TL;DR: Evernote's free tier is 50 notes, 1 notebook, and 1 synced device, with Starter and Advanced for individuals and Flexible and Unlimited for businesses. Taskade is the AI-native alternative where notes feed AI agents, become deployed apps through Taskade Genesis, and execute through 100+ bidirectional integrations. Free Forever to start, Pro $10/mo billed annually. Try Taskade Genesis free →
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| Capability | Evernote | Taskade Genesis |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing (starting) | Free capped at 50 notes / 1 notebook / 1 device; paid tiers from Starter | $0 Free · $10/mo Pro billed annually (10 seats) |
| Cloneable live demo | ❌ | ✅ |
| Built-in AI agents | AI Assistant chat over your notes | ✅ built-in tools |
| Automation engine | ❌ | ✅ Durable runtime, 100+ integrations |
| Workspace DNA loop | ❌ | ✅ ▲ Memory · ■ Intelligence · ● Execution |
What is Taskade?
Taskade is an AI-native productivity workspace founded in 2017 by John Xie, Dionis Loire, and Stan Chang (Y Combinator-backed). Notes, tasks, files, and structured data all live in one workspace where AI Agents v2 can reason over them, durable automations execute against them, and Taskade Genesis can turn them into deployed apps.
What is Evernote?
Evernote is one of the original digital note-taking apps and pioneered the notebook-and-tag model. Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in January 2023 and has since shipped AI features for search, writing and meeting transcription.
Evernote at a glance (verified October 2026): Owned by Bending Spoons. Strong Web Clipper, image and document search, offline notes, and PDF annotation. The lineup is Free, Starter and Advanced for individuals, plus Flexible and Unlimited for businesses. Free is capped at 50 notes, 1 notebook, 1 connected device, and 1 GB of monthly uploads. Starter allows 1,000 notes, 20 notebooks, 3 devices and 5 GB, and Advanced is unlimited. AI features include an AI Assistant chat, Semantic Search, AI Transcribe, AI Edit, and an MCP connection for Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP tools. See how note apps compare in our second-brain roundup →
Evernote is great at one job: a deep, searchable notebook for personal knowledge capture. The Web Clipper and search across images and documents are still strong, and the AI Assistant now lets you ask questions of your notes. The free tier is best understood as a trial: 50 notes in a single notebook on one device is a preview of the product, not a working knowledge base.
What Taskade adds on top of note-taking
AI Agents reason over your knowledge base
AI Agents v2 come with built-in tools (web search, file analysis, image generation, code execution, project management), persistent memory, and custom tools. Train an agent on your project library and it can answer questions, surface related notes, draft summaries, and trigger automations.
Taskade Genesis turns notes into deployed apps
Describe a knowledge portal, an internal wiki, an intake form, or a customer support hub and Taskade Genesis returns a deployed application with email-and-password sign-in through GenesisAuth on every plan, password protection on Pro and above, and custom domains on Pro and above. Browse the Community Gallery for real apps built from a single prompt.
100+ bidirectional integrations
Connect Slack, Gmail, Stripe, HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion, Shopify, Google Sheets, GitHub, Calendly, and 90+ more. Triggers pull events in. Actions push data out. All on a production-grade durable runtime that retries on failure.
Real-time collaboration on the free plan
Multiplayer editing, chat, and video meetings live inside every project on the Free Forever plan, not gated behind a team upgrade. Evernote focuses on individual capture, with sharing, Spaces and task assignment for teams on its business plans.
Multiple project views
List, Board, Table, Mind Map, Docs (Beta), Gantt Chart, Calendar, Actionsheet, and Org Chart (Gantt Chart, Actionsheet and Org Chart need a paid plan). Switching views does not duplicate data — the same content renders any way you need it.
The Workspace DNA advantage
Taskade is built on Workspace DNA — a self-reinforcing loop between three pillars.
- Memory (Projects) — Notes, tasks, files, docs, and structured data become the substrate every agent reasons over.
- Intelligence (AI Agents) — Agents v2 with built-in tools, persistent memory, and custom tools you define.
- Execution (Automations) — Durable workflows across 100+ integrations that read from Memory, act through Intelligence, and write the results back into Memory.
Evernote is a great place to put information. Taskade runs the loop where information itself becomes the input that AI builds, automates, and executes against. Read the Workspace DNA explainer.
How to use Evernote and Taskade together
Many people keep Evernote as a personal archive of clippings, receipts and scanned documents, and use Taskade where notes turn into team work. Evernote has no Taskade connector, so the bridge is email or import. Taskade's Mail Hook trigger gives every workspace a unique email address, and it works on every plan, Free included.
