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People seem interested in this. But I still wonder what is the advantage over Obsidian.

WillAdams 2y ago
Pay once pricing? A really interesting feature would be the ability to post to your own host --- the publishing aspect is the one thing which has me seriously contemplating Obsidian, but I'm so deep into gitbook and github I haven't been able to justify a cost-benefit calculation.
marcuskaz 2y ago
NotesHub is one-time payment of $4 and Obsidian is $50/yr
- hanifc 2y ago
  What does the $50 get you with Obsidian? I don’t pay, and I’m able to access my notes from my desktop and mobile apps.
  - dtkav 2y ago
    They must be talking about the commercial license. [0] https://obsidian.md/pricing https://obsidian.md/pricing
- dtkav 2y ago
  Obsidian is free for individual use. The $50/yr is a commercial license. They also have a $4/month sync product (sync across devices with e2e encryption), but you can use icloud, google drive, etc too.
wodenokoto 2y ago
Without having tried both side by side, pricing is an advantage.
- 0x142857 2y ago
  obsidian is free
  - wlonkly 2y ago
    Only for personal use - if you use it in connection with a business (even if it's taking meeting notes), you require a commercial license.
  - wodenokoto 2y ago
    Not for professional use, which includes work related notes. NotesHubs free tier allows for that.
accra4rx 2y ago
In Obsidian , you can even sync to github or dropbox with community plugins . so price wise it is free Also Obsidian has much better search (using community plugin) which is lacking in noteshub
- alex-titarenko 2y ago
  Obsidian's git sync has many issues, at least, this is what I hear from my customers who used both products. Search in NotesHub is also robust, please read here: https://about.noteshub.app/blog/archive/2024/7/noteshub-34 https://about.noteshub.app/blog/archive/2024/7/noteshub-34
- dtkav 2y ago
  The plugin ecosystem is amazing. I wrote a plugin called Relay that makes obsidian multiplayer with live collaboration (using CRDTs), and there are a few others in the space too. Obsidian sync is also great for e2e encrypted sync for your own devices if you don't want to rely on third parties like GitHub.
- vunderba 2y ago
  +1 on the third party search. Quick Switcher plugin lets you bring up a hotkeyed modal to search across all note titles/headings/subheadings/tags all in a single fast search interface. https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/obsidian-another-quick-switcher https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/obsidian-another-quick-swi...
superbforme 2y ago
The app being the in store for mac and ios, I stopped using obsidian when they removed the app from the mac store and only allowed it for ios. I need the sandbox, for bussiness is a no brainer, allow some apps from the store, give the right permissions, done and for me personally, I don't use anything that doesn't come from the store, even if I can download the app freely from the project page, a few bucks for the sandbox and peace of mind is worth it to me. I donated to Obsidian because I liked the project in general, I dislike the way they distribute the app in all platforms outside of ios, ex, snap with --classic rendering the attempt to sandbox it useless. Edit --- Reading some comments, it's pretty obvious that a lot of people even install third party plugins, on an app that is about taking personal notes, it's refreshing to see how much people care about cybersecurity and their personal, business notes.
4k93n2 2y ago
less decision fatigue

Pay once pricing? A really interesting feature would be the ability to post to your own host --- the publishing aspect is the one thing which has me seriously contemplating Obsidian, but I'm so deep into gitbook and github I haven't been able to justify a cost-benefit calculation.

marcuskaz 2y ago

NotesHub is one-time payment of $4 and Obsidian is $50/yr

hanifc 2y ago
What does the $50 get you with Obsidian? I don’t pay, and I’m able to access my notes from my desktop and mobile apps.
- dtkav 2y ago
  They must be talking about the commercial license. [0] https://obsidian.md/pricing https://obsidian.md/pricing
dtkav 2y ago
Obsidian is free for individual use. The $50/yr is a commercial license. They also have a $4/month sync product (sync across devices with e2e encryption), but you can use icloud, google drive, etc too.

wodenokoto 2y ago

Without having tried both side by side, pricing is an advantage.

0x142857 2y ago
obsidian is free
- wlonkly 2y ago
  Only for personal use - if you use it in connection with a business (even if it's taking meeting notes), you require a commercial license.
- wodenokoto 2y ago
  Not for professional use, which includes work related notes. NotesHubs free tier allows for that.

accra4rx 2y ago

In Obsidian , you can even sync to github or dropbox with community plugins . so price wise it is free Also Obsidian has much better search (using community plugin) which is lacking in noteshub

alex-titarenko 2y ago
Obsidian's git sync has many issues, at least, this is what I hear from my customers who used both products. Search in NotesHub is also robust, please read here: https://about.noteshub.app/blog/archive/2024/7/noteshub-34 https://about.noteshub.app/blog/archive/2024/7/noteshub-34
dtkav 2y ago
The plugin ecosystem is amazing. I wrote a plugin called Relay that makes obsidian multiplayer with live collaboration (using CRDTs), and there are a few others in the space too. Obsidian sync is also great for e2e encrypted sync for your own devices if you don't want to rely on third parties like GitHub.
vunderba 2y ago
+1 on the third party search. Quick Switcher plugin lets you bring up a hotkeyed modal to search across all note titles/headings/subheadings/tags all in a single fast search interface. https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/obsidian-another-quick-switcher https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/obsidian-another-quick-swi...

superbforme 2y ago

The app being the in store for mac and ios, I stopped using obsidian when they removed the app from the mac store and only allowed it for ios. I need the sandbox, for bussiness is a no brainer, allow some apps from the store, give the right permissions, done and for me personally, I don't use anything that doesn't come from the store, even if I can download the app freely from the project page, a few bucks for the sandbox and peace of mind is worth it to me. I donated to Obsidian because I liked the project in general, I dislike the way they distribute the app in all platforms outside of ios, ex, snap with --classic rendering the attempt to sandbox it useless. Edit --- Reading some comments, it's pretty obvious that a lot of people even install third party plugins, on an app that is about taking personal notes, it's refreshing to see how much people care about cybersecurity and their personal, business notes.

4k93n2 2y ago

less decision fatigue