Acard subscription
$5 / month
The app stays free
- Publish to the web, no page limit
- Cloud backups: 30 days + 12 months
- Sync between your computers
- Connect your own AI agents (MCP) for free
Compare
What Notion and Obsidian do well, for $5 a month.
The app is free and keeps your notes on your computer. Subscribe only when you want web publishing, cloud backup and sync.
Notion Plus
$12 / month
₩16,800 on Notion's Korean price list · $10 a month billed yearly · per member
- Notion AI is a trial only; AI comes with Business ($20+)
- Custom domain for a site: +$10 a month
- Web checkout is by card in USD
Obsidian Sync + Publish
$15 / month
about ₩19,898 · Sync Standard $5 + Publish $10 · $12 billed yearly
- Sync Standard: 1 vault, 1 GB, 1 month of history
- Publish is priced per site
- Paid in USD
Prices and features as checked on 2026-10-24. Won amounts for dollar prices use ₩1,326.5 per dollar (Hana Bank base rate).
| Feature | Acard | Notion | Obsidian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes saved on your computer | Free app, no account needed | Cloud first; offline pages are picked one by one source | Plain Markdown files in a folder source |
| Block editor with / menu | About 40 block types, Markdown shortcuts | 50+ block types source | Markdown editor with live preview, not blocks source |
| Table, board, calendar and timeline views | 7 views, formulas, relations, rollups | Many views per database source | Bases: table, cards, list, map; calendar needs a plugin source |
| [[Links]], backlinks and graph | [[ links, backlinks and Graph view | Page links and mentions, no graph source | Wikilinks, backlinks, graph view source |
| Publish pages to the web | Included in the subscription | notion.site on every plan; own domain +$10/mo source | Publish add-on, $8-10 a month per site source |
| Sync between devices | Included in the subscription (computers) | Real-time, on every plan source | Sync add-on from $4 a month source |
| Your AI agents (MCP) can read and write | Free local MCP; block-level tools | Official MCP server; built-in AI from Business source | Community plugins only source |
| Korean screens and prices in won | Korean, English, Chinese; price in won | Korean screens; web billing in USD source | Korean screens; billing in USD source |
| Live co-editing with others | Share links that allow editing; no live cursors | Real-time multiplayer source | Shared vaults, no live co-editing source |
| Phone app | Mobile web; no store app yet | iOS and Android apps source | iOS and Android apps source |
Coming from Notion
- The same blocks, / menu and database views you already know.
- Your notes live on your computer and open offline.
- Connect your own AI agents for free, no Business plan needed.
Coming from Obsidian
- Sync and web publishing in one $5 subscription.
- Blocks, tables and boards work without plugins.
- [[Links]] and backlinks, and a Markdown zip export any time.
Sources
Prices and features as checked on 2026-10-24. Won amounts for dollar prices use ₩1,326.5 per dollar (Hana Bank base rate).
- www.notion.com/pricing
- www.notion.com/help/notion-sites-availability-and-pricing
- www.notion.com/help/standard-select-and-notion-credits-eligible-features
- obsidian.md/pricing
- obsidian.md/sync
- www.notion.com/help/guides/working-offline-in-notion-everything-you-need-to-know
- obsidian.md/help/Files+and+folders/How+Obsidian+stores+data
- www.notion.com/help/writing-and-editing-basics
- obsidian.md/help/Editing+and+formatting/Edit+and+preview+Markdown
- www.notion.com/help/views-filters-and-sorts
- obsidian.md/help/bases/views
- www.notion.com/help/create-links-and-backlinks
- obsidian.md/help/Plugins/Graph+view
- forum.obsidian.md/t/official-mcp-core-plugin/109276
- www.notion.com/ko/pricing
- obsidian.md/help/Licenses+and+payment/Introduction+to+licenses+and+payment
- obsidian.md/help/sync/collaborate
- apps.apple.com/us/app/notion-notes-tasks-ai/id1232780281
- obsidian.md/mobile