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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (47.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (73.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
No pricing available
Evernote
Star Rating
(2,021)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (47.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 2 pricing plansGoodnotes
Star Rating
(92)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (73.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about GoodnotesEvernote vs Goodnotes
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Goodnotes easier to use and administer. Reviewers also felt that Goodnotes was easier to do business with overall. However reviewers felt that the products are equally easy to set up.
- Reviewers felt that Goodnotes meets the needs of their business better than Evernote.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Evernote and Goodnotes provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Goodnotes over Evernote.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Evernote
Evernote Basic
Free
Take great notes
- Access anywhere. Your information is at your fingertips, on any device, no matter where you are.
- Digitize your thoughts. Capture and organize notes, files, photos, and voice memos in one place.
- Clip anything from the web. Your clips are automatically organized with the notebooks and tags you choose.
Goodnotes
No pricing availableFree Trial
Evernote
Free Trial is available
Goodnotes
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
1,847
9.0
69
Ease of Use
8.9
1,858
9.2
73
Ease of Setup
9.1
222
9.1
49
Ease of Admin
8.9
196
9.2
6
Quality of Support
8.5
1,150
8.5
42
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
167
8.8
7
Product Direction (% positive)
7.8
1,843
9.3
71
Features by Category
Design
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
9.3
12
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Production
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
8.6
12
Distribution
Not enough data
7.8
12
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
8.0
11
Integrations
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
8.6
11
Agentic AI - Handwritten Notes
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Organization
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Editing
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
5
Operating System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visual Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Mind Map Availability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mind Mapping
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Annotation Tools - Markup Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration - Markup Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Markup Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
Not enough data
7.7
8
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Evernote and Goodnotes are categorized as Note-Taking Software
Unique Categories
Evernote is categorized as AI Note-Taking Software
Goodnotes is categorized as Mind Mapping, PDF Editor, Handwritten Notes, Study Tools, and Markup Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Evernote
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Goodnotes
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
10.1%
Information Technology and Services
10.0%
Marketing and Advertising
9.0%
Internet
5.3%
Higher Education
4.9%
Other
60.7%
Computer Software
9.5%
Higher Education
8.3%
Marketing and Advertising
7.1%
Design
7.1%
Construction
6.0%
Other
61.9%
Discussions
Only one?
4 Comments
BE
Evernote is great, but there are quite a few alternatives:
Springpad
Google Keep
Google Drive (though offline writing can be a pain)
Catch Notes (for iOS and...Read more
I feel like I'm only using a small portion of Evernote and I could be doing so much more, but I am just not sure where to begin. How do you use Evernote other than as a note-storing application? Any interesting additional uses?
4 Comments
TS
I do use Evernote mostly for notes, but for me, the best part is that I can access it from home, work, or anywhere on my phone, pc, and laptop. You can use...Read more
What competitors are there for Evernote? I can think of FireTask and Remember the Milk and OneNote and a handful of others...any thoughts?
3 Comments
DL
I should really explore Evernote further then...it is one product that I have not explored fully and felt that I should. Thanks for fleshing that out.Read more
How do you customize your notebooks? And the pages inside of it?
1 Comment
MM
Go to the 3 dots found at the top right corner, and find options to edit thereRead more
What can GoodNotes do?
1 Comment
RF
Goodnotes takes note taking to the next level! You can organize into "notebooks", draw, type, import photos, snap pics, etc.
Goodnotes also works with...Read more
Goodnotes has no more discussions with answers
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