Tana Outliner
An outliner where supertags turn notes into structured data for tasks, meetings and projects.
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About Tana Outliner
Tana Outliner is a knowledge tool built as one big outline of nodes. Its signature feature is supertags: tag a node as a #meeting, #task or #book and it gains fields, views and automations, so loose notes become a database you can query in tables, boards and calendars. It adds AI commands, voice capture, meeting transcription and an input API for connecting other tools. A free plan covers personal notes with a monthly AI allowance, and paid Plus and Pro plans add more AI credits, transcription minutes and automation, with half-price plans for students, academics and NGOs. Tana's company now also sells a separate agentic meeting product under the main Tana name, and the note-taking outliner lives at its own address. The trade-offs are a steep learning curve, cloud-only storage, and a design that rewards people who enjoy building systems. It suits power users who want structured notes and tasks in one graph.
Best for: Power users who want notes, tasks and meetings as queryable structured data.
Pros and cons
What works
- Supertags add structure without separate databases
- Strong queries and views across the whole graph
- Built-in AI, voice capture and meeting notes
- 50% discount for students, academics and NGOs
Why people leave
- Steep learning curve
- Cloud-only, with no local files
- Company focus has partly shifted to a separate meetings product
Top Tana Outliner alternatives
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Capacities81.5Typed objects too, with a gentler learning curve and a generous free plan.
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Logseq72.8A free, open-source outliner that stores notes as local files.
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Anytype67.4Object types and relations in a local-first, encrypted app.
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Roam Research59.6The classic outliner with block references, if you want fewer moving parts.
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Workflowy55.3A much simpler outliner for people who just want infinite nested lists.
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Tana Outliner: common questions
Is Tana Outliner free?
Tana Outliner has a free plan and paid plans. Free plan: Yes (checked on Tana Outliner's own site).
Is Tana Outliner open source?
No, Tana Outliner is not open source. Open-source alternatives include Logseq.
What platforms does Tana Outliner run on?
Tana Outliner is available for Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
What are the best alternatives to Tana Outliner?
The highest-ranked Tana Outliner alternatives right now are Capacities, Logseq and Anytype. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.