Roam Research vs Supernotes
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Roam Research
Outliner for networked notes with bidirectional links
Supernotes
Collaborative note-taking built on short, linkable notecards
Where they differ
- Roam Research starts at $15 per month, or $165 per year ($13.75 a month). Supernotes starts at £6 per month, billed annually (£72).
- Supernotes has a free plan. Roam Research does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Supernotes lists Windows, Linux and Android apps.
- Roam Research also covers daily notes.
- Supernotes also covers Markdown.
At a glance
| Roam Research | Supernotes | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $15 per month, or $165 per year ($13.75 a month) | £6 per month, billed annually (£72) |
| Free plan | None | Starter: begins with 100 cards, with more earned through achievements and referrals. Includes all apps, sync, offline editing and real-time sharing. |
| Free trial | 31-day free trial, available only if you have never had a plan. | None listed |
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| Made by | Roam Research, Inc. | Supernotes Education Ltd |
| Price read from | frontdeskreview.com (not the vendor's own page) | supernotes.app |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Roam Research
- People who work from daily notes and want every block to be linkable
- Researchers who reference and reuse individual blocks across notes
- Groups sharing a graph who do not want to pay per collaborator
Supernotes
- People who prefer short, atomic notes to long documents
- Students building linked revision notes, with a student discount
- Small groups sharing and editing notes together
Worth knowing
Roam Research
- There is no free plan; after the 31-day trial a paid subscription is required.
- The lowest monthly-equivalent price, the Believer plan, is a single $500 payment covering 5 years.
- The local API used by the official MCP server and CLI works only in the desktop app, not the web version.
Supernotes
- The free Starter plan begins with 100 cards; once the limit is reached, no new cards can be created without earning more or upgrading.
- Website prices are charged in British pounds. The US App Store lists Unlimited at $11.00 a month or $99.00 a year.
- Notes are encrypted in transit and at rest but are not end-to-end encrypted.
- Each card has a soft limit of 1,200 characters, so long documents are split across cards.
Key features
Roam Research
- Bidirectional links and block references
- Pages link to each other in both directions, and individual blocks can be referenced from other notes.
- Daily notes
- Writing starts in a dated daily note, and links from there connect entries to the rest of the graph.
- Hosted, offline and encrypted graphs
- A graph can be hosted in Roam's cloud or kept offline as a local-only graph, and graphs can be encrypted. Paid plans allow unlimited private or public graphs.
- Shared graphs
- Plans include unlimited collaborators with no per-seat charge, and a graph can be edited on mobile and in the web app at the same time.
- Roam Depot extensions
- A marketplace of community-built extensions, which developers submit through GitHub pull requests.
- MCP server, CLI and SDKs
- An official MCP server and command-line tool connect Claude, Cursor and other AI assistants to a graph to read, write, search and query it.
Supernotes
- Notecards
- Notes are short cards with a soft limit of 1,200 characters that can hold text, math equations, tables, images, code and checklists.
- Hierarchy, links and graph
- Cards can be arranged in a hierarchy and linked to one another, then explored in a 2D or 3D graph view or found with filters, search and sorting.
- Real-time sharing
- Share a card with other people, who can read it without a Supernotes account, or edit and comment in real time if they have one.
- Apps on every platform
- Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps with sync included on the free plan, and notes can be created and edited offline.
- AI tools
- On the Unlimited plan, AI proofreads cards for typos and helps organize them.
- API and integrations
- A public API plus official integrations with Telegram, Raycast and Pipedream, and capture by sending an email to a secret address.
Plans
Roam Research
Pro$15
per month, or $165 per year
Unlimited private or public graphs, unlimited collaborators, and API access and apps.
Believer$500
one payment for 5 years ($8.33 a month)
Everything in Pro, plus first access to new features, community calls with the team and priority support.
Supernotes
Starter£0
Start with 100 cards and earn more by completing achievements. Includes mobile, desktop and web apps, sync, offline editing and sharing.
Unlimited£6
per month, billed annually (£72)
Unlimited cards, AI proofreading and organization, full API access with higher limits, flashcards, tables and maps, and priority support.
Ways to pay less
Roam Research
No public discounts listed.
Supernotes
- Annual discount
25% off with yearly billing
Yearly billing is £72 a year, shown as £6 a month and 25% off the monthly price.
- Other savings
50% off with a 4-year license
The pricing page offers a 4-Year option at 50% off the monthly price.
- Education
Student plans at 50% to 63% off
Students get 50% off with the Student Yearly plan or 63% off with the Student 4-Year plan, against the standard monthly price. It applies automatically to .edu and .ac.uk emails.
