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Best Craft Alternatives

35 tools that can replace or complement Craft

Pricing Comparison

Tool Free Plan Starting Price Rating
Craft ✓ Yes Free / $5+ ★ 4.5
Notion ✓ Yes Free / $10+ ★ 4.6
ClickUp ✓ Yes Free / $7+ ★ 4.5
Obsidian ✓ Yes Free / $4+ ★ 4.7
Evernote ✓ Yes Free / $10.83+ ★ 3.8
Logseq ✓ Yes Free / $5+ ★ 4.4
Gamma ✓ Yes Free / $10+ ★ 4.5
Google Drive ✓ Yes Free / $1.99+ ★ 4.5
Dropbox ✓ Yes Free / $11.99+ ★ 4.3
Notion AI ✗ No $10+ ★ 4.2
Coda ✓ Yes Free / $10+ ★ 4.3
Roam Research ✗ No $15+ ★ 4.1
Canva Docs ✓ Yes Free / $12.99+ ★ 4.2
AppFlowy ✓ Yes Free / $12.5+ ★ 4.3
Anytype ✓ Yes Free / $10+ ★ 4.4
Eraser ✓ Yes Free / $10+ ★ 4.5
Memos ✓ Yes Free / $0+ ★ 4.4
Documenso ✓ 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
DocuSign ✗ No $10+ ★ 4.4
Google Docs ✓ Yes Free / $6+ ★ 4.5
Microsoft Word ✗ No $6.99+ ★ 4.5
Dropbox Paper ✓ Yes Free / $11.99+ ★ 4
Confluence ✓ Yes Free / $6.05+ ★ 4.1
GitBook ✓ Yes Free / $6.7+ ★ 4.3
Bear ✓ Yes Free / $2.99+ ★ 4.5
Joplin ✓ Yes Free / $2.99+ ★ 4.2
Standard Notes ✓ Yes Free / $7.5+ ★ 4.3
Apple Notes ✓ Yes Free ★ 4.2
Coda ✓ Yes Free / $10+ ★ 4.3
Dropbox Sign ✓ Yes Free / $15+ ★ 4.3

All Craft Alternatives

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Notion

★★★★★ 4.6
Free / $10+

All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

  • Extremely flexible
  • Great free tier
  • Powerful databases
  • Slow with large pages
  • Steep learning curve
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ClickUp

★★★★★ 4.5
Free / $7+

All-in-one productivity platform replacing multiple tools.

  • Feature-rich
  • Affordable
  • Great free plan
  • Can be overwhelming
  • Mobile app needs work
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Obsidian

★★★★★ 4.7
Free / $4+

A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files.

  • 100% offline
  • Local-first
  • Plugin ecosystem
  • No real-time collaboration
  • Steep learning curve
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Evernote

★★★★☆ 3.8
Free / $10.83+

Note-taking app for capturing and organizing ideas.

  • Great web clipper
  • OCR for images
  • Cross-platform
  • Expensive
  • Feels outdated
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Logseq

★★★★☆ 4.4
Free / $5+

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
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Gamma

★★★★★ 4.5
Free / $10+

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
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Google Drive

★★★★★ 4.5
Free / $1.99+

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
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Dropbox

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $11.99+

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
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Notion AI

★★★★☆ 4.2
$10+

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
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Coda

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $10+

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
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Roam Research

★★★★☆ 4.1
$15+

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)
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Canva Docs

★★★★☆ 4.2
Free / $12.99+

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
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AppFlowy

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $12.5+

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
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Anytype

★★★★☆ 4.4
Free / $10+

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
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Eraser

★★★★★ 4.5
Free / $10+

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
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Memos

★★★★☆ 4.4
Free / $0+

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)
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Documenso

★★★★☆ 4.2
Free / $30+

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

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $8+

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

★★★★☆ 4.2
Free / $14.99+

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

★★★★☆ 4.4
Free / $9.99+

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

★★★★★ 4.6
$11.99+

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

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $12+

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

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $12+

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
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DocuSign

★★★★☆ 4.4
$10+

Electronic signature and agreement management platform for digital contracts.

  • Industry standard
  • Easy to use
  • Legally binding
  • Expensive for individuals
  • Limited templates on basic
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Google Docs

★★★★★ 4.5
Free / $6+

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
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Microsoft Word

★★★★★ 4.5
$6.99+

Industry-standard document processing software with advanced formatting and Copilot AI.

  • Most powerful word processor
  • Professional templates
  • Copilot AI
  • Subscription required
  • Heavy application
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Dropbox Paper

★★★★☆ 4
Free / $11.99+

Collaborative workspace for creating, sharing, and organizing team documents.

  • Clean interface
  • Good for teams
  • Embedded media
  • Limited formatting
  • Tied to Dropbox
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Confluence

★★★★☆ 4.1
Free / $6.05+

Team workspace from Atlassian for creating, organizing, and sharing knowledge.

  • Jira integration
  • Structured spaces
  • Templates
  • Can be slow
  • Complex permissions
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GitBook

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $6.7+

Documentation platform for technical teams to create beautiful published docs.

  • Beautiful output
  • Git-sync
  • Great for APIs
  • Limited customization
  • Editor limitations
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Bear

★★★★★ 4.5
Free / $2.99+

Beautiful markdown note-taking app for Apple devices with powerful organization.

  • Beautiful design
  • Markdown support
  • Nested tags
  • Apple only
  • No collaboration
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Joplin

★★★★☆ 4.2
Free / $2.99+

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
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Standard Notes

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $7.5+

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
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Apple Notes

★★★★☆ 4.2
Free

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
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Coda

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $10+

All-in-one doc that combines documents, spreadsheets, and applications.

  • Powerful formulas
  • Packs ecosystem
  • Flexible docs
  • Steep learning curve
  • Complex pricing
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Dropbox Sign

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $15+

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

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