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notekpr and the others
Every tool on this page is good at something. Here is what each one does best, where notekpr is the better choice, and where it isn't.
Everything we say about the others we checked on their own sites on 7 November 2026, and we link to them. Products change, so look there too before you decide.
Where notekpr falls short
- No databasesNo tables of properties, boards, timelines or calendars. If your work lives in those, Notion is the better tool, or Obsidian's Bases.
- No pluginsWhat notekpr does is what it ships with. Obsidian's community plugins do almost anything.
- No publishingNotes can't be made into a public website. A single note can be shared with people, never with everyone.
- No phone apps yetThe web app works on phones; native apps are planned.
- No AI built inNothing reads your notes for you. AI assistants can work in the vaults you give them, with their own keys, through the command line or a folder of Markdown.
- No templates yetA new note starts empty.
- YoungIt works and is tested end to end, but it is younger than everything else on this page.
Where notekpr is strong
- Private and togetherEnd-to-end encrypted, and still live editing with everyone's cursors, comments with @mentions, and sharing a vault or a single note. Few tools have both.
- Your own server, if you likeHost it yourself for free, today. Soon: a server of your own run by us, or ours.
- Every feature, on every planThe free plan has the whole app. Paying gets you more room, never more features.
- Plain Markdown filesYour vaults as a folder on your disk, synced both ways, for Obsidian, Neovim or any editor. Export everything whenever you like.
- DrawingsWhiteboards in your vaults, drawn together live and shown in your notes; compatible with Excalidraw.
- Open sourceAll of it, under the AGPL. Read it, run it, check it.
End-to-end encrypted means your notes, titles, names and files; the server still sees some metadata, such as sizes, timing and who shares with whom. The security page lists it all.
At a glance
| notekpr | Notion | Obsidian | Capacities | Standard Notes | Notesnook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End-to-end encrypted | Yes | No: encrypted on its servers | Sync is | No | Yes | Yes |
| Working together | Live editing, cursors, comments | Live editing, comments | Shared vaults, through Sync | View-only sharing | No | No |
| Works offline | Yes | In its apps, the pages you choose | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Your own server | Yes: free to host; soon one of your own with us | No | Through community plugins | No | Yes | Yes, its sync server |
| Markdown files on your disk | Yes, synced both ways | As an export | Yes: it is files | As an export | — | — |
| Databases, boards | No | Yes | Yes, with Bases | Objects with types and properties | — | — |
| Plugins, integrations | No plugins; a command line and a local API | Integrations, an API | Community plugins | Integrations, an API | — | — |
| Publish to the web | No | Yes | With Publish, from $8 a month | View-only sharing | — | Single notes |
| Phone apps | The web app; apps planned | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI built in | No; assistants get their own access | On Business | Through community plugins | On Pro and Believer | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Every feature, 1.5 GB | Yes | The app is free | Yes | Yes | Yes, 50 MB of uploads a month |
| Paid, for one person | €5 a month | €9.50 a member a month | Sync from $4 a month | $9.99 a month | $90 a year | from about €2 a month |
— : not offered, or not found on their site. Prices as their sites showed them on 7 November 2026; Notesnook's converted from Swedish crowns. notekpr's hosted plans aren't open yet: these are the planned prices.
Notion
Pick Notion if
- your work lives in databases: tables, boards, timelines, relations between them;
- you want AI built in, and integrations with the other tools you use;
- you publish pages as a website;
- you want polished phone apps.
Pick notekpr if
- nobody but you and the people you share with should read it: Notion encrypts your data on its servers, not end to end;
- you want your notes as Markdown files you own, not only as an export;
- you want it on your own server (or, soon, one of your own with us);
- you want it offline in the browser too: Notion's offline pages are in its apps.
Their site: pricing · offline pages · privacy and security
Obsidian
Pick Obsidian if
- you mostly write alone, and the app itself is free;
- you love plugins: there is one for almost anything;
- you want database views of your notes: Bases shows them as tables, cards, boards or a map;
- you publish a website from your notes.
Pick notekpr if
- you write with other people: live editing, comments, sharing a single note or a vault with roles;
- you want sync on your own server (or, soon, one of your own with us);
- you want to open your notes in any browser, on any computer.
Or use both: notekpr keeps your vaults as a folder of Markdown that Obsidian opens, and imports an Obsidian vault with its drawings. Obsidian Sync is end-to-end encrypted too.
Capacities
Pick Capacities if
- you think in objects, such as people, books and meetings, each with its own type and properties;
- you want an AI assistant and integrations with your email, calendar or reading apps;
- you write alone: it is made for individuals.
Pick notekpr if
- you want it end-to-end encrypted: Capacities chose not to be, for its AI and integrations, and explains why;
- you write with others: Capacities shares view-only;
- you want Markdown files and your own server.
Their site: pricing · why it isn't end-to-end encrypted
Standard Notes
Pick Standard Notes if
- you want a long-standing, end-to-end encrypted notebook for yourself;
- you want polished phone apps today;
- you'd like to host it yourself.
Pick notekpr if
- you write with others: Standard Notes has no real-time collaboration, and says so;
- you want formatted notes for free: Standard Notes' free plan has plain text, and its Markdown and rich text are in the paid plans.
Their site: plans · collaboration · self-hosting
Notesnook
Pick Notesnook if
- you want a private, end-to-end encrypted notebook for yourself, with apps on every platform;
- you want to publish a single note as a web page, behind a password if you like;
- you want a low price: its paid plans start at about €2 a month.
Pick notekpr if
- you write with others: Notesnook has no real-time collaboration;
- you want Markdown files on your disk, and drawings;
- you want room on the free plan: notekpr's has 1.5 GB, Notesnook's 50 MB of uploads a month.
Their site: pricing · their own comparison with Obsidian · how sync works