What Heptabase does
Heptabase is a whiteboard-based tool for making sense of complex topics, aimed at students, researchers, and lifelong learners. Whiteboards and cards, a block-based editor, bi-directional links, and daily journals organize notes. AI Tutor and AI research work across PDF, YouTube, note, and journal sources. Other features include PDF annotation, a web clipper, offline access, real-time collaboration, and mobile support with voice notes. The Heptabase CLI works with Claude Code and Codex. Readwise and Zotero are named integrations. The page states real-time collaboration is free for invited teammates. It does not list specific prices, and it offers a 7-day trial.
How Heptabase compares with its closest alternatives
All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan; Heptabase does not. None of the 5 offers an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Heptabase. Heptabase offers a web app and a desktop app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a web app and 3 offer a desktop app. Heptabase was founded in 2021; the alternatives were founded between 2019 and 2022, 2 of them earlier. Heptabase is based in Taipei, Taiwan; none of the 4 alternatives with a known headquarters is in Taiwan. They are in Germany and the United States.