Best Craft Alternatives
35 tools that can replace or complement Craft
Pricing Comparison
| Tool | Free Plan | Starting Price | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| ✓ Yes | Free / $5+ | ★ 4.5 | |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.6 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $7+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $4+ | ★ 4.7 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10.83+ | ★ 3.8 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $5+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $1.99+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $11.99+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | $10+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | $15+ | ★ 4.1 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $12.99+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $12.5+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $0+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $30+ | ★ 4.2 |
| Slite | ✓ Yes | Free / $8+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Mem | ✓ Yes | Free / $14.99+ | ★ 4.2 |
| Capacities | ✓ Yes | Free / $9.99+ | ★ 4.4 |
| Heptabase | ✗ No | $11.99+ | ★ 4.6 |
| Lark | ✓ Yes | Free / $12+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Tana | ✓ Yes | Free / $12+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | $10+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $6+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✗ No | $6.99+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $11.99+ | ★ 4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $6.05+ | ★ 4.1 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $6.7+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $2.99+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $2.99+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $7.5+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $15+ | ★ 4.3 |
All Craft Alternatives
Notion
All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
- Extremely flexible
- Great free tier
- Powerful databases
- Slow with large pages
- Steep learning curve
ClickUp
All-in-one productivity platform replacing multiple tools.
- Feature-rich
- Affordable
- Great free plan
- Can be overwhelming
- Mobile app needs work
Obsidian
A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files.
- 100% offline
- Local-first
- Plugin ecosystem
- No real-time collaboration
- Steep learning curve
Evernote
Note-taking app for capturing and organizing ideas.
- Great web clipper
- OCR for images
- Cross-platform
- Expensive
- Feels outdated
Logseq
Open-source, local-first knowledge management tool based on outliner and bidirectional links.
- 100% open-source
- Local-first and privacy-friendly
- Powerful outliner structure
- Steeper learning curve than Notion
- Mobile app is less polished
Gamma
AI-powered presentation and document builder that creates beautiful slides, docs, and webpages from text prompts.
- Generates full presentations in seconds
- Beautiful default designs
- Responsive — looks great on any device
- Less design control than PowerPoint
- AI-generated content needs editing
Google Drive
Cloud storage and file sharing platform integrated with Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides).
- 15GB free storage
- Deep integration with Google apps
- Real-time collaboration
- Privacy concerns with Google scanning
- Desktop app can be confusing
Dropbox
Cloud storage platform with smart sync, file sharing, and Dropbox Dash AI-powered universal search.
- Reliable sync across all devices
- Smart Sync saves local disk space
- Dropbox Dash AI search across apps
- Only 2GB on free plan
- Expensive for just storage
Notion AI
AI assistant built into Notion for writing, summarizing, translating, and extracting insights from your workspace content.
- Works directly within your existing Notion workspace
- Understands context from your pages and databases
- Q&A across entire workspace knowledge base
- Requires existing Notion subscription plus add-on cost
- Quality limited compared to dedicated AI tools
Coda
All-in-one document platform combining docs, spreadsheets, and app-building with automation and integrations.
- Combines documents, tables, and buttons in one surface
- Powerful formulas and automation (Packs)
- Templates for product management and team ops
- Performance degrades on very large docs
- Learning curve for advanced features
Roam Research
Networked thought tool with bidirectional linking and daily notes for building a personal knowledge graph.
- Bidirectional links surface unexpected connections
- Block-level referencing for atomic notes
- Daily notes workflow reduces friction
- Steep learning curve for new users
- No free tier (expensive for note-taking)
Canva Docs
Visual document creation tool within Canva's ecosystem combining rich text editing with Canva's design elements, charts, and media for beautiful documents.
- Combines document writing with Canva's design library
- Access to millions of stock photos and graphics inline
- Easy to convert documents to presentations
- Less powerful text formatting than Google Docs or Word
- Requires Canva ecosystem knowledge
AppFlowy
Open-source Notion alternative offering documents, databases, kanban boards, and AI-powered features with data privacy and self-hosting capabilities.
- Open-source with full self-hosting option
- Familiar Notion-like interface and features
- Local-first with offline support
- Less mature than Notion with fewer integrations
- Template library is limited
Anytype
Local-first, open-source knowledge management tool with end-to-end encryption, graph-based relations, and type system for personal and team knowledge bases.
- Local-first with end-to-end encryption
- Open-source with peer-to-peer sync
- Powerful type system and relations
- Unique paradigm requires learning investment
- Smaller community than Notion/Obsidian
Eraser
Technical design and documentation tool combining diagrams-as-code, whiteboarding, and docs in one platform purpose-built for engineering teams.
- AI-generated diagrams from text descriptions
- Code-first diagrams with version control
- Combines docs and diagrams in one canvas
- Limited general-purpose whiteboarding features
- Smaller template library than Miro/Lucidchart
Memos
Open-source, self-hosted memo hub for capturing quick thoughts, ideas, and notes with a privacy-first approach, tags, and markdown support.
- Completely free and open-source
- Lightweight and fast (single binary deployment)
- Twitter-like quick note interface
- No real-time collaboration features
- Limited organizational tools (no folders/hierarchy)
Documenso
Open-source DocuSign alternative for digital document signing offering legally binding e-signatures, templates, and API access with full self-hosting capability.
- Open-source with self-hosting option
- Legally binding electronic signatures
- Clean modern interface
- Fewer enterprise features than DocuSign/Adobe Sign
- Smaller template library
Slite
AI-powered team knowledge base that helps remote teams document processes, onboard new hires, and find answers instantly using AI that reads your docs.
- AI that actually reads and answers from your docs
- Clean distraction-free editor
- Good for async-first teams
- Limited customization of structure
- No public documentation hosting
Mem
AI-powered note-taking tool that automatically organizes your notes and surfaces relevant information when you need it, without manual folder structures.
- AI auto-organizes notes
- No folder structure needed
- Smart search finds related content
- AI organization can feel unpredictable
- Limited formatting options
Capacities
Object-based note-taking app that structures information as interconnected objects (people, books, meetings) rather than pages, inspired by how the brain works.
- Unique object-based approach
- Daily notes with automatic linking
- Beautiful and intuitive interface
- No mobile app yet (web only)
- Limited export options
Heptabase
Visual note-taking tool that helps you make sense of complex topics using whiteboards, cards, and mindmaps to visually organize your knowledge and research.
- Visual-first approach to note-taking
- Whiteboards for spatial thinking
- Card-based system is very flexible
- No free plan
- Mobile app is limited
Lark
All-in-one collaboration suite by ByteDance combining messaging, video calls, docs, sheets, and project management in a single integrated platform.
- All-in-one suite (chat, docs, video, tasks)
- Very generous free tier
- Fast and responsive
- ByteDance ownership raises data concerns
- Less popular in Western markets
Tana
AI-powered workspace combining notes, tasks, and data with a unique supertag system that makes every piece of information a queryable node in your knowledge graph.
- Supertags create structured data effortlessly
- Powerful AI-powered search and commands
- Everything is queryable and linked
- Steep learning curve
- No mobile app yet
DocuSign
Electronic signature and agreement management platform for digital contracts.
- Industry standard
- Easy to use
- Legally binding
- Expensive for individuals
- Limited templates on basic
Google Docs
Free cloud-based document editor with real-time collaboration and Google AI integration.
- Free
- Best real-time collaboration
- Accessible everywhere
- Limited offline
- Fewer formatting options than Word
Microsoft Word
Industry-standard document processing software with advanced formatting and Copilot AI.
- Most powerful word processor
- Professional templates
- Copilot AI
- Subscription required
- Heavy application
Dropbox Paper
Collaborative workspace for creating, sharing, and organizing team documents.
- Clean interface
- Good for teams
- Embedded media
- Limited formatting
- Tied to Dropbox
Confluence
Team workspace from Atlassian for creating, organizing, and sharing knowledge.
- Jira integration
- Structured spaces
- Templates
- Can be slow
- Complex permissions
GitBook
Documentation platform for technical teams to create beautiful published docs.
- Beautiful output
- Git-sync
- Great for APIs
- Limited customization
- Editor limitations
Bear
Beautiful markdown note-taking app for Apple devices with powerful organization.
- Beautiful design
- Markdown support
- Nested tags
- Apple only
- No collaboration
Joplin
Open-source note-taking app with end-to-end encryption and sync across devices.
- Free and open-source
- End-to-end encryption
- Self-host option
- Less polished UI
- Sync requires setup
Standard Notes
Encrypted notes app focused on longevity, portability, and privacy.
- End-to-end encrypted
- 100-year company promise
- Cross-platform
- Basic free version
- Fewer features than Notion
Apple Notes
Apple's built-in note-taking app with rich text, scanning, and iCloud sync.
- Free with Apple devices
- Fast and reliable
- Good scanning
- Apple ecosystem only
- Limited organization
Coda
All-in-one doc that combines documents, spreadsheets, and applications.
- Powerful formulas
- Packs ecosystem
- Flexible docs
- Steep learning curve
- Complex pricing
Dropbox Sign
Electronic signature solution from Dropbox for sending, signing, and managing documents.
- Simple interface
- Dropbox integration
- API available
- Limited templates on free
- Fewer features than DocuSign
Not Sure Which to Pick?
Compare Craft against any alternative side-by-side.
Compare Craft vs Notion →