Standard Notes
Tines
| Feature | Standard Notes | Tines |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free / from $7.5/mo | Free only |
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Rating | 4.3 / 5 | 4.5 / 5 |
| Best For | privacy-focused-users, journalists, professionals, researchers | security-teams, soc-analysts, incident-responders, security-engineers |
| Founded | 2016 | 2018 |
| Encryption | ✓ | ✗ |
| Themes | ✓ | ✗ |
| Editors | ✓ | ✗ |
| Tags | ✓ | ✗ |
| File Attachments | ✓ | ✗ |
| Two Factor Auth | ✓ | ✗ |
| Workflow Automation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Alert Triage | ✗ | ✓ |
| Incident Response | ✗ | ✓ |
| Case Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ✗ | ✓ |
| Templates | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ Standard Notes Pros
- End-to-end encrypted
- 100-year company promise
- Cross-platform
- Open-source
✗ Standard Notes Cons
- Basic free version
- Fewer features than Notion
- Limited formatting
✓ Tines Pros
- No-code workflow builder
- Security-focused templates
- Generous free tier
- Fast implementation
✗ Tines Cons
- Security-focused (not general automation)
- Smaller community
- Limited non-security integrations
The Verdict
Standard Notes is built for privacy focused users and journalists, with a focus on encryption and themes. Tines targets security teams and soc analysts and leads with workflow-automation and alert-triage.
Tines uses custom enterprise pricing, while Standard Notes starts at $7.5/mo — a tangible advantage for teams with a fixed budget.
Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.
This is a genuinely close comparison. If you can, sign up for both free trials (where available) and run a one-week test with your actual team tasks before deciding.