based company founded around 2013-2016 with over 100 million users.
- Multiple user complaints on Trustpilot and BBB center on billing practices, unexpected annual subscriptions, refund denials, and poor customer support (Trustpilot ~2.3-2.4/5).
- Notion has published official guidance on protecting against malvertising and phishing that impersonates their brand or apps.
- In 2021, phishing complaints against Notion-hosted content led to a temporary DNS outage affecting legitimate users.
- No direct scam reports or malware detections specifically targeting the domain app.notion.com itself; reviews describe it as low-risk and established.
- Domain age of ~10,472 days (~28.7 years) is inconsistent with Notion's 2016 founding but may reflect prior ownership or data error; company itself is well-established.
- Trustpilot (notion.so)open
"They glitch and steal your money! ... I am being billed $120 extra for a service I didn't even use"
- Trustpilot (notion.so)open
"The pro upgrade is a scam."
- Facebook groupopen
"When I tried to subscribe to Notion AI for just ONE month, I was unexpectedly locked into an ANNUAL subscription... Notion blocked my ENTIRE account"
- BBB.orgopen
"17 total complaints in the last 3 years... unresolved and incorrect billing by Notion Labs"
Notion Labs, Inc. founded 2013/2016, headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Legitimate operating company behind notion.com and app.notion.com.
Our web research found 17 complaints on consumer-review sites (independent review aggregator, BBB) and social media regarding Notion's billing practices. Users report unexpected annual subscription charges, difficulty obtaining refunds, and account lockouts after billing disputes. independent review aggregator ratings for Notion average around 2.3–2.4 out of 5. However, these complaints describe customer-service and billing disputes, not fraud or malware on the domain itself. Independent review aggregators and security researchers classify app.notion.com as low-risk and established. Notion Labs, Inc. is a legitimate, well-known company with over 100 million users and consistent public presence since 2013.
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://app.notion.com/
- 2200https://app.notion.com/
Server Reputation
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on app.notion.com and not a lookalike like a-pp.notion.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review found no threat indicators on app.notion.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- app.notion.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 84/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. app.notion.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 66 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- app.notion.com is 28.7 years old, registered on 10/6/1997 through Amazon Registrar, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. app.notion.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- app.notion.com resolves to an IP operated by Notion Labs, Inc. in US (usage type: Commercial). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
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