Capacities vs Obsidian

Side-by-side comparison of Capacities and Obsidian: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Capacities A studio for your mind — turn ideas into connected objects, not files buried in folders Visit	Obsidian The free and flexible private note-taking app that sharpens your thinking Visit
Category	Productivity	Productivity
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
Audience	All audiences	All audiences
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider
Founded		2020
Headquarters	Germany
Key strengths	·Object-based knowledge graph (link anything to anything) ·Automatic related content surfacing without manual linking ·Daily notes as a frictionless inbox ·No folder hierarchy or complex configuration needed	·Local-first storage with full privacy — notes never leave your device unless you choose ·Bidirectional linking and graph view to visualize knowledge connections ·Thousands of community plugins and themes for deep customization ·Open file formats (plain-text Markdown) ensuring long-term data ownership