Comparison — data as of August 2026
Savebase vs Evernote: a note-taking app vs. a social-saves inbox
Evernote and Savebase aren't really chasing the same save. Evernote (per its own compare-plans page) is built around notes, notebooks, tags, tasks, a calendar, and a Web Clipper for saving web pages and PDFs. Nowhere on Evernote's plans, features, or Web Clipper pages is there any mention of Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, or Threads — the accounts most people actually build up years of saves on. That's exactly where Savebase starts. Pricing has also shifted underneath Evernote: in late 2025 it retired its old Personal/Professional plans for Free, Starter, and Advanced tiers, so we checked the current numbers directly rather than relying on older pricing.
Evernote organizes what you write and clip. Savebase organizes what you save on social.
Evernote's own compare-plans page lists notes, notebooks, Spaces, tags, tasks, a calendar, document scanning, and a Web Clipper for web pages and PDFs as its core features — nothing about importing from social platforms. Its notebook organization also has a real structural ceiling: notebooks can be grouped into one layer of "stacks," but true nested sub-notebooks have been a standing user request on Evernote's own forum for years, unresolved as of this check. Savebase connects directly to 11 platforms — Bluesky, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Truth Social, YouTube, and X — and pulls in your existing saved folders from each one in a single click.
Native capture for 11 social platforms (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, X, and more)
Confirmed against Savebase's own platform list
Web clipper for articles, web pages & PDFs
Evernote's Web Clipper is a genuinely strong, dedicated tool for this; it's just not what Savebase is built for
Custom folders with unlimited sub-folders
Evernote's notebooks support only one level of "stacks" — confirmed via its own user forum, true nested sub-notebooks remain an open, years-old feature request
Notes, tasks, and a built-in calendar
Not what Savebase is for — it's a saved-posts library, not a notes/PKM app
Evernote's cheapest paid plan already costs more per year than Savebase's most expensive one
Evernote replaced its old Personal/Professional plans with Free, Starter, and Advanced in late 2025. Per Evernote's own compare-plans page and cross-referenced pricing trackers: Free is capped at 50 notes for the life of the account, 1 notebook, and 1GB of monthly uploads; Starter runs about $99/year (roughly $8.25/month billed annually, or about $14.99/month billed monthly) for 1,000 notes and 5GB across 3 devices; Advanced runs about $249.99/year (roughly $20.83/month billed annually, or about $24.99/month billed monthly) to remove the caps and unlock every AI feature. Savebase has exactly one paid tier — Pro, at $8/month, $76/year, or a one-time $199 lifetime purchase — that unlocks unlimited platforms, unlimited saved posts, unlimited folders and tags, AI bulk tagging, and permanent media backup. There's no second, pricier tier to climb into.
Free plan
Both free, different units: Evernote caps at 50 notes (lifetime)/1 notebook/1GB/1 device; Savebase caps at 100 saved social posts across 11 platforms/5 folders/unlimited tags
Cheapest paid plan
Savebase Pro: $8/mo or $76/yr. Evernote Starter: ~$99/yr (~$8.25/mo annually, ~$14.99/mo monthly) — for 1,000 notes/5GB, not unlimited saves
Top-tier subscription price
Evernote Advanced: ~$249.99/yr (~$20.83/mo annually, ~$24.99/mo monthly) to remove caps and get all AI tools. Savebase has no higher tier — Pro is the ceiling
One-time lifetime purchase option
Savebase Pro lifetime: $199 one-time. Evernote is subscription-only across every tier
Evernote's free plan caps you at 50 notes and 1GB. Savebase's backup is about surviving deletion, not counting notes.
Per Evernote's own plan comparison: Free gives you 50 notes (a lifetime cap), 1 notebook, 20 tags, 200 attachments, 1 device, and 1GB of monthly uploads; Starter raises that to 1,000 notes, 100 tags, 1,000 attachments, and 5GB across 3 devices; Advanced removes the caps entirely. Those limits govern how much you can write and clip — they don't address what happens when a social post gets deleted, because Evernote isn't capturing social posts in the first place. Savebase's Permanent Media Backup (Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and Facebook saves, on paid plans) exists specifically for that: keeping the actual video or image even after the original is gone.
Permanent Media Backup — actual video/image file (Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Facebook)
Paid-plan feature, with consent — not applicable to Evernote since it doesn't capture social posts
Free-plan storage ceiling
Evernote's free plan caps at 50 notes (lifetime) / 1 notebook / 1GB monthly uploads; Savebase's free plan caps at 100 saved posts across 11 platforms — different units, same idea of a real limit
Duplicate detection
No evidence of a native duplicate-note finder in Evernote's current feature set as of this check
Both lean into AI — for different jobs
Evernote's AI push is broader than it first looks: alongside AI Assistant, Semantic Search, AI Transcribe, and AI Edit (bundled into Starter and Advanced, per compare-plans), its own site also lists AI Note Cleanup and AI Memory, plus an official MCP server so tools like Claude and Cursor can read your notes for context — and, notably, create new notes back into your account. None of this is available on Evernote's Free plan. Savebase's AI-assisted organization is aimed at the other end of the problem: automatically tagging and surfacing the social posts you already saved, not authoring new notes.
