For typed notes with images, lists and voice memos, offline and in sync across devices.
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Paperless-ngx instead of Evernote
Two ways out, depending on what you keep there: scanned documents into document management, typed notes into a notes app.
about €4.80 / month All the pricing details
What you get out of it
Documents and notes live in your own instance- No account that loses features when a plan changes
- Export over SFTP, the database or a backup to your own storage
Evernote and Podless
| Evernote and Podless | Evernote | On Podless |
|---|---|---|
| Where the data lives | EvernoteOn the provider’s servers | On PodlessIn your own instance in the EU |
| Source code | EvernoteNot open to read | On PodlessOpen, you can read what runs |
| Ads and profiling | EvernotePer the provider’s terms | On PodlessNone |
| Your own domain | EvernoteUsually not offered | On PodlessIncluded, certificate too |
| Getting out again | EvernoteAs far as the provider allows | On PodlessSFTP, database, backups to your storage |
| If it gets shut down | EvernoteYou have to move | On PodlessYou decide when you leave |
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