Smart Connections vs Anytype
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Smart Connections
Local-first related-note discovery for Obsidian
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Anytype
Local-first, end-to-end encrypted workspace for notes and chat
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.9 / 10 | 6.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Core plugin free: related-notes pane, footer connections, Lookup semantic search, local embeddings with no API key or account | 100 MB remote storage, 10 shared channels, unlimited private channels; self-hosting your own sync network needs no membership |
| Paid from | $25/mo billed yearly ($299/yr) or $30/mo (Pro All-access) | $5/mo monthly or $4/mo billed yearly (Plus) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2022 | 2018 |
| Maker | Jobsi, Inc. | Any Association (Switzerland) |
| Verdict | 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... |
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... |
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