[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":358},["ShallowReactive",2],{"compare-tana-outliner":3},{"id":4,"at_a_glance":5,"extension":41,"faq":42,"features":70,"hero":177,"ideal_for":181,"info":214,"meta":222,"migration_guide_path":223,"pain_points":224,"pricing":261,"seo":292,"stem":302,"strengths":303,"switching":339,"verdict":343,"__hash__":357},"compare/compare/tana-outliner.yaml",[6,11,16,21,26,31,36],{"dimension":7,"icon":8,"capacities":9,"competitor":10},"Core Philosophy","i-ph-lightbulb-duotone","Object-based knowledge studio","Supertag-powered outliner with fields",{"dimension":12,"icon":13,"capacities":14,"competitor":15},"Best For","i-ph-target-duotone","Researchers, writers, lifelong learners","Power users, outliner enthusiasts, workflow builders",{"dimension":17,"icon":18,"capacities":19,"competitor":20},"Platform","i-ph-devices-duotone","Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Web","Web, Mac (desktop), iOS, Android",{"dimension":22,"icon":23,"capacities":24,"competitor":25},"Pricing Model","i-ph-currency-circle-dollar-duotone","Free core + Pro at $9.99/month","Free tier + Pro at $14/month",{"dimension":27,"icon":28,"capacities":29,"competitor":30},"Data Model","i-ph-tree-structure-duotone","Typed objects with properties & links","Nodes with supertags, fields, and queries",{"dimension":32,"icon":33,"capacities":34,"competitor":35},"Offline Support","i-ph-wifi-slash-duotone","Full offline access","Limited offline support",{"dimension":37,"icon":38,"capacities":39,"competitor":40},"Learning Curve","i-ph-stairs-duotone","Gentle — works intuitively from day one","Steep — supertags and queries take time to master","yaml",[43,46,49,52,55,58,61,64,67],{"question":44,"answer":45},"Can I import my Tana data into Capacities?","Tana supports Markdown and JSON export, so you can extract your data before switching. We recommend exporting your workspace, then mapping your supertags to Capacities object types and importing your content.",{"question":47,"answer":48},"How do Capacities' queries compare to Tana's?","Tana's query system is more flexible, especially for filtering by parent fields and nested relationships. Capacities' queries support filtering by type, properties, and tags with variable support — they're growing but don't yet match Tana's depth.",{"question":50,"answer":51},"Does Capacities have an outliner?","Capacities uses a rich block-based editor with toggle blocks for nesting, but it's not a pure outliner. If infinite nesting is central to how you think, Tana's node-based paradigm will feel more natural.",{"question":53,"answer":54},"Is Capacities free to use?","Yes. Capacities offers a generous free tier with core features, unlimited objects, and access on all platforms. Pro features like AI, queries, and task management require $9.99/month billed annually.",{"question":56,"answer":57},"Does Capacities work offline?","Yes. Unlike Tana, Capacities provides full offline access to your notes on all platforms. Your changes sync automatically when you reconnect.",{"question":59,"answer":60},"Can I export my data from Capacities?","Yes. Capacities offers automated, scheduled exports to standard Markdown files at any time. Both tools now support data export — Tana offers Markdown and JSON export as well — but Capacities makes it effortless with recurring automated backups.",{"question":62,"answer":63},"Does Capacities have voice capture?","Not currently. If voice input with AI-powered transcription and structuring is important to your workflow, Tana has a clear advantage in this area.",{"question":65,"answer":66},"Which has better AI features?","Both have strong AI capabilities. Capacities excels at context-aware chat using your connected notes and AI image analysis. Tana excels at custom AI commands, voice transcription, and AI-powered field filling. The better choice depends on which AI features matter most to you.",{"question":68,"answer":69},"Do Tana Extend and title expressions work in Capacities?","Not directly. Object types don’t inherit like supertags, and titles aren’t formula-driven. You model structure with types, relations, and templates—see the migration guide for a full 'doesn’t map' list.",[71,102,129,149,165],{"category":72,"icon":28,"items":73},"Knowledge Organization",[74,79,83,87,93,98],{"name":75,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":77,"competitor_note":78},"Structured typing system","full","Object types with custom properties","Supertags with fields and commands",{"name":80,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":81,"competitor_note":82},"Bi-directional links","Automatic two-way links on every object","Node references with backlink pane",{"name":84,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":85,"competitor_note":86},"Daily notes","Built-in daily note with timeline view","Date nodes with template