Tana Outliner
Supertag outliner that turns notes into a queryable knowledge graph
Overview
Tana Outliner (the original Tana, renamed in March 2026) is an outliner where every bullet is a node: supertags turn notes into typed objects with fields, and live searches build always-current views. AI features include voice memos, meeting transcription, inline AI chat, custom AI agents and a local API and MCP server. Tana Labs now also sells a separate meeting product called Tana.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 12 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- 500 AI credits; up to 3 workspaces; 0.5 GB file storage
- Supertags, @ references, live searches and public share links
- Meeting transcription up to 100 minutes; voice transcription in 60 languages
- 2,000 AI credits; unlimited workspaces
- Google Calendar sync and one-click meeting transcription
- Models from OpenAI, Anthropic or Google; command nodes and custom AI chat agents
- Password-protected shared pages
- 5,000 AI credits
- Readwise integration
- Input API and published templates
Use cases
What you can produce with Tana Outliner
- Any bullet turned into a typed object by a supertag such as #task or #meeting, with fields you can filter and sort
- Live searches that gather every matching node, such as one project's open tasks, into an always-current view
- Voice memos on desktop or mobile transcribed into notes, tagged and linked to the right project or person
- Meetings transcribed, with AI chat about the resulting notes inline
- Custom AI chat agents and command nodes using OpenAI, Anthropic or Google models (Plus and above)
- Claude or another assistant connected to your notes through the local API and MCP server
- Pages shared through a public link, with password protection on paid plans
Tana Outliner is the original Tana under a new name: an outliner where supertags turn any bullet into a structured object and live searches assemble always-current views across your notes. For people who think in networks and want database-like structure without designing a database, it remains one of the most distinctive tools available, and its AI credits, voice memos, custom agents and MCP server bring AI into that graph rather than bolting it on.
The flexibility comes at a cost Tana itself acknowledges: the product is hard to learn and works best for one person, which is why the company built a separate team product around meetings. Offline mode exists on desktop but pauses AI and publishing, and there is no self-hosted option. Best for researchers, founders and consultants willing to invest time.
What we found
Tana Outliner is the product most people mean when they say "Tana": an outliner where every bullet is a node and a supertag turns any node into a typed object with fields, views and live searches. On 31 March 2026 the company gave it that name and launched a separate "new Tana" at tana.inc, built around AI meeting agents for teams. It has promised that Tana Outliner "will still be supported" and "will still improve", and Outliner updates have kept shipping since. Earlier versions of this page mixed the two, describing the outliner but quoting the meeting product's prices.
Both products come from Tana Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a Palo Alto address and a largely Norwegian team led by co-founders Olav Kriken, Tarjei Vassbotn and Grim Iversen. A $14 million Series A led by Tola Capital in February 2025 took total funding to $25 million; Tana said then that more than 160,000 people had joined its waitlist.
The strengths are structural. Supertags turn plain notes into a task system, a CRM or a reading log, and live searches keep those views current without manual filing. Voice memos land as tagged notes, meetings can be transcribed, and since January 2026 a local API and MCP server let assistants such as Claude read and write the graph. Paid plans choose models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, metered in monthly AI credits. Desktop offline mode arrived in November 2025, though AI, publishing and shared-workspace editing pause while offline.
The weaknesses are ones Tana itself names: its March 2026 announcement concedes the product "can be incredibly powerful, but it can also be hard to learn" and works best solo. The Android app stood at 3.2 stars from 104 Google Play reviews in October 2026, and we found no self-hosted option.
It suits researchers, founders and consultants willing to invest time in a structured personal graph. Teams that mainly want meeting automation should look at the new Tana instead.
Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.
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