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ROpen-source networked note-taking with daily notes, backlinks and local Markdown
Freemium
Evernote vs Vosk
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
E
Choose Evernote if…
- you work on Web, macOS, Windows
- you're in its core audience: students, knowledge workers
V
Choose Vosk if…
- you need an API to build on
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on Linux, Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: software developers, embedded and iot engineers
Side by side
Feature Evernote Vosk
Pricing modelFreemiumFree
Starting price$14.99/moFree
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Security and complianceISO 27001, GDPR—
Meeting transcription—
AI Q&A over notes—
MCP connector—
Web clipper—
Shared workspaces—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, ChromeLinux, Android, iOS, API, Self-hosted
CategoryNotes & KnowledgeTranscription
CompanyBending Spoons US Inc.Alpha Cephei
Based inUnited States—
Founded——
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
V Vosk
- Fully offline speech recognition
- Streaming API for real-time transcription
- Speaker identification
- Quick vocabulary reconfiguration
- Compact models of about 50 MB per language
- Larger server models available
- Bindings for Python, Java, C#, JavaScript and more
- Runs on Raspberry Pi, Android and iOS
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
Vosk
Open sourceFree
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
Vosk
- Open source under the Apache-2.0 license
- Works fully offline, including on lightweight devices
- Supports 20+ languages and dialects
- Small models of about 50 MB each
- A developer toolkit, with no ready-made end-user app
- No commercial plans or pricing published on the site
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