Elephas vs Saner.AI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Saner.AI grades higher than Elephas: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Saner.AI grades higher on value for money and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Elephas
Private AI knowledge assistant for Mac with local indexing
Saner.AI
AI assistant for notes, tasks and email, aimed at ADHD
Which one is for you
Pick Elephas if
- Fits if you handle client files under NDA and want names and numbers redacted before AI sees them
- Works for Mac users who want one searchable index of their own PDFs, notes and transcripts
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you're on Windows, which is only a waitlist so far
- Pricey if you want Super Brain, integrations or the iPhone app, since they start on Professional at $39 a month
- Tight if you're staying free, at 20 credits a month for the built-in AI, while Standard gets 100 and Professional 500
- Watch out: the Mac App Store build lacks Super Command and the text-writing features
- Watch out: the full redaction inspector is only on Pro+, at $49 billed monthly
Pick Saner.AI if
- Fits if you keep notes and tasks together and want AI search over them
- Works for people who live in Gmail, Google Drive and Calendar
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, with 30 AI messages a month and 100 notes
- Watch out: GPT, Claude and Gemini access is not in the plans; it costs extra per token or needs your own key
- Watch out: Standard's unlimited messages carry a reasonable-use note
- Watch out: the page does not say if $8 and $16 are monthly or yearly prices, or name the mobile platforms
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAElephasWeak | 2.4GPASaner.AIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DStandard is $15.83 a month on the yearly plan, $19 monthly, which is the dear end of this category for 100 credits. Super Brain, the knowledge base that's the whole point, needs Professional at $32.50, and the full redaction inspector Pro+ at $40.83. | BStarter is $8 a month, under the $8.30 that marks the cheaper quarter of AI assistants. The page does not say whether that is the monthly or the yearly rate. |
| Free plan and trial | CThere's a free plan with no card, but it's 20 credits a month for the built-in AI, a fifth of what Standard gets. Every download also gets 7 days of Pro, switched on automatically, with no card asked for. | CFree gives 30 AI messages a month, 100 notes and 100MB of storage, and new accounts get a trial bonus. Those caps are easy to hit. |
| Features | CSuper Brain indexes your own files and answers with sources, 28 types of sensitive data get blanked before anything leaves the Mac, and it runs offline. That's a narrow job, and the headline parts sit above the Standard plan. | CTask assistant, search across notes and the web, auto-tagging and capture options. Outside models cost extra or need your own API key, and the free allowances are small. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record, and there's a fair bit to take in: which plan has Super Brain, what a credit buys, and a Mac App Store build that's missing Super Command and the writing features. The built-in AI does work without keys. | CNo store rating on record. You connect Drive, Gmail, Slack or Calendar to get the most from it, which takes some setup. |
| Platforms and integrations | CA Mac app, on macOS 13 or later, with a companion app for iPhone and iPad from the Professional plan up. Windows is a waitlist. It connects to Apple Notes, Notion, Obsidian and Zoom, but it's Apple hardware only. | BWeb app and a browser extension, connecting to Google Drive, Gmail, Slack and Google Calendar. The pricing page lists a mobile app but names no platforms. |
| Best for | asking AI about client files, with details redacted | notes and tasks with an AI assistant |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Elephas and Saner.AI. How we grade
Price against what you get
Elephas starts at $15.83 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Saner.AI starts at $8 a month and scores 2.3.
Saner.AI scores higher and starts $7.83 a month lower. Of the other AI assistants on the chart, 35 score higher than Elephas for less, and 11 score higher than Saner.AI for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Elephas also covers grammar & style.
- Saner.AI also covers AI search, notes, web clipper and tasks.
At a glance
| Elephas | Saner.AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $15.83 per month on the yearly plan, or $19 billed monthly (Standard) | $8 per month (Starter), billing basis not shown |
| Free plan | 20 credits a month for the built-in Elephas AI engine, with no credit card required. | 30 AI messages and 30 AI requests a month, 100 notes, 100MB storage and 1MB PDFs. |
| Free trial | Every new download includes 7 days of Pro, activated automatically, with no credit card required. | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| iOS | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Liberation Softwares LLP | Saner.AI |
| Price read from | elephas.app | saner.ai |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Elephas
- The full app is for Mac only (macOS 13 or later), with a companion app for iPhone and iPad. Windows is on a waitlist.
