What is Evernote used for?

Evernote is a note-taking app for capturing notes, documents and web clippings and keeping them organized and searchable across devices. It is a good fit for personal note-taking and research, and collecting articles and reference material.

Yes. Evernote has a free plan. Free plan with 50 notes, 1 GB storage and one device. Paid Starter and Advanced plans exist but their prices are not shown on this page; Enterprise is sold through sales. Paid plans have a 7-day trial.

Is Evernote open source?

No. Evernote is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Evernote include FSNotes, Simplenote and CherryTree.

What are some alternatives to Evernote?

Evernote competes with Notion, Obsidian and Google Keep. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Evernote alternatives.

Evernote: features, pricing and alternatives

About Evernote

Evernote is a long-running commercial note-taking application. It lets people collect notes, documents and web clippings in one place and keep them organized, so they can be found again later on a computer or phone.

It is a hosted, proprietary service operated by the vendor and not something you install on your own servers. The vendor's website could not be read when this entry was prepared, so current features, plan names and pricing should be confirmed on the official site.

Key features

Note capture and organization
Web clipping of articles and pages
Search across saved notes
Sync between devices

Good fit for

→Personal note-taking and research
→Collecting articles and reference material

Tags: note-taking; notes; web-clipper; organization; productivity

Evernote: questions and answers

What is Evernote used for?: Evernote is a note-taking app for capturing notes, documents and web clippings and keeping them organized and searchable across devices. It is a good fit for personal note-taking and research, and collecting articles and reference material.
Is Evernote free?: Yes. Evernote has a free plan. Free plan with 50 notes, 1 GB storage and one device. Paid Starter and Advanced plans exist but their prices are not shown on this page; Enterprise is sold through sales. Paid plans have a 7-day trial.
Is Evernote open source?: No. Evernote is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Evernote include FSNotes, Simplenote and CherryTree.
What are some alternatives to Evernote?: Evernote competes with Notion, Obsidian and Google Keep. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Evernote alternatives.