# Heptabase

> Visual notes app that arranges linked cards on whiteboards

Heptabase is a visual note-taking app aimed at students, researchers and other learners. Notes are cards that you arrange on whiteboards and connect with bi-directional links, alongside PDF highlighting, a daily journal and AI features for explaining and organizing sources. There is no free plan to sign up for: a subscription starts after a 7-day trial.

- **Category:** Note-Taking Apps
- **Made by:** Hepta Platforms, Inc.
- **Website:** https://heptabase.com
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 4, 2026

## Pricing

Heptabase is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $8.99 per month, billed yearly ($107.88).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 7-day free trial with unlimited PDF uploads and parsing and the Premium plan's AI credit allowance.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro | $8.99 per month, billed yearly ($11.99 billed monthly) | Unlimited notes, whiteboards, tags and collaborator invites, 100 AI credits a month and an AI agent limited to Gemini models. |
| Premium | $17.99 per month, billed yearly ($23.99 billed monthly) | Everything in Pro, plus unlimited PDF uploads and OCR parsing, GPT and Claude models, AI Tutor and 1,800 AI credits a month. |
| Premium+ | $53.99 per month, billed yearly ($71.99 billed monthly) | Everything in Premium, with 8,100 AI credits a month and a 33% discount on AI credits. |

Read from https://heptabase.com/pricing on Oct 4, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Heptabase before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 25% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Heptabase's pricing page marks yearly billing as 25% cheaper: Pro is $107.88 a year instead of $11.99 a month, and Premium is $215.88 instead of $23.99 a month. Source: https://heptabase.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Whiteboards and cards:** Each note is a card, and cards are laid out on whiteboards to work through a topic visually.
- **Block editor with bi-directional links:** Cards are written in a block-based editor with slash commands and can link to each other in both directions.
- **PDF highlights and source Q&A:** Highlight PDFs in several colors and ask AI to explain PDFs, YouTube videos, notes and journal entries. Unlimited PDF uploads and OCR parsing need Premium.
- **AI agent and AI Tutor:** An AI agent helps take notes and organize knowledge, drawing on monthly AI credits. AI Tutor, which runs structured learning sessions, is part of Premium.
- **Daily journal:** A journal entry for each day sits alongside a calendar and to-dos.
- **Offline access and collaboration:** Notes and files stay available without an internet connection, and friends or teammates can be invited to collaborate in real time for free.

## Good for

- Students and researchers learning complex topics from PDFs and videos
- Visual thinkers who like to arrange notes on a canvas
- Readers who sync highlights from Readwise or sources from Zotero

## Worth knowing

- There is no free plan to sign up for; a subscription is required after the 7-day trial.
- Pro includes 100 AI credits a month and only Gemini models; GPT, Claude and AI Tutor need Premium.
- Heptabase says it does not currently offer educational, nonprofit or NGO discounts.
- People invited as free collaborators can edit shared whiteboards and cards but get no journal, tasks or AI features.

## Works with

Readwise, Zotero, Claude Code, Codex

**Tags:** Notes, Whiteboard, Linked notes, Daily notes, AI features, Works offline, Real-time collaboration

## Alternatives

- [Obsidian](https://toolgpa.com/tools/obsidian): Markdown note-taking app that keeps your files on your device. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/heptabase-vs-obsidian)
- [Capacities](https://toolgpa.com/tools/capacities): Object-based note-taking app with daily notes and backlinks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/capacities-vs-heptabase)
- [Logseq](https://toolgpa.com/tools/logseq): Open-source outliner for linked notes stored as local files. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/heptabase-vs-logseq)
- [Notion](https://toolgpa.com/tools/notion): Workspace for docs, wikis, databases and projects with built-in AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/heptabase-vs-notion)
- [Tana Outliner](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tana): Outliner with supertags, daily notes and built-in AI features. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/heptabase-vs-tana)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 4, 2026:

- https://heptabase.com
- https://heptabase.com/pricing
- https://heptabase.com/download
- https://support.heptabase.com/en/
- https://support.heptabase.com/en/articles/12990121-plans-and-pricing
- https://support.heptabase.com/en/articles/10519305-does-heptabase-offer-a-free-plan
- https://support.heptabase.com/en/articles/10364945-does-heptabase-offer-an-educational-nonprofit-ngo-or-npo-discount
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/heptabase/id6445801508

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