If your notebooks mostly hold scans and printouts, Paperless is the better home: text recognition, tags, full-text search.
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Anchor instead of OneNote
If you mostly use OneNote for notes, lists and images, a lean notes app is enough. It works offline and syncs through your own instance.
about €3.70 / month All the pricing details
What you get out of it
No corporate account that ties notes, mail and files together- Notes are available as Markdown, readable in any editor
- A history per note brings earlier versions back
OneNote and Podless
| OneNote and Podless | OneNote | On Podless |
|---|---|---|
| Where the data lives | OneNoteOn the provider’s servers | On PodlessIn your own instance in the EU |
| Source code | OneNoteNot open to read | On PodlessOpen, you can read what runs |
| Ads and profiling | OneNotePer the provider’s terms | On PodlessNone |
| Your own domain | OneNoteUsually not offered | On PodlessIncluded, certificate too |
| Getting out again | OneNoteAs far as the provider allows | On PodlessSFTP, database, backups to your storage |
| If it gets shut down | OneNoteYou have to move | On PodlessYou decide when you leave |
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