Nuclino vs Quip (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Nuclino if

• Fits if you're a small team that wants a wiki, boards and diagrams in one tool
• Works for mixed teams on Windows, macOS and Linux, since there's a desktop app for each

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're staying free, because it's 50 items, 3 canvases and 2 GB in total, with no version history listed
• Pricey if you invite lots of guests, since guests and read-only members are billed like everyone else
• Watch out: upgrading moves the whole team to the paid plan, not just the people who need it
• Not for you if you need long version history on Starter, which keeps 30 days
• Skip it if you need Sidekick AI, SAML SSO, an audit log or a custom domain below Business at $10 a user

Pick Quip if

• Fits if your sales team lives in Salesforce and wants documents tied to its records
• Works for small teams that only need shared docs and chat on Starter

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to try before paying, as there is no free plan or trial
• Watch out: Starter cannot be combined with Quip for Salesforce
• Pricey if you want the Salesforce sync, since Advanced is $100 per user a month and sold through sales
• Skip it if you want a general wiki, as it is built for Salesforce customers

Nuclino

• The Free plan stops at 50 items, 3 canvases and 2 GB of total storage, and its plan table lists no version history.
• Every user is billed, including guests and read-only members, and upgrading moves the whole team to the paid plan.
• Sidekick AI, SAML single sign-on, the audit log and custom publishing domains are limited to the Business plan.
• Starter keeps 30 days of version history; unlimited history needs Business.

Quip

• There is no free plan or free trial listed on the pricing page.
• Starter cannot be combined with Quip for Salesforce. Plus and Advanced are sold through sales; the Salesforce record sync is only in Advanced ($100).
• The vendor describes it as productivity for Salesforce customers, so it is less of a general wiki than most tools in this category.
• The download page names iOS and iPadOS in the App Store; the pricing page also mentions Android. It does not say which desktop systems the desktop app covers.

Nuclino

Collaborative items

Each item is a document that the team edits in real time, with room for notes, assigned tasks, flowcharts and embedded files. Hotkeys, slash commands and Markdown are supported.

List, board, table and graph views

The same workspace can be shown as a list for docs, a board for projects and tasks, a table that sorts and filters, or a graph for exploring how knowledge connects.

Canvas

An infinite canvas for whiteboards and diagrams can be added anywhere in a workspace. The Free plan allows up to 3 canvases; paid plans have no limit.

Sidekick AI

Answers questions from the team's own content, drafts and summarizes text, extracts action items and generates images. Sidekick is part of the Business plan.

Publishing

A workspace can be published as a website that search engines can find. Publishing starts on Starter, and a custom domain needs Business.

API and MCP server

An API is included on every plan, and an MCP server connects assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor to the team's content.

Quip

Documents and spreadsheets

Unlimited documents and spreadsheets on every plan, with spreadsheets that can be embedded inside a document.

Chat in every document

Each document and spreadsheet has built-in team chat, and there are also chat rooms and 1-to-1 messages.

Offline desktop app

The desktop app syncs documents and messages to the computer's drive so they can be opened offline and searched alongside local files.

Salesforce records in documents

Quip Advanced embeds documents in Salesforce records and syncs field, record, report and list data both ways.

Live Apps and API

Plus and Advanced add single sign-on, an enterprise API and custom Live Apps built for an organization.

Nuclino

• Free$0

  Up to 50 items, up to 3 canvases and 2 GB of total storage, with real-time collaboration, integrations and the API.

• Starter$6

  per user / month, billed yearly ($8 billed monthly)

  Unlimited items and canvases, admin tools, publishing, 30-day version history and 10 GB of storage per user.

• Business$10

  per user / month, billed yearly ($12 billed monthly)

  Sidekick AI, SAML single sign-on, audit log, team insights, a custom publishing domain, unlimited version history and 20 GB of storage per user.

Quip

• Quip Starter$10

  per user / month, billed annually ($12 billed monthly)

  Unlimited documents and spreadsheets, group chat, and desktop, tablet and mobile access. Cannot be combined with Quip for Salesforce.

• Quip Plus$25

  per user / month, billed annually

  Everything in Starter plus single sign-on, the enterprise API and custom Live Apps. Contact sales to buy.

• Quip Advanced$100

  per user / month, billed annually

  Everything in Plus plus editing live documents inside Salesforce records and two-way sync with Salesforce data. Contact sales to buy.

Nuclino

• Annual discount

  Up to 25% off with yearly billing

  Starter is $6 per user a month billed yearly ($72 a year) against $8 billed monthly, a 25% saving. Business is $10 billed yearly ($120 a year) against $12.

Quip

• Other savings

  $30 for the first five users on Starter

  The pricing page lists a special offer of $30 for the first five Starter users, available only on quip.com. It gives no end date or term.