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Notes & Knowledge
Local notes you own — a team wiki — or the notebook Windows already has.
Obsidian keeps notes as Markdown files on your disk with powerful linking. Notion is the shared wiki and database teams actually keep. OneNote is free ink-and-clipping already tied to your Microsoft account.
Obsidian
Why it won →“Your notes stay as plain files you own, with fast search and a huge plugin scene. Free to use; Sync is optional.”
Alternatives
Notion
Docs, wikis, and databases teams actually keep using.
Docs, databases, and wikis teams actually stick with. Free personal; paid when collaboration is the point.
Microsoft OneNote
Free Windows notebook that already knows your Microsoft account.
Free, ink-friendly, and already signed into Microsoft 365. Lowest-friction notebook when you prefer simple pages over a linked knowledge graph.