Obsidian is now free for work

Doing a quick look at their homepage and pricing pages I don't think it's communicating it's value proposition well... Or I just don't understand this use case. Am I missing something?

Is there more to this than syncing notes across devices and (optionally) hosting them on a web page? Maybe 'notes' isn't the best term, but that's the term the site uses ... Does seem to include markdownish support? And if you pay $96/year you get a node graphic layout option?

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

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Post by samr71 » Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 6:51 PM UTC

ldoughty wrote: post #4

Doing a quick look at their homepage and pricing pages I don't think it's communicating it's value proposition well... Or I just don't understand this use case. Am I missing something? Is there more to this than syncing notes across devices and (optionally) hosting them on a web page? Maybe 'notes' isn't the best term, but that's the term the site uses ... Does seem to include markdownish support? And if you pay $96/…

It's just a really really good markdown editor. With some great power user features. Not sure what else to say!

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

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Post by kvdveer » Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 7:05 PM UTC

ldoughty wrote: post #4

Doing a quick look at their homepage and pricing pages I don't think it's communicating it's value proposition well... Or I just don't understand this use case. Am I missing something? Is there more to this than syncing notes across devices and (optionally) hosting them on a web page? Maybe 'notes' isn't the best term, but that's the term the site uses ... Does seem to include markdownish support? And if you pay $96/…

For me, the value proposition is twofold:

- the multidevice sync allows me to write both as an impulse (on my phone) and structurally (on my computer)

- I derive value from Obsidian. It is genuinely very good. I want this company to have a decent survival chance.

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

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Post by chrystalkey » Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 7:05 PM UTC

samr71 wrote: post #5

ldoughty wrote: post #4

Doing a quick look at their homepage and pricing pages I don't think it's communicating it's value proposition well... Or I just don't understand this use case. Am I missing something? Is there more to this than syncing notes across devices and (optionally) hosting them on a web page? Maybe 'notes' isn't the best term, but that's the term the site uses ... Does seem to include markdownish support? And if you pay $96/…

It's just a really really good markdown editor. With some great power user features. Not sure what else to say!

*really really bloody good. i would more broadly say knowledge base? I have yet to find a tool that has so little friction in storing/retrieving (Text+img based) ideas + Interoperability + Speed

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

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Post by mintplant » Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 7:09 PM UTC

chrystalkey wrote: post #7

samr71 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's just a really really good markdown editor. With some great power user features. Not sure what else to say!

*really really bloody good. i would more broadly say knowledge base? I have yet to find a tool that has so little friction in storing/retrieving (Text+img based) ideas + Interoperability + Speed

Do you have a good way of storing and organizing images (and other media) in Obsidian? It's the one aspect where I've found its functionality wanting.

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

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Post by crooked-v » Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 7:11 PM UTC

I feel like the Obsidian Publish pricing model is a bit off. Having it "per site" feels like nickel-and-diming for small things that's kept me on Notion for a lot of miscellaneous web-published projects. It would be more appealing for at least me if it was something with a higher flat rate that then doesn't care about the exact divisions between your projects.

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

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Post by abdullahkhalids » Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 7:15 PM UTC

mintplant wrote: post #8

chrystalkey wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

*really really bloody good. i would more broadly say knowledge base? I have yet to find a tool that has so little friction in storing/retrieving (Text+img based) ideas + Interoperability + Speed

Do you have a good way of storing and organizing images (and other media) in Obsidian? It's the one aspect where I've found its functionality wanting.

I thought you can just embed images and other media [1]. They have to be stored in the attachments folder [2].

[1] https://help.obsidian.md/Linking+notes+and+files/Embed+files

[2] https://help.obsidian.md/Contributing+to+Obsidian/Style+guid...