support",{"name":88,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":89,"capacities_note":90,"competitor_note":91,"highlight":92},"Graph view","none","Visual knowledge graph with tag network","No graph visualization",true,{"name":94,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":95,"capacities_note":96,"competitor_note":97},"Multiple views (list, gallery, table)","partial","List, gallery, table, card views","List and table views via queries",{"name":99,"capacities_support":95,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":100,"competitor_note":101},"Outliner / infinite nesting","Toggle blocks for nesting","Core paradigm — everything is a nestable node",{"category":103,"icon":104,"items":105},"AI Features","i-ph-brain-duotone",[106,110,114,118,121,125],{"name":107,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":108,"competitor_note":109},"AI assistant / chat","Context-aware, uses connected notes and backlinks","AI search and generation integrated into nodes",{"name":111,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":112,"competitor_note":113},"AI property auto-fill","Included in Pro","AI-powered field filling via commands",{"name":115,"capacities_support":89,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":116,"competitor_note":117},"Voice capture & AI transcription","Not available","Voice input with AI-powered transcription and structuring",{"name":119,"capacities_support":89,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":116,"competitor_note":120},"Custom AI commands","User-defined AI commands attached to supertags",{"name":122,"capacities_support":95,"competitor_support":89,"capacities_note":123,"competitor_note":124,"highlight":92},"AI image analysis & OCR","Extract text and metadata from images (rolling out to Pro)","No native image analysis",{"name":126,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":95,"capacities_note":127,"competitor_note":128},"MCP / external AI connectors","Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor to your space","API available for custom integrations",{"category":130,"icon":131,"items":132},"Queries & Search","i-ph-magnifying-glass-duotone",[133,137,141,145],{"name":134,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":135,"competitor_note":136},"Saved queries / filtered views","Saved queries with variables (Pro)","Live queries with supertag filters and field conditions",{"name":138,"capacities_support":95,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":139,"competitor_note":140},"Query depth and flexibility","Filter by type, properties, and tags","SQL-like queries across parent fields, dates, and nested nodes",{"name":142,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":143,"competitor_note":144},"Full-text search","Offline, exact match, block search","AI-enhanced semantic search",{"name":146,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":147,"competitor_note":148},"Unlinked mentions","Auto-detects title mentions (Pro)","Native unlinked mention detection",{"category":150,"icon":151,"items":152},"Writing & Editing","i-ph-pen-nib-duotone",[153,157,161],{"name":154,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":95,"capacities_note":155,"competitor_note":156},"Block-based editor","Rich blocks with toggles, quotes, math, code","Outliner nodes — lightweight formatting",{"name":158,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":95,"capacities_note":159,"competitor_note":160,"highlight":92},"Code blocks with syntax highlighting","100+ languages, Mermaid diagrams, line numbers","Basic code blocks",{"name":162,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":95,"capacities_note":163,"competitor_note":164},"Embedded media (images, PDFs, audio)","Native embed support","Image and file support, limited PDF handling",{"category":166,"icon":167,"items":168},"Data Export & Portability","i-ph-export-duotone",[169,173],{"name":170,"capacities_support":76,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":171,"competitor_note":172},"Data export","Automated full exports to standard Markdown","Markdown and JSON export with selective node downloads",{"name":174,"capacities_support":95,"competitor_support":76,"capacities_note":175,"competitor_note":176},"API access","MCP connectors for AI tools","Full API for custom integrations and automation",{"headline":178,"subheadline":179,"summary":180},"Capacities vs Tana","A studio for your mind vs a supertag-powered outliner","Tana is a powerful outliner built around supertags, fields, and relational queries — loved by power users who want database-like capabilities in an infinite-nesting interface. Capacities is a focused knowledge studio built around connected objects. Both tools excel at structured personal knowledge management, but they take fundamentally different approaches to organizing your thinking.