Craft vs Obsidian

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

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	Craft Your space for notes, tasks, and big ideas — beautifully organized Visit	Obsidian The free and flexible private note-taking app that sharpens your thinking Visit
Category	Productivity	Productivity
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price	USD 4.8/mo
Free tier
Audience	All audiences	All audiences
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider
Founded	2020	2020
Headquarters
Key strengths	·Beautifully designed, award-winning UI across all Apple and major platforms ·All-in-one workspace combining notes, tasks, calendar, and whiteboards ·MCP connections enabling integration with AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Windsurf ·Flexible organization via spaces, folders, tags, and rich collections/databases	·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