AI-assisted / semantic search
Evernote's Semantic Search finds notes by meaning (Starter/Advanced only); Savebase's search runs across every connected platform at once
MCP server for AI assistants
Evernote's MCP server supports Read AND Create — an AI tool can write new notes back; Savebase's MCP is read-only search/retrieval across your saved library
AI-assisted tagging automatically applied on save
Savebase's AI tagging (paid add-on) runs the moment you save a post; Evernote's AI tools work on notes you've already written, not an auto-tag-on-capture step
Rule engine automation (auto-tag / auto-folder on ingest by condition)
Savebase-only feature — no equivalent found on Evernote's feature pages
Evernote's Web Clipper has no import path for Instagram or TikTok saves
Evernote's Web Clipper page describes clipping "articles, web pages, and screen captures" — it saves whatever's rendered in your browser tab at the moment you trigger it, and works across Chrome, Firefox, and other major browsers. That's genuinely useful for research and articles, but it has no connection to your Instagram or TikTok account and can't pull in a saved folder that already exists there. Savebase's extension connects to those accounts directly and imports the whole folder in one click, then keeps syncing new saves automatically. On the way out, Evernote's ENEX/HTML/PDF export is available on every plan including Free — a genuine strength worth crediting.
One-click bulk import of existing Instagram/TikTok/etc. saved folders
No equivalent found on Evernote's Web Clipper or import pages
Import from other note/bookmark tools
Evernote imports via its Web Clipper and other note apps; Savebase's importer (paid feature) covers Raindrop, Pocket, Instapaper, Karakeep, Matter, mymind, Linkwarden, and Dewey exports
Data export (own your data, no lock-in)
Evernote exports to ENEX, HTML, or PDF on every plan including Free; Savebase's export is included on Free too
Auto-save a subscribed RSS/Atom feed with chosen tags & folder
Evernote has no native feed subscription; third-party Zapier automations can push feed items in as notes
Native webhooks / Zapier automation
Evernote connects via Zapier; Savebase adds native webhooks alongside Zapier/Make
11
social platforms Savebase connects to natively — Evernote's own pages mention none
50 notes
Evernote Free's lifetime cap (Savebase Free: 100 saved social posts)
$249.99/yr
Evernote Advanced, its priciest non-enterprise plan
Forever
Permanent media backup on Savebase Pro (Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Facebook)
The honest verdict
No tool wins everything. Here's how to decide in thirty seconds.
Pick Savebase if…
- Your saves are mostly Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, or Threads posts — not typed notes or clipped articles
- You want the actual video or image backed up, not a note referencing it
- You don't need Evernote's task management, calendar, or PDF/document tools, and don't want to pay a subscription forever when a $199 lifetime option exists
Pick Evernote if…
- You take a lot of original notes, meeting transcripts, or need a PDF/document editor
- You want an AI assistant that can write new notes back for you, not just search existing ones
- AI-assisted writing and meeting transcription matter more to you than social media backup, and you're fine paying $99-$250/year for it
Frequently asked questions
Is Evernote good for saving Instagram or TikTok posts?
Not based on Evernote's own plans and feature pages — compare-plans and the Web Clipper feature page make no mention of Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, or Threads. Its Web Clipper captures whatever web page you're viewing, which works for articles but doesn't connect to your social accounts. Savebase connects directly to 11 platforms and imports your existing saved folders in one click.
What's Evernote's free plan limit?
Per Evernote's own compare-plans page, the free plan is capped at 50 notes total (a lifetime cap, not per-month), 1 notebook, 20 tags, 200 attachments, 1 device, and 1GB of monthly uploads. The Starter plan raises that to 1,000 notes, 20 notebooks, 100 tags, 1,000 attachments, and 5GB across 3 devices; Advanced removes the caps entirely.
How does Evernote's pricing compare to Savebase's?
Evernote retired its old Personal/Professional plans in late 2025 for Free, Starter, and Advanced. Pricing trackers referencing evernote.com put Starter at $99/year (about $8.25/month billed annually, or roughly $14.99/month billed monthly) and Advanced — the tier that removes note/notebook caps and unlocks all AI features — at $249.99/year (about $20.83/month billed annually, or roughly $24.99/month billed monthly); Evernote's own pages don't show checkout prices directly, so confirm at signup. Savebase Pro is $8/month, $76/year, or a one-time $199 lifetime purchase, and unlocks unlimited platforms, unlimited saved posts, unlimited folders/tags, AI bulk tagging, and permanent media backup — there's no higher tier to upgrade into.
Does Evernote back up my saved posts if they get deleted?
Evernote doesn't capture social posts in the first place, so there's no post to back up — it's built around notes, clipped web pages, PDFs, and documents you create or save directly. Savebase's Permanent Media Backup is specifically for Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and Facebook saves on paid plans.
Does Evernote have an MCP server for AI assistants like Savebase does?
Yes — Evernote's own MCP server supports both reading your existing notes and creating new ones, so tools like Claude or Cursor can write content back into your notebooks. Savebase's MCP server is read-only: it lets AI assistants search and retrieve your saved posts, but can't create or edit them.
Can I use Evernote and Savebase together?
Yes — plenty of people use Evernote for notes, documents, and meeting transcripts, and Savebase for everything saved from social platforms. The two don't really overlap, and Evernote's own ENEX/HTML/PDF export (available on every plan, including Free) means neither tool locks your data in if you ever want to move it.
Your saved posts deserve better than eleven separate apps
Import your existing saved folders in one click, and never lose a post to deletion again with Permanent Media Backup.
This comparison reflects publicly available Evernote product information (evernote.com/compare-plans, evernote.com/pricing, evernote.com/features/webclipper, and evernote.com/model-context-protocol) as of August 2026. Evernote's own pricing pages list plan tiers and feature limits but don't display checkout dollar amounts directly, so the $99/year Starter and $249.99/year Advanced figures cited here are cross-referenced across multiple independent pricing trackers rather than a single official price tag — worth reconfirming at signup, since Evernote has changed its pricing structure more than once in the past two years. Evernote is a trademark of its respective owner (Bending Spoons) and is not affiliated with Savebase. Spotted something outdated? Email support@savebase.space and we'll fix it.