InfraNodus vs Kinopio (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Kinopio grades higher than InfraNodus: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Kinopio grades higher on value for money and ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
InfraNodus
Turns text into a network graph to show topics and gaps
Kinopio
Freeform canvas for notes, mind maps and moodboards
Which one is for you
Pick InfraNodus if
- Fits if you want to find themes and gaps in a pile of notes or interviews
- Works for researchers who keep notes in Obsidian
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a whiteboard: there is no freehand canvas or sticky notes
- Tight if you stay free: 3 graphs in total
- Pricey if you use it for work: commercial use needs Advanced at €32 a month
- Watch out: prices are in euros and exclude VAT for private EU customers
Pick Kinopio if
- Fits if you think by arranging notes in space, not in lists
- Works for moodboards that put images, links and PDFs side by side
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, since 100 cards and 5 MB uploads go quickly on a busy board
- Skip it if you need to open your boards offline, which it can't do yet
- Not for you if you need end-to-end encryption, because the data isn't encrypted that way
- Skip it if you're on Android, as there's no native app, only the site saved to your home screen
- Watch out: upgrading in the iOS app costs more than on the website, and only upgraded users can make groups
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAInfraNodusFair | 2.4GPAKinopioFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DBasic is €12 a month billed annually and covers personal and academic use only. Commercial use starts at Advanced, €32 a month, well above the $8.25 middle. | C$8 a month, or $80 a year, which is the middle of this category exactly. The $250 lifetime plan only pays for itself after three years, and upgrading inside the iOS app costs more than on the website, which the maker puts down to Apple's fees. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree account keeps 3 graphs in total, with limited analytics, 20 AI credits an hour and 3 AI chats. Every paid plan has a 14-day trial. | CEvery feature is free, collaboration included, and you don't even need an account. But it's 100 cards and 5 MB per upload, which one busy board can use up. Cards you add to an upgraded user's space don't count. |
| Features | CText-to-graph, content gap analysis, AI chat, imports and exports. The listing says it analyses text and offers no freehand canvas or sticky notes. | CThe basics of a canvas, done its own way: cards holding text, links, images, PDFs and code, joined by lines or grouped in boxes and lists, with backlinked tags, todos with due dates, live cursors and a public API. No drawing tools, no templates, and the help pages say it can't be opened offline yet. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You have to learn how to read a text network. | BNo rating on record, but there's nothing to set up at all: no account needed, click anywhere on the canvas and type, and drag from a card to connect it to another. Painting over items selects them in one go. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb and a browser extension, with Obsidian, Chrome, Firefox, Gephi, n8n and Claude. No desktop or phone app. | BWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, an iOS app and a browser extension, plus a public API and hooks for Zapier, Telegram and Are.na. What stops it going higher is Android: there's no native app, and the maker suggests adding the site to your home screen. |
| Best for | turning text into a network graph to find gaps | arranging notes and pictures on a freeform canvas |
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: InfraNodus and Kinopio. How we grade
Price against what you get
InfraNodus starts at about $13.41 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Kinopio starts at $6.67 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7.
Kinopio scores higher and starts $6.74 a month lower. Of the other whiteboard and mind map tools on the chart, 26 score higher than InfraNodus for less, and 5 score higher than Kinopio 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
- InfraNodus also covers research.
- Kinopio also covers notes, linked notes, whiteboard and tasks.
At a glance
| InfraNodus | Kinopio | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | €12 per month, billed annually (€19 billed monthly) | $8 per month, or $80 per year |
| Free plan | Free account with limited text and graph analytics, 3 graphs in total, 20 AI credits per hour and 3 AI chats. | Free: every feature, including collaboration, up to 100 cards and a 5 MB upload file size limit. No account is required to start. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial on every paid plan | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Nodus Labs | Kinopio LLC |
| Price read from | infranodus.com | kinopio.club |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Worth knowing
InfraNodus
- It analyzes text rather than offering a freehand canvas or sticky notes, so it is not a drop-in board.
- The free account is capped at 3 graphs in total and limited analytics.
- Prices are shown in euros and exclude VAT for private EU customers.
- The Basic plan is for personal and academic use; commercial use starts at Advanced.
Kinopio
- The free tier stops at 100 cards and a 5 MB upload file size, and only upgraded users can create groups.
