Microsoft OneNote
Capture ideas, organize projects, and keep everything in one place—accessible across all your devices.
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- microsoft-onenote
What is Microsoft OneNote?
Digital note-taking app that lets you capture ideas, organize projects, and collaborate with others across all your devices.
Microsoft OneNote pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
$32.00/user/month, billed annually as part of Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Microsoft 365 Business Premium with Copilot
OneNote included with Copilot and other Microsoft 365 business apps
- Copilot in OneNote for drafting and organizing
- Sketch, annotate, and highlight with digital ink
- Share and collaborate
- Accessible across desktop, web, and mobile
What Microsoft OneNote does
The capabilities that matter for knowledge base software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Real-time co-editing
- ✓
- Structured database / table blocks
- -
- Bidirectional links / backlinks
- -
- Markdown-native
- -
- Version history
- -
- Local-first / offline files
- -
- AI writing / Q&A over content
- ✓
- Publish pages to the web
- -
- Permissions granularity
- -
- Answer verification / expiry
- -
- Hosting
- Cloud only
- SSO / SCIM
- -
- Public API
- -
- Free tier
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Microsoft OneNote FAQ
Common questions about Microsoft OneNote, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Microsoft OneNote?
Digital note-taking app that lets you capture ideas, organize projects, and collaborate with others across all your devices. It is indexed under Knowledge Base Software.
Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app
How much does Microsoft OneNote cost?
Microsoft OneNote is a paid product; published pricing starts at $32 per user per month. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app
What platforms does Microsoft OneNote support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Microsoft OneNote. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app
Can Microsoft OneNote be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Microsoft OneNote, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app
Microsoft OneNote alternatives
Other knowledge base software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- CodaCollaborative workspace platform combining documents, databases, and AI-assisted writingmedium · 73%
- NotionAll-in-one workspace platform for collaboration, automation, and team intelligencemedium · 61%
- ConfluenceA collaborative documentation and knowledge management workspace powered by AImedium · 54%
- Obsidianmedium · 55%
- CraftA unified workspace for notes, tasks, and creative ideas that syncs across your devicesmedium · 57%
- TettraAI-powered knowledge base platform that centralizes team documentation and answers repetitive questions automaticallymedium · 72%
Compare Microsoft OneNote
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 50 | 0.05 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.04 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 20 | 0.08 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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