\n",{"capacities":182,"competitor":198},[183,187,191,195],{"persona":184,"reason":185,"icon":186},"Non-technical knowledge workers","A structured knowledge system that works intuitively from day one — no supertags, commands, or query syntax to learn.","i-ph-hand-heart-duotone",{"persona":188,"reason":189,"icon":190},"Visual thinkers","Gallery, wall, and card views let you browse and discover connections visually — something pure outliners can't offer.","i-ph-squares-four-duotone",{"persona":192,"reason":193,"icon":194},"Mobile-first users","Full-featured native apps with offline support on all platforms. Both tools now have native mobile apps, but Capacities offers complete offline access across devices.","i-ph-device-mobile-duotone",{"persona":196,"reason":197,"icon":167},"Data portability advocates","Automated, scheduled Markdown exports mean your data is always backed up without manual steps — both tools support export, but Capacities makes it effortless.",[199,202,206,210],{"persona":200,"reason":201,"icon":28},"Outliner enthusiasts","If you think in nested outlines, Tana's infinite-nesting paradigm feels like home — everything is a node.",{"persona":203,"reason":204,"icon":205},"Query power users","Tana's live query system is among the most powerful in the PKM space, enabling complex filtered views across fields and relationships.","i-ph-funnel-duotone",{"persona":207,"reason":208,"icon":209},"Voice-first creators","AI-powered voice capture and transcription let you dictate notes that get automatically structured into tasks and tagged nodes.","i-ph-microphone-duotone",{"persona":211,"reason":212,"icon":213},"Automation builders","Custom AI commands and API access enable sophisticated workflows that go beyond what most PKM tools offer.","i-ph-robot-duotone",{"slug":215,"competitor_name":216,"competitor_website":217,"competitor_logo":218,"competitor_color":219,"last_updated":220,"status":221},"tana-outliner","Tana","https://tana.inc","/logos/tana-outliner.png","#E04E2C","2026-04-15","draft",{},"/migration/switching-from-tana",{"capacities":225,"competitor":243},[226,230,234,237,240],{"title":227,"description":228,"severity":229,"icon":205},"Less powerful queries","Capacities' queries are growing but don't yet match Tana's depth — especially for filtering by parent fields, nested relationships, or cross-referencing dates.","high",{"title":231,"description":232,"severity":233,"icon":28},"No outliner mode","Capacities uses a block-based page editor rather than an outliner. Users who think in nested outlines may find the page-based approach less natural.","medium",{"title":235,"description":236,"severity":233,"icon":209},"No voice capture or AI transcription","Capacities doesn't offer voice input or AI-powered transcription — a feature Tana users value for on-the-go capture and meeting notes.",{"title":238,"description":239,"severity":233,"icon":213},"No custom AI commands","Capacities provides built-in AI features but no user-defined commands or automation workflows.",{"title":241,"description":242,"severity":233,"icon":28},"No Tana-style inheritance or dynamic titles","Tana’s Extend, title expressions, field pinning, and command-on-tag patterns have no 1:1 match. Rebuild with object types, templates, and queries; accept that some power-user graph automation stays in Tana.",[244,254,258],{"title":245,"description":246,"severity":229,"icon":247,"user_quotes":248},"Steep learning curve","Supertags, fields, commands, and query syntax take significant time to learn. Many users report spending weeks before becoming productive.","i-ph-graduation-cap-duotone",[249,252],{"text":250,"source":251},"Notion, Tana while great in their own rights were so mind-boggling complex. Capacities works how I work.","Discord",{"text":253,"source":251},"Tana is super powerful but you have to have a PhD to understand their query editor.",{"title":255,"description":256,"severity":257,"icon":194},"Mobile offline limitations","Tana now has native iOS and Android apps with voice memos and widgets, but offline support on mobile remains limited compared to the desktop experience.","low",{"title":259,"description":260,"severity":233,"icon":23},"Opaque pricing","Tana's pricing has historically been confusing, with invite-only access and usage-based tiers that aren't clearly communicated upfront.",{"capacities":262,"competitor":274},{"free_tier":263,"plans":264},"Core features, unlimited objects, all platforms, offline access",[265],{"name":266,"price":267,"billing":268,"key_features":269},"Pro","$9.99/month","billed annually",[270,271,272,273,146],"AI assistant & auto-fill","Queries & filtered views","Calendar integration","Task management",{"free_tier":275,"plans":276},"Basic features with 500 AI credits",[277,285],{"name":278,"price":279,"billing":280,"key_features":281},"Plus","$10/month","monthly",[282,283,284],"2,000 AI credits/month","AI chat & voice transcription","Google Calendar