- There is no native Android app; the vendor suggests adding the site to an Android home screen instead.
- Data is not end-to-end encrypted, and the app cannot yet be opened while offline, though edits made after a connection drops are synced later.
- Upgrading inside the iOS app costs more than on the website, which the vendor attributes to Apple's fees.
Key features
InfraNodus
- Text-to-network graphs
- Paste text or upload files and words become nodes in a graph, grouped into topical clusters that you can filter and explore.
- Content gap analysis
- The analytics panel points out topics that are weakly connected in your text and suggests questions to bridge them.
- AI summaries and chat
- AI tools summarize the visible statements or the essential ones, and generate ideas that link disconnected topics. Limits depend on the plan.
- Data imports
- Pull in Google, YouTube and Amazon review results, RSS feeds and uploaded TXT, MD, JSON, CSV and PDF files. Quotas rise with each plan.
- Exports
- Export graph images as PNG or SVG, statements as CSV or Markdown, and graph data as JSON, CSV or Gexf for Gephi.
- Extension, plugin and MCP server
- A Chrome and Firefox extension and an Obsidian graph view plugin come with paid plans; an MCP server connects graphs to AI tools.
Kinopio
- Cards and connections
- Clicking anywhere and typing creates a card. Cards hold text, links, images, PDFs and code blocks, and dragging from a card's connector draws a line to a related one.
- Boxes, lists and paint select
- Boxes keep related items together and lists stack cards vertically, which suits kanban-style boards. Painting over several items selects them all for a bulk edit.
- Real-time collaboration and groups
- Invited collaborators see each other's cursors and edits live. A space can be private, public read-only or open to comments, and groups share a set of spaces with a team.
- Backlinked tags and linked spaces
- Double-bracket tags connect a theme across every space it appears in, and a card can link straight to another space, so related boards stay reachable.
- Todos, mentions and due dates
- A card or box can be turned into a checkable todo, assigned to a collaborator with an @mention and given a due date.
- Import, export and public API
- Spaces import and export in several formats, including open JSON Canvas files, and can be saved as PDF. A public API supports custom integrations and tooling.
Plans
InfraNodus
Basic€12
per month, billed annually (€19 billed monthly)
Full graph analytics, 50 graphs, 40 AI credits per hour, personal and academic use only.
Advanced€32
per month, billed annually (€49 billed monthly)
Adds API and MCP access, 100 graphs, 5 MB uploads, live graph updates and commercial use.
Premium€66
per month, billed annually (€79 billed monthly)
Adds 1,000 graphs, 50 MB PDF uploads, 1 hour of training a month and fast-track feature requests.
Kinopio
Free$0
All features, limited to 100 cards and 5 MB uploads. Cards added to a space created by an upgraded user do not count.
Monthly$8
per month
Unlimited cards and uploads, billed monthly. Upgraded users can also create groups.
Yearly$80
per year
The same unlimited cards and uploads, billed once a year.
Lifetime$250
one-time
Unlimited cards and uploads for a single payment, with no subscription.
Ways to pay less
InfraNodus
- Annual discount
Save up to 35% with annual billing
The pricing section shows annual plans at a lower monthly rate than monthly billing, saving up to 35% on Basic and Advanced.
- Education
Student discounts and educational licenses
The pricing section says discounted or subsidized educational licenses are available on request through support after you create an account.
Kinopio
- Annual discount
About 17% less on the yearly plan
The yearly plan is $80 against $8 a month. Twelve monthly payments come to $96, so paying yearly works out about 17% cheaper.
- Lifetime license
Lifetime plan for $250
A single payment of $250 gives unlimited cards and uploads with no subscription. The vendor says it added the plan in response to demand.
- Education
Discount for students and financial need
Students, and people who cannot afford the price because of where they live or other circumstances, can email the maker for a discount on subscription and lifetime plans.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, InfraNodus or Kinopio?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Kinopio is cheaper to start with: $6.67 a month when paid by the year, against about $13.41 a month for InfraNodus. InfraNodus starts at €12 per month, billed annually (€19 billed monthly), and Kinopio starts at $8 per month, or $80 per year.
Which has a free plan, InfraNodus or Kinopio?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both InfraNodus and Kinopio have a free plan.
Which platforms do InfraNodus and Kinopio run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Kinopio lists macOS, Windows, Linux and iOS apps. Both list 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.