Tana
Tettra
| Feature | Tana | Tettra |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free / from $12/mo | Free / from $8.33/mo |
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Rating | 4.3 / 5 | 4.3 / 5 |
| Best For | power-users, researchers, knowledge-workers, systems-thinkers | growing-teams, ops-teams, people-teams, customer-success |
| Founded | 2020 | 2016 |
| Supertags | ✓ | ✗ |
| Ai Commands | ✓ | ✗ |
| Live Queries | ✓ | ✗ |
| Views | ✓ | ✗ |
| Node Graph | ✓ | ✗ |
| Daily Notes | ✓ | ✗ |
| Ai Answers | ✗ | ✓ |
| Slack Bot | ✗ | ✓ |
| Verification Cycle | ✗ | ✓ |
| Page Suggestions | ✗ | ✓ |
| Categories | ✗ | ✓ |
| Analytics | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ 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)
✓ Tettra Pros
- AI answers questions from your knowledge base
- Slack bot for instant answers
- Content staleness alerts
- Simple editor non-technical teams love
✗ Tettra Cons
- Limited formatting options
- No public-facing documentation
- Smaller feature set than Notion
The Verdict
Tana is built for power users and researchers, with a focus on supertags and ai-commands. Tettra targets growing teams and ops teams and leads with ai-answers and slack-bot.
Pricing is close: Tettra starts at $8.33/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.
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.