sync",{"name":266,"price":286,"billing":268,"key_features":287},"$14/month",[288,289,174,290,291],"5,000 AI credits/month","Automation & command nodes","Readwise integration","Unlimited storage",{"title":293,"description":294,"keywords":295},"Capacities vs Tana — Honest Comparison (2026)","An in-depth comparison of Capacities and Tana. Compare features, pricing, outliner vs object-based approaches, and find the right PKM tool for your workflow.",[296,297,298,299,300,301],"capacities vs tana","tana alternative","tana alternative 2026","best pkm app comparison","tana vs capacities","outliner vs object-based notes","compare/tana-outliner",{"capacities":304,"competitor":323},[305,310,313,316,320],{"title":306,"description":307,"icon":308,"evidence_source":309},"Works beautifully out of the box","No supertags to configure, no commands to build, no schemas to plan. The object-based model provides meaningful structure from day one without a steep learning curve.","i-ph-sparkle-duotone","user-feedback",{"title":311,"description":312,"icon":194,"evidence_source":309},"Full offline mobile experience","Native apps on iOS and Android with complete offline support. Tana now has native mobile apps with voice memos and widgets, but Capacities offers full offline access and cross-platform consistency.",{"title":314,"description":315,"icon":190,"evidence_source":309},"Visual browsing with gallery and wall views","Gallery, wall, and card views let you visually browse your notes — something outliner-first tools don't offer.",{"title":317,"description":318,"icon":167,"evidence_source":319},"Automated scheduled exports","Automated, recurring exports to standard Markdown files — always up-to-date without manual steps. Tana now offers Markdown and JSON export, but Capacities makes portability effortless with scheduled backups.","product",{"title":321,"description":322,"icon":104,"evidence_source":319},"Context-aware AI built in","AI that understands your connected notes and backlinks, with transparent source attribution.",[324,327,331,334,337],{"title":325,"description":326,"icon":205,"evidence_source":309},"Powerful live queries","Tana's query system is deeply flexible — filter by supertag fields, parent relationships, dates, and nested properties. Users consistently cite this as Tana's standout capability.",{"title":328,"description":329,"icon":330,"evidence_source":319},"Supertag system","Supertags combine templates, fields, and commands into reusable schemas that can be applied to any node — enabling database-like structure within an outliner.","i-ph-tag-duotone",{"title":332,"description":333,"icon":28,"evidence_source":309},"Native outliner paradigm","Everything is a nestable node. For users who think in outlines, Tana's infinite nesting feels natural and frictionless.",{"title":335,"description":336,"icon":209,"evidence_source":309},"Voice capture with AI structuring","Voice input with AI-powered transcription that can automatically create tasks, tag notes, and structure captured audio into actionable nodes.",{"title":119,"description":338,"icon":213,"evidence_source":319},"User-defined AI commands attached to supertags let you build custom automation workflows within your knowledge base.",{"difficulty":340,"migration_notes":341,"import_support":342},"moderate","Move from outliner nodes to typed objects. Export from Tana first; infinite nesting and supertag patterns become types, properties, and queries in Capacities.\n","Use Tana’s Markdown/JSON export, map supertags to object types, then import in batches—CSV-to-type import is not available yet.\n",{"summary":344,"choose_capacities_if":345,"choose_competitor_if":351},"Capacities and Tana are both excellent personal knowledge management tools built around structured typing — but they serve different kinds of thinkers. Tana is a power user's dream with its supertag system, deep queries, and custom AI commands. Capacities is a polished, accessible knowledge studio that provides structure without complexity. The right choice depends on whether you want maximum query power and customization, or a beautiful system that works from day one.\n",[346,347,348,349,350],"You want a knowledge system that works intuitively without a steep learning curve","Visual browsing (gallery, wall views) is important to how you discover connections","You need reliable mobile apps with full offline support","Data export and portability matter to you","You prefer a rich block editor over a pure outliner",[352,353,354,355,356],"You think in nested outlines and want infinite nesting as a core paradigm","You need powerful, flexible queries that filter across fields and parent relationships","Voice capture with AI transcription is central to your workflow","You want to build custom AI commands and automation","You're comfortable investing time to master a complex but powerful system","PfAIZl43pgeGJ_eXJeTKuz4bi2nbgeUVHHoDB8qCRvY",1776952405061]