Evernote alternatives
At 1 user with synced notes, Evernote costs $24.99 a month. 2 note-taking apps cost less, from $0 (Microsoft OneNote). Ranked by price at the size you pick, with free plans, price hikes and how to switch.
Alternatives to Evernote at 1 user with synced notes, cheapest first
- Microsoft OneNote: free Storage shared with Outlook/OneDrive (Free (Microsoft account, 5 GB OneDrive)). Free plan: Free app with unlimited notebooks, synced via 5 GB of free OneDrive storage; no Copilot in-app. Last price hike: Jan 2025.
- Obsidian: $10/mo Sync add-on; app itself is free (Sync Plus). Free plan: Full app free on all platforms with no limits, but no vendor-run sync (third-party sync only).
Prices at every size
- Evernote: 1 user with synced notes $24.99/mo, 1 user with built-in AI $24.99/mo (Starter capped at 1,000 notes)
- Microsoft OneNote: 1 user with synced notes free, 1 user with built-in AI $19.99/mo (Storage shared with Outlook/OneDrive)
- Obsidian: 1 user with synced notes $10/mo, 1 user with built-in AI no public price (Sync add-on; app itself is free)
Prices are for one person on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12): the cheapest plan that keeps about 2,000 notes synced between a computer and a phone with no caps, and the cheapest plan that also includes the app's own AI. A free plan counts as $0 only when it covers the scenario without note, device, upload or storage caps.
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