A note-taking and knowledge tool with linked Markdown files, a graph view and a free-form canvas.
AT A GLANCE
What should you know about AFFiNE?
A workspace that connects documents, whiteboards and databases and is also offered for deployment on your own infrastructure.
- Free plan
- Not verified
- API
- Not verified
- Self-hosting
- Yes ↗
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Our editorial assessment
4.3 / 5Editorial ratingDocument review
Notes · toolkompass.io editorial team · 11/11/2026
AFFiNE covers the combination of documents, whiteboards and databases well. Local use and self-deployment provide choices. When reviewing licensing, the MIT editor, backend and additional AI services should be considered separately.
Editorial assessment of the documented software offering. No business relationship disclosed. No hands-on product test or assessment of the company's creditworthiness. The assessment covers publicly documented properties. Usability, reliability and result quality have not been tested in practice.
Fit for the use case40 % weighting
4.5 / 5Documents, whiteboards and databases form a coherent shared knowledge space. This broad fit is documented; the quality of complex migrations from existing knowledge systems was not tested.
AFFiNE – official product overview ↗Workflow & integration25 % weighting
4 / 5Joint document and canvas editing reduces switching between formats within a project. For existing team processes, the appropriate deployment and relevant administration features must be specifically compared.
AFFiNE – official product overview ↗ · AFFiNE Pricing 2026: Free, Pro, Team Plans from $0 ↗Costs & limits20 % weighting
4 / 5Cloud, local and self-hosted variants and AI add-ons are distinguished. The pricing page explicitly separates the MIT editor from the open-source backend; this licensing distinction remains relevant to procurement and operation.
AFFiNE Pricing 2026: Free, Pro, Team Plans from $0 ↗Control & operation15 % weighting
4.5 / 5Local workspaces and self-deployment enable control over storage location and operation. However, the open editor alone does not establish an unrestricted identical license for all backend components.
AFFiNE Pricing 2026: Free, Pro, Team Plans from $0 ↗Fits AFFiNE for your project?
Suitable for
Collaborative knowledge work · Visual planning
Less suitable for
Not yet sufficiently reviewed.
The classification is derived from the claims below and is not an independent quality assessment.
Features at a glance
Connects documents, whiteboards and databases in one workspace.
Provider documentation · no hands-on test · Source ↗ · Review status 11/10/2026
Documented strengths
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Drawbacks and limitations
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Pricing & billing model
Check price. No confirmed plan amounts available.
Review status 11/10/2026. No price guarantee. For paid plans, check tax and usage terms in the source.
Integrations
No confirmed information
Open Source
The provider describes AFFiNE as an open-source knowledge base.
Provider documentation · no hands-on test · Source ↗ · Review status 11/10/2026
Self-hosting
Private cloud and self-hosted deployments are offered.
Provider documentation · no hands-on test · Source ↗ · Review status 11/10/2026
Privacy information
No confirmed information
Support
No confirmed information
Sources & review status
We update our lists regularly. Changes are reviewed editorially; the review status of each detail remains visible. We explain the review process in our Methodology.
“Evidenced” refers to the specific claim. It means neither an independent product test nor a security audit.
- AFFiNE – official product overviewhttps://affine.pro/ · retrieved on 11/10/2026
- AFFiNE Pricing 2026: Free, Pro, Team Plans from $0https://affine.pro/pricing · retrieved on 11/11/2026
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Notes
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