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Best Note-taking & docs for small businesses

We list 12 Note-taking & docs tools, ranked by community votes and market presence (how often other tools are positioned as alternatives to them). Top picks right now: Notion, ClickUp, Evernote.

Best Note-taking & docs for small businesses
#ToolPricingStarts atBest forPlatformsVotes
1
Notion

All-in-one workspace for notes, docs and projects

Freemium$12/moSmall businesses, Freelancers, Enterpriseweb, ios, android, macos, windows0
2
ClickUp

One app for tasks, docs, goals and chat

Freemium$12/moSmall businesses, Agenciesweb, ios, android, macos, windows0
3
Evernote

Veteran note app with web clipping, tasks and AI search

Freemium$15/moFreelancers, Creators, Small businessesweb, macos, windows, ios, android0
4
Outline

Fast, self-hostable team knowledge base

Freemium$10/moDevelopers, Small businessesweb0
5
AppFlowy

Open-source workspace you can self-host

Open source$16/moDevelopers, Small businessesmacos, windows, linux, ios, android0
6
Coda

Docs that work like apps

Freemium$15/moSmall businesses, Enterpriseweb, ios, android0
7
Display

Shared workspace where AI agents publish docs, prototypes and apps

Freemium$12/moDevelopers, Small businesses, Enterpriseweb0
8
GitBook

Docs that sync with Git

Freemium$65/moDevelopers, Small businessesweb0
9
Microsoft OneNote

Free freeform digital notebook from Microsoft with ink and sync

Free$0Freelancers, Small businesses, Enterpriseweb, windows, macos, ios, android0
10
Slite

Knowledge base with AI-powered answers

Paid$10/moSmall businessesweb, macos, windows, ios, android0
11
Xmind

Mind mapping app with an AI agent that builds maps through chat

Freemium—Freelancers, Small businesses, Creatorsweb, macos, windows, linux, ios, android0
12
XWiki

Open-source enterprise wiki, self-hosted or cloud, now with MCP

Open source$0Enterprise, Small businesses, Developersweb, linux0

All 12 tools