Craft vs Trilium Notes
Detailed comparison to help you choose the right tool for your needs
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Trilium Notes
Powerful self-hosted hierarchical knowledge base
4.5
Editorial RatingQuick Comparison
Rating
4.6
vs4.5
Starting Price
Free
vsFree
Pricing Model
freemium
vsfree
Feature
Craft
Trilium Notes
Rich Documents
Real-Time Collaboration
Backlinks
Daily Notes
Offline Access
Export Options
Hierarchical notes
Rich text editor
Note relations and maps
Full-text search
Web clipper
Encrypted notes
Craft Pros
- Stunningly beautiful native app design
- Fast and responsive even with large documents
- Excellent offline support on all Apple devices
- Great for creating shareable documents
- Inline backlinks and page references
- Powerful daily notes feature
Craft Cons
- Best experience is on Apple platforms only
- Web and Windows apps are less polished
- Block limit on free plan
- Smaller plugin and integration ecosystem
- No API for third-party automation
- Less flexible than Notion for databases
Trilium Notes Pros
- Powerful hierarchical organization
- Relation maps for knowledge graphing
- Desktop and server modes
- Code block syntax highlighting
- Excellent search
- Web clipper for research
Trilium Notes Cons
- UI looks dated compared to modern note apps
- Mobile experience via browser is limited
- Single developer project
- Learning curve for power features
- No native mobile app