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- Category
- Notes · SaaS alternative
- Cost
- Freemium
- Country
- Italy
- Licensing
- Proprietary
# PROS AND CONS
+ what works
- +Mature web clipper, OCR on images and PDFs, and broad device coverage
- +Long-standing import/export tooling and a documented ENEX format
- +ISO 27001 certified, annual Google CASA Tier 2 assessment
− watch out for
- −Free tier capped at 50 notes, 1 notebook, and 1 device since 2023
- −Closed source with no client-side end-to-end encryption for notebooks
- −Steep price hikes and US layoffs after the 2022 Bending Spoons acquisition damaged user trust
- −US data hosting exposes content to US legal process despite Italian ownership
# PRIVACY NOTES
Notes are stored on Google Cloud Platform in the United States and encrypted at rest with Google-managed AES-256 keys. There is no end-to-end encryption for notebooks; Evernote staff can in principle access content, though the company states access is limited to legal obligations or explicit user permission. The data controller is Bending Spoons S.p.A. in Italy (GDPR applies), but US hosting means content is also reachable by US legal process. Evernote states it does not train AI models on user input by default.
# REPLACES
apple-notes
# TAGS
#proprietary · #cloud · #web-clipper · #ocr
# DOES THIS WORK FOR YOU
# NOTES FROM PEOPLE WHO TRIED IT
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