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Notion vs Obsidian vs Apple Notes
“Where do your notes actually live?”
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- Candidate 1
Notion
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Notion
- Free plan
- $0 per member/month
- Plus plan
- $10 per member/month
- Business plan
- $20 per member/month
- Enterprise plan
- Custom pricing
- Billing
- Monthly or yearly; yearly saves up to 20%
- Platforms
- Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
- Notion Agent
- Listed under Business plan
- Custom Agents
- Free to try, then $10 per 1,000 monthly Notion credits
- Notion AI
- Limited trial on Free and Plus
- Page history
- Free 7 days; Plus 30 days; Business 90 days
- The Plus plan (1-member limit) is free for students and educators, per the official pricing FAQ.
- Workers (custom code) are available on Business and Enterprise plans; the Notion CLI is available on all plans.
- Pricing is shown per member (seat) per month in USD on the official pricing page.
Sources: Notion Pricing Plans (official) (official) · Notion homepage (official) (official) · Notion for desktop help (official) (official) · Notion for mobile help (official) (official) · Notion personal page (official) (official)
Checked 2026-11-03
- Candidate 2
Obsidian
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Obsidian
- Core app price
- Free, without limits
- Sync Standard price
- $4/mo billed annually; $5/mo monthly
- Sync Plus price
- $8/mo (billed annually)
- Sync Standard limits
- 1 vault, 1 GB storage, 5 MB max file size
- Sync Plus limits
- 10 vaults, 10 GB (up to 100 GB for $16/mo), 200 MB max file
- Version history
- 1 month (Standard), 12 months (Plus)
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux
- Note storage
- Local files in open file formats
- Sync encryption
- End-to-end encrypted
- Developer API
- Plugin API (TypeScript), docs.obsidian.md
- Official license overview says Obsidian is free for all purposes, including commercial use; Catalyst and Commercial…
- Sync prices and limits come from the official Sync Standard announcement dated March 20, 2024; the official pricing…
- The official developer docs describe a plugin and theme API; no hosted notes API was found on the official pages read.
Sources: Obsidian homepage (official) · Obsidian Sync Standard plan announcement (official) · Obsidian download page (official) · Obsidian License overview (official) · Obsidian is now free for work (official)
Checked 2026-11-03
- Candidate 3
Apple Notes
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Notes
- Platform
- Mac; guide covers macOS High Sierra to macOS 27
- Audio recording
- Records audio with live transcripts, searchable
- Drawing
- Markup palette: freehand, shapes, lines, text boxes
- Math
- Inline solving of expressions after an equals sign
- Attachments
- Photos, videos, PDFs and other files
- Organization
- Folders, Smart Folders, tags, pinning
- Locked notes
- Password-protected notes; password can be changed
- Sharing
- Shared notes and folders with collaboration
- Import and export
- Import, export and print notes
- The official Notes User Guide for Mac covers features only; it does not state a price.
- The guide's version selector lists macOS 27 down to macOS High Sierra.
Sources: Notes User Guide for Mac - Apple Support (official)
Checked 2026-11-03
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