Here is a notes-to-action loop you can build as one Taskade automation:
- Send the note. Paste the text of an Evernote meeting note into an email, or forward the email it came from, to your Taskade mail hook address.
- Taskade trigger: Mail Hook, "Email Received". The automation starts with the email body and attachments.
- Agent step. A Taskade AI agent pulls out decisions, owners and dates, and links related notes it finds in your projects.
- Add tasks. Each action item becomes a task in the right project, assigned and dated.
- Google Calendar, "Create Event". Deadlines and follow-up meetings land on the team calendar.
- Slack, "Send Channel Message". The team gets a short summary with links to the new tasks.
For a one-time move instead of a loop, follow the Evernote import guide: copy and paste a few notes, or export .enex files, convert them with Yarle, and bring them in with Import Markdown.
| Job | Evernote | Taskade |
|---|---|---|
| Personal capture, clipping, scanned documents | ✅ Core strength | Web Clipper and file uploads |
| Ask questions of your notes | ✅ AI Assistant | ✅ Agents with persistent memory |
| Turn notes into assigned, dated tasks | Tasks inside notes | ✅ Projects with multiple views |
| Cross-tool automations | — | ✅ 100+ bidirectional integrations |
| Share knowledge as an app or portal | — | ✅ Taskade Genesis from one prompt |
The Mail Hook trigger is free, while most other connectors, such as Google Calendar and Slack, run on paid plans.
Pricing comparison
| Plan | Taskade | Evernote (verified October 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free Forever: unlimited projects, 2 members, 3 Taskade Genesis apps, 1 agent, real-time collaboration | 50 notes, 1 notebook, 1 device, 1 GB monthly uploads |
| Entry paid | Pro $10/mo billed annually ($20 month-to-month), 10 seats | Starter: 1,000 notes, 20 notebooks, 3 devices, 5 GB |
| Power user | Business $25/mo billed annually ($50 month-to-month), unlimited seats | Advanced: unlimited notes, notebooks, devices and storage |
| Business | Max $100/mo billed annually ($200 month-to-month) | Flexible: priced per seat, from 500 notes and 4 devices per seat |
| Enterprise | $250/mo billed annually ($500 month-to-month), SCIM | Unlimited: through Evernote sales |
Evernote publishes its rates on evernote.com/compare-plans and says annual billing saves up to 40%. We do not quote Evernote's dollar figures here because the page renders them for each visitor and we could not confirm one public rate. The limits above come from Evernote's own plan table. Taskade's rates are flat per plan and listed above, with unlimited projects on every plan.
When to choose each
Choose Evernote if:
- You want a classic personal notebook with a strong Web Clipper, image and document search, offline notes, and PDF annotation.
- You want an AI Assistant and meeting transcription that work across a large personal archive of notes.
- You want your notes available to Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP tools through Evernote's own connector.
Choose Taskade if:
- You want AI agents reasoning over your knowledge base and acting on it.
- You need real-time multiplayer collaboration with chat and video.
- You want notes, tasks, and structured data in one workspace.
- You need 100+ bidirectional integrations and durable workflow automations.
- You want to turn a knowledge base into a deployed app with Taskade Genesis.
Frequently asked questions
What Evernote plans are available in 2026?
Evernote lists Free, Starter and Advanced for individuals, plus Flexible and Unlimited for businesses. Free is capped at 50 notes, 1 notebook and 1 device, Starter allows 1,000 notes and 3 devices, and Advanced is unlimited. Rates are on evernote.com/compare-plans.
Can I import my Evernote notes into Taskade?
Yes. Paste a few notes straight into a project, or export notebooks as .enex files, convert them to Markdown with Yarle, and use Import Markdown. Notebooks become folders, notes become projects, and checklists become tasks.
Does Evernote have AI features?
Yes. Evernote lists an AI Assistant chat, Semantic Search, AI Transcribe, AI Edit and an MCP connection. Taskade adds custom AI agents with built-in tools, automations across 100+ integrations, and apps built from a prompt.
How do Evernote and Taskade work together?
Keep Evernote as your archive and send notes that need action to your Taskade mail hook address, which works on every plan. An automation can have an agent extract tasks, add calendar events, and post a Slack summary.
Which AI models does Taskade use?
Taskade Genesis runs frontier models from top AI labs, with TSK-Auto as the default. Paid plans pick OpenAI GPT models, xAI Grok and open-weight models built in, with no key, and on Pro and up you can bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Google Vertex AI key (BYOK).
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Related reading
- The Build Without Permission article — Our manifesto
- How Workspace DNA Works — The architecture
- Origin of Living Software — Where apps are headed
- How to Train AI Agents With Your Knowledge
- Agentic Workflows That Replace Busywork