Younger companies often run on Notion: the product spec, the hiring plan, the sales playbook and the weekly meeting notes all in one linked workspace, with databases tracking tasks and decisions. For a startup it can be the most complete record of how the company actually worked.
Mercor lists Notion by name. micro1 asks for knowledge bases, templates and project workflows. MIT Technology Review reported one closed startup selling its code base and then offering its Notion, Google, Figma and Slack workspace. This page covers what in a Notion workspace buyers value and what to settle before export.
Buyers
Who buys Notion data
Each reason is the buyer's own published statement naming Notion or the kind of data it holds.
Featured partners
micro1
Asks for knowledge bases, templates and project management workflows.3
- $100K to $2M+, micro1 says4
Watch out for: Says it removes personal details only "when relevant", so ask exactly how.5
Everyone else we reviewed
By score, with full reviews. We have no referral agreement with these companies, so we do not link out to them.
Mercor
Lists Notion among its supported tools.1
Watch out for: It confirmed a cyberattack in 2026, and class actions followed.9,10
SimpleClosure
Sells closed startups' docs, Slack and email; sensitive employee and health records stay out.11
- Usually $10K to $100K for a closed startup12
Watch out for: Built for startups that are shutting down, so deals are smaller.12
What buyers value
What in Notion buyers value
The column on the right is not legal advice: it lists what to raise with the buyer before anything is exported.
| Data | Why a buyer values it | Raise with the buyer |
|---|---|---|
| Specs and product docs | How features were scoped, argued and changed. | Nothing specific |
| Task and project databases | Work items with owners, status and dates, linked to the docs behind them. | Nothing specific |
| Meeting notes | Decisions and their context, week by week. | Names of attendees and outside guests. |
| Playbooks and templates | Your team's repeatable methods, written by you. | Nothing specific |
| Hiring and people pages | Process documents. | Candidate and employee details; usually excluded. |
Process
How it works with each buyer
In each buyer's own published words. Where a buyer publishes nothing, we say so rather than guess.
micro1
- Internal docs, SOPs and playbooks, knowledge bases, project management workflows, internal comms, templates, CRM and workflow metadata, task histories3
- 30 to 200 employees13
- $100K-$2M+ per data package; over $1M for unique data4
- PII removed "when relevant"5
- The company keeps ownership of its data and reviews samples before release14
- Not published
Mercor
FAQ
Notion data: questions, answered
Its code base sold for about $25,000, and about $15,000 was expected for the workspace data, with that sale still pending when MIT Technology Review reported it.16
We do not answer legal questions. Ask the licensing company: their team reviews this with you before anything is signed.
Before you sign
Legal questions go to the licensing company
We do not answer legal questions. Ask the licensing company before you sign: their team reviews these with you.
Questions for this kind of business
- Which export method will you use, and does our Notion agreement allow it?
- Are hiring and people pages excluded by default?
- Will guest and attendee names be removed before any lab sees the data?
Questions for any buyer
- Is the license exclusive, and for how long?
- Can you sublicense the data, and to whom?
- Which AI labs will receive it, and will you tell us?
- How long do you keep it, and how is it deleted?
- What is your liability cap, and who indemnifies whom?
- Will the contract ban re-identification of people in the data?
- Who removes personal data, by what method, and do we approve it first?