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Evernote

★★★★ 3.8
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Tana

★★★★ 4.3
Feature Evernote Tana
Pricing Free / from $10.83/mo Free / from $12/mo
Free Plan ✓ Yes ✓ Yes
Rating 3.8 / 5 4.3 / 5
Best For note-takers, researchers, professionals, knowledge-workers power-users, researchers, knowledge-workers, systems-thinkers
Founded 2004 2020
Notes
Web Clipper
Ocr
Notebooks
Tags
Search
Supertags
Ai Commands
Live Queries
Views
Node Graph
Daily Notes

✓ Evernote Pros

  • Great web clipper
  • OCR for images
  • Cross-platform
  • Long track record

✗ Evernote Cons

  • Expensive
  • Feels outdated
  • Very limited free plan (50 notes)
  • Performance issues

✓ Tana Pros

  • Supertags create structured data effortlessly
  • Powerful AI-powered search and commands
  • Everything is queryable and linked
  • Flexible views (table, board, calendar)

✗ Tana Cons

  • Steep learning curve
  • No mobile app yet
  • Still in development (features changing)

The Verdict

Evernote is built for note takers and researchers, with a focus on notes and web-clipper. Tana targets power users and researchers and leads with supertags and ai-commands.

Pricing is close: Evernote starts at $10.83/mo versus $12/mo for Tana — not a deciding factor on its own.

Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.

Tana edges out on user ratings (4.3 vs 3.8). While both are well-regarded, that gap reflects real differences in user satisfaction worth considering.

Both tools are a solid fit for researchers, knowledge workers — in those cases, the decision often comes down to workflow style and how your team prefers to organize work.

Bottom line: Tana has a slight overall edge — but if great web clipper matters most to you, Evernote may still be the right call.

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