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ROpen-source networked note-taking with daily notes, backlinks and local Markdown
Freemium
Evernote vs Reduct
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Evernote if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you work on iOS, Android, macOS
- you're in its core audience: students, knowledge workers
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Choose Reduct if…
- you want the lower entry price ($12/mo vs $14.99/mo)
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: public defenders and legal teams, ux and qualitative researchers
Side by side
Feature Evernote Reduct
Pricing modelFreemiumFree trial
Starting price$14.99/mo$12/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Security and complianceISO 27001, GDPRSOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA
Meeting transcription—
AI Q&A over notes—
MCP connector—
Web clipper—
Shared workspaces—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, ChromeWeb, API
CategoryNotes & KnowledgeTranscription
CompanyBending Spoons US Inc.Reduct
Based inUnited States—
Founded—2017
Part ofBending Spoons—
Key features
E Evernote
- Notebooks, spaces and tags for organizing notes
- Tasks and built-in calendar with external calendar sync
- Web Clipper for Chrome, Firefox and Safari
- AI Assistant, semantic search and AI Transcribe
- Document scanning and offline notes
- Real-time collaboration with comments and task assignment
- Integrations with Gmail, Google Drive, Outlook and Slack
- MCP connection to external AI tools
R Reduct
- Interactive transcript linked to video playback
- Transcription in over 90 languages
- Video and audio PII redaction
- Text-based editing with strikethrough cuts
- Live Capture for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls
- Exact and fuzzy search across all recordings
- Multicam sync and timeline view
- Premiere Pro plugin for rough cuts
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Evernote
FreeFree
Starter$14.99/mo
Advanced$24.99/mo
FlexiblePer seat
UnlimitedCustom
Reduct
Personal$12/editor per month
Professional$40/editor per month
EnterpriseCustom (seat plans from $75/editor per month)
Strengths and limitations
Evernote
- Free plan available
- Apps for web, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android
- Paid plans come with a 7-day free trial, and Enterprise gets 14 days
- Eligible college students get 40% off a year of Advanced
- Free plan is limited to 50 notes, 1 notebook and 1 device
- Starter syncs on only 3 devices
- AI Cleanup is mobile only
Reduct
- Free commenters on every plan
- Long silences are excluded from transcription billing
- Discounts for non-profits and academics
- Premiere Pro integration uses original source files
- Redaction and multicam sync require Professional or above
- Personal plan limited to 720p exports and 4GB files
- Document support only on Enterprise
- Transcription beyond the quota is charged per minute
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