Heptabase
Visual knowledge tool with whiteboards and AI insights.
Watch the demoOfficial walkthroughHeptabase is visual knowledge tool with whiteboards and AI insights. Paid, from $8.99/mo.
About Heptabase
Heptabase is a visual note-taking and research tool built around a whiteboard metaphor, where each note is a card that can be placed, grouped and linked on infinite canvases. It targets people doing serious knowledge work such as PhD research, technical writing, legal analysis or product strategy, where the structure of an idea is as important as its content. AI features layer on top of the cards to summarize highlights, generate questions, find related notes and chat with a set of selected sources. Heptabase supports PDF annotation, Markdown export, a journal view, mind maps and tags, plus end-to-end encryption and offline-first sync across macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and the web. The product is paid-only and is favored by researchers and learners who want to think visually rather than in linear documents.
Heptabase pros and cons
Hand-derived from the catalog data, strengths and trade-offs to weigh before signing up.
- Card-based notes
- Whiteboards
- AI insights
- Paid-only, no free tier (starts at $8.99/mo)
- No autonomous agent, handles single prompts, not multi-step workflows
- Competition is strong in this space, see Notion AI and Connections for comparison
3 plans from Heptabase
Pulled from Heptabase’s public pricing page. Prices may change, verify on the vendor’s site before purchasing.
Pro
Visual learning essentials
- Unlimited notes & whiteboards
- PDF highlights & YouTube transcripts
- AI chat
- 100 AI credits monthly
Premium
Full Heptabase with premium AI
- Unlimited PDF uploads
- OpenAI/Google/Anthropic models
- AI tutor feature
- 1,800 monthly AI credits
Premium+
For power users
- 33% discount on extra credits
- 8,100 monthly AI credits
- All premium features
Heptabase vs Notes & Knowledge
Side-by-side with the top 3 other notes & knowledge in this category.
| Picked from the top tools in notes & knowledge | Visual knowledge tool with whiteboards and AI insights. | AI features built into Notion for writing, summarizing, and Q&A. | AI tool that maps relationships between people and ideas. | Self-organizing AI workspace that connects notes for you. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTS AT | $8.99/mo | $10/mo | , | $14.99/mo |
| PRICING | Paid | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| AI AGENT | No | Yes | No | No |
| EDITOR'S PICK | No | No | No | No |
| KEY FEATURES | Card-based notes, Whiteboards, AI insights | Workspace Q&A, AI autofill, Meeting summaries | Contact AI summaries, Meeting notes, Relationship graph | Auto-linking, Mem Chat, Smart write |
| BEST FOR | Research projects, Visual thinking, Concept mapping | Note summarization, Workspace Q&A, Content drafting | Personal CRM, Networking, Meeting recall | Personal knowledge base, Meeting notes, Idea capture |
| WORKS WITH | #notes#whiteboard#research | #notes#workspace#search | #crm#relationships#networking | #notes#personal#knowledge |
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