Joplin vs Zoho Notebook

Joplin is an open-source note-taking app with offline access and support for notes containing images, videos, PDFs and audio. It runs on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux and the web, with a Chrome extension and API also listed. A web clipper for Chrome and Firefox saves pages or screenshots as notes. Notes can sync through Joplin Cloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud, S3, WebDAV or a local filesystem. Joplin uses end-to-end encryption, and shared notebooks can be set to editable or read-only. Basic costs €2.99 a month, with 2 GB of storage and a 10 MB limit per note or attachment. Pro costs €5.99 a month for 30 GB and a 200 MB per-note or attachment limit; Pro 100 GB costs €9.99 a month. Teams costs €7.99 a month per user, with a minimum of two users, and includes 50 GB of storage. Plans include a 14-day free trial. Students and teachers can receive a 50% discount for one year, renewable while in education.

Zoho Notebook is a freemium note-taking app for web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. It supports offline access, note sharing, and real-time collaboration, so notes can remain available without a connection and can be worked on with others. The free Essential plan costs nothing and includes 500 MB of cloud storage, 20 note versions, a 3 MB maximum notecard size, and 10 MB file uploads. Pro Plus lists 500 GB of storage, 500 MB maximum notecard size, recordings up to 180 minutes, and 30 hours of AI transcription per month, with no price listed. For Business lists 1 TB for up to 10 users, 100 GB additional storage per user, and 1000 note versions, also without a listed price. Integrations include Samsung Devices, IFTTT, Google Workspace, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, Zapier, and Zoho services. The maker is identified as Zoho Notebook, founded in 1996.