- The built-in AI runs on monthly credits: 20 on Free, 100 on Standard, 500 on Professional and 1,000 on Pro+. Your own API keys remove the limit.
- Super Brain, integrations and iPhone and iPad access start at Professional, and the full redaction inspector is in Pro+.
- The Mac App Store version lacks Super Command and the text-writing features because of sandbox restrictions.
Saner.AI
- Messages to outside models such as GPT, Claude or Gemini are not in the plans; they cost extra per token or need your own API key.
- The Free plan's allowances are monthly; paid plans are daily, and Standard's unlimited messages carry a reasonable-use note.
- The pricing page shows $8 and $16 without saying whether they are the monthly or yearly-billed rate.
- The pricing page lists a mobile app but does not name the platforms.
Key features
Elephas
- Super Brain
- Workspaces built from your PDFs, Word and Excel files, notes and transcripts, one per client or project. Files are indexed locally on the Mac and answers cite the source documents.
- Sensitive data redaction
- Detects and redacts 28 types of sensitive data, such as names, emails, account numbers and passport numbers, on the device before content reaches a cloud model.
- Offline mode
- Runs AI entirely on the Mac with local models so nothing leaves the device. Built-in cloud AI with zero data retention and your own API keys are the alternatives.
- Super Command
- One keyboard shortcut brings Elephas into any Mac app to summarize, rewrite, translate or fix the grammar of selected text, or to run custom commands called Snippets.
- Built-in AI or your own keys
- The built-in engine runs on OpenAI and Anthropic models. You can also add API keys from more than 15 providers, including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq and DeepSeek, for unlimited usage.
- iPhone and iPad access
- Professional and Pro+ subscribers can open the Super Brains built on the Mac from an iPhone or iPad signed in to the same Apple account.
Saner.AI
- Skai task assistant
- Chat to plan tasks, turn emails and brain dumps into plans, and schedule or prioritize with one click.
- Search notes and the internet
- Ask questions across your saved notes and online sources, or select files and ask for insights from them.
- Connected sources
- Pulls in Google Drive, email, Slack and calendar data, with a timeline view that lays tasks out on a calendar.
- Auto-tagging
- AI suggests tags and folders from a note's content and your earlier tags, and surfaces similar notes you saved.
- Capture options
- Write from Chrome, record voice notes, or upload and import files, with OCR and multilingual support on every plan.
Plans
Elephas
Free$0
20 credits a month for the built-in Elephas AI engine.
Standard$15.83
per month on the yearly plan; $19 billed monthly
100 credits a month: AI chat and writing across the Mac, basic document and note workflows, and automatic protection of sensitive data.
Professional$32.50
per month on the yearly plan; $39 billed monthly
500 credits a month, plus Super Brain, integrations with Apple Notes, Notion and Obsidian, iPhone and iPad access and a basic view of redactions.
Pro+$40.83
per month on the yearly plan; $49 billed monthly
1,000 credits a month, plus the full redaction inspector, advanced redaction settings, optional offline AI workflows and an onboarding call.
Saner.AI
Free$0
30 AI messages a month, 100 notes, 100MB storage and community support. New accounts get a trial bonus of 50 AI requests.
Starter$8
per month; monthly or yearly basis not shown
30 AI messages a day, 1,000 notes, 5GB storage, 5MB PDFs and limited Reasoning Mode. A yearly toggle lists 20% off.
Standard$16
per month; monthly or yearly basis not shown
Unlimited AI messages and notes, 100 AI requests a day, 100GB storage, 10MB PDFs and extended Reasoning Mode.
Ways to pay less
Elephas
- Annual discount
Save about 17% with yearly billing
On the yearly plan Standard drops from $19 to $15.83 a month, Professional from $39 to $32.50 and Pro+ from $49 to $40.83.
Saner.AI
- Annual discount
Yearly billing saves 20%
The pricing page has a yearly toggle labeled 20% off; the yearly figures were not readable, so the saving is stated as a percentage.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Elephas or Saner.AI?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Saner.AI is cheaper to start with: $8 a month, against $15.83 a month for Elephas. Elephas starts at $15.83 per month on the yearly plan, or $19 billed monthly (Standard), and Saner.AI starts at $8 per month (Starter), billing basis not shown.
Which has a free plan, Elephas or Saner.AI?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Elephas and Saner.AI have a free plan.
Which platforms do Elephas and Saner.AI run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Elephas lists macOS and iOS apps and only Saner.AI lists a web app and a browser extension. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.