Microsoft OneNote

Founded by Bill Gates in 2003

Take and organize digital notes across all your devices

Cost

Free Tier

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Immediate

You can use OneNote to create digital notebooks for capturing text, images, audio, and video notes. Organize notes into sections and pages, draw or sketch ideas, clip web content, and share notebooks with others for collaboration. It syncs across devices so notes are available on phone, tablet, and computer. You can search across all notes, tag important items, and embed files or links. It works well for meeting notes, research, project planning, and personal organization.

What Microsoft OneNote does

Create a new notebook and organize it into sections and pagesRecord audio directly inside a note during a meetingClip a web article into a notebook with one clickDraw or handwrite notes on a touchscreen and convert to textShare a notebook with colleagues for simultaneous editingSearch across all notes for a specific keyword or phraseTag notes as 'important' or 'to-do' for quick filteringSync notes across phone, tablet, and desktop automaticallyFreeform canvas lets you place text, images, and drawings anywhere on the pageHandwriting recognition converts handwritten notes to typed textAudio and video recording directly within a noteWeb clipper saves entire web pages or portions into notebooksReal-time collaboration so multiple people can edit the same notebookFull-text search across all notebooks including handwritten contentTag notes with labels like 'to-do', 'important', or custom tagsSyncs automatically across Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and web

Pricing breakdown

PlanPrice10 seats / yr

Microsoft 365 Personal$6.99 / mo$838.8

Microsoft 365 Family$9.99 / mo$1,198.8

Annual estimates assume continuous billing at the listed list price. Volume discounts typical above 50 seats.

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