Anytype vs Smart Connections
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Anytype
Local-first, end-to-end encrypted workspace for notes and chat
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Smart Connections
Local-first related-note discovery for Obsidian
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.4 / 10 | 6.9 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | 100 MB remote storage, 10 shared channels, unlimited private channels; self-hosting your own sync network needs no membership | Core plugin free: related-notes pane, footer connections, Lookup semantic search, local embeddings with no API key or account |
| Paid from | $5/mo monthly or $4/mo billed yearly (Plus) | $25/mo billed yearly ($299/yr) or $30/mo (Pro All-access) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2018 | 2022 |
| Maker | Any Association (Switzerland) | Jobsi, Inc. |
| Verdict | Anytype suits people who want their notes and databases on their own devices, encrypted and working offline. Typed objects, relations and table, kanban, gallery and graph views give it real structure, sync can run peer-t... |
Smart Connections does one job well: it surfaces related notes and passages beside the note you are writing, using a local embedding model with no API key or account. Chat and every API model integration have moved out i... |
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