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Obsidian

Who runs Obsidian, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest note-taking software alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Obsidian

Obsidian obsidian.md

The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.

Wikidata: knowledge base and note-taking software

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Obsidian tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 18 alternatives below has fewer; 11 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found

We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Obsidian’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Obsidian

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Obsidian, thumbs down if it isn’t.

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

People compare Obsidian with

From Google searches like “notion vs obsidian”, with searches a month.

  • Notion 14.8K/mo

4 of the 60 sites closest to Obsidian match.

  1. 01
    Notion notion.com Top 10K English Free plan 1 tracker

    The AI workspace that works for you. | Notion

    Build Custom Agents, search across all your apps, and automate busywork. The AI workspace where teams get more done, faster.

    Compare Notion with Obsidian →
  2. 02
    Trello trello.com Top 10K English Free plan No trackers

    Capture, organize, and tackle your to-dos from anywhere

    Make the impossible, possible with Trello. The ultimate tool to boost your productivity. Escape the clutter and chaos—stay efficient with Inbox, Boards, and Planner from anywhere, even on mobile.

    Compare Trello with Obsidian →
  3. 03
    GitBook gitbook.com English Free plan 6 trackers

    The knowledge layer for AI | GitBook

    GitBook is a knowledge platform that connects your docs, product and users, answers user questions, and identifies knowledge gaps. Docs-as-code support & AI insights included.

    Compare GitBook with Obsidian →
  4. 04
    Visme visme.co English Free plan 2 trackers

    Visme: AI Presentation maker, Infographics, and One pager templates

    Create professional presentations, interactive infographics, beautiful design and engaging videos, all in one place. Start using Visme today.

    Compare Visme with Obsidian →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Obsidian’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Obsidian uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

What changed

Price and policy history →

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Obsidian adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 5 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,214
Vector
384-d
Query
38 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Obsidian’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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