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Alternatives to Basic Memory
Basic Memory: Keeps notes and decisions in Markdown files that AI assistants and your team can read and update over MCP. Here are 24 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 22 have a free plan.
- DocuMemory
Saves what you work out in AI chats as searchable documents that Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP tools can read later.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Developers
- Dexio
A hosted wiki that Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI agents share through MCP, so people can see and edit what the agents know.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- StrataSpace
Markdown document editor where teams and AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT write together live, with presentations and blog publishing.
Since 2026
Free plan · Documents and e-signature · Developers
- ContextVault
A shared memory store that lets a team's AI assistants save and reuse knowledge across sessions and tools.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Moxn
Shared docs workspace where people and AI agents write together, with branches and reviewable edits.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Developers
- Nimbalyst
A desktop workspace and agent-written wiki for people using Claude Code or Codex, keeping tasks, docs and decisions in one place.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Segue
Keeps an ML project's decisions, evidence and next steps in a brief that Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor can load and update.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Papez
Keeps one memory of what you tell AI assistants so ChatGPT, Claude and coding tools can all recall it, and you can edit it.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Vexa
API that sends a bot into Meet, Teams or Zoom calls and streams speaker-labelled transcripts, self-hosted or in their cloud.
Since 2024
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- memsprout
Team members record their knowledge once and an MCP server passes it to ChatGPT, Copilot, Cursor and Claude Code as shared context.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- NoteDiscovery
A free markdown notes app you run on your own server, with wikilinks, a graph view, diagrams, math and an MCP link for AI tools.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Imark
A Mac app for reading Markdown files as clean documents, making quick line fixes and leaving margin notes for coding agents.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- LibreKB
A free knowledge base you run on your own server to publish help articles sorted into nested categories.
Free · Customer support
- Minutes
Transcribes meetings, calls and voice memos on your own machine into markdown files that your AI assistant can search.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Nodea
Chat with Claude on a canvas where any reply can be forked into its own branch and compared side by side.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- OzBrain
One shared store of plans, rules and research that your and your team's AI agents can all read and update.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- Perfect Wiki
A wiki for SOPs, manuals and FAQs that sits in Microsoft Teams and answers staff questions from your own pages.
Since 2020
Subscription · Notes and knowledge
- Plane
Plan and track team projects alongside a shared wiki, with AI helpers, on their cloud or your own servers.
Free plan · Projects and tasks
- Pinto Notes
A free Mac notes app that Claude and other AI assistants can read and change with your approval.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- AI Exporter Hub
Chrome extension that saves your ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other chatbot chats as Markdown, PDF, Notion pages or Obsidian notes.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Atomic
A notes app that auto-tags your notes, links related ideas, searches by meaning and writes summaries from them.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Bear
A Markdown notes and writing app for Mac, iPhone and iPad that organises notes with tags and syncs through iCloud.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Deepmark
Collects saves from X, YouTube, Instagram and your browser into a private library that AI describes so you can search in plain language.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Documize
Self-hosted docs and wiki software with templates, approval steps and read analytics for company know-how.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge