Evernote review

Evernote suits people who use Notion mainly as a place to capture things: web pages, PDFs, receipts, meeting notes and quick ideas. Every plan includes Tasks, Evernote Calendar and the Web Clipper, and paid plans add advanced search with Boolean, geographic and filtered queries, offline notes and PDF annotation. Recent AI features include an AI Assistant that works from a chat, semantic search, AI Transcribe for meetings and AI Edit, and Evernote can connect your notes to Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP tools. The free plan is now very limited at 50 notes, 1 notebook and 1 device, so most users need Starter, which allows 1,000 notes and 3 devices, or Advanced with unlimited notes and devices. A Flexible plan covers teams. Evernote has no databases or relational views, and its pricing page showed only local currency from our location, so the USD check is pending. We compared documented features and published prices.

Who it is for

heavy note capture and web clipping

Price

Free plan with 50 notes; paid plans: see vendor pricing (USD check pending).

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Web Clipper, Tasks and Evernote Calendar on every plan
• Advanced search with Boolean, geographic and filtered searches
• AI Assistant, semantic search, AI Transcribe and AI Edit
• Connect notes to Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP-compatible AI tools
• Integrations with Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Outlook and Slack

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Mature capture tools: web clipper, PDF annotation and document search
• Strength: Apps for iOS, Android, Web, Windows and Mac
• Strength: Eligible college students get 40% off a year of Advanced
• Weakness: Free plan is limited to 50 notes, 1 notebook and 1 device
• Weakness: Starter caps you at 1,000 notes, 20 notebooks and 3 devices
• Weakness: No Notion-style databases

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes, 50 notes, 1 notebook, 1 device
• Starter: Up to 1,000 notes and 3 devices
• Advanced: Unlimited notes, notebooks and devices
• Free trial: 7 days on paid plans

Where it ranks

Evernote is No. 9 in our Best Notion Alternatives verdict.