Tana vs Plainpad

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Tana compared with Plainpad
Detail	Tana	Plainpad
What it does	Do work in the meeting	Open Source Self-Hosted Note-Taking App
Stage	Growing	Established
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Free
Pricing	Free plan ($0): 5 hosted meetings/month, AI transcripts and summaries, 50 AI queries. Pro ($20-$30/user/month): unlimited hosted meetings, botless meeting agent, integrations. Max ($80-$120/user/month): 5× more AI, dedicated support, unlimited agents. Business (custom): SAML SSO, advanced security,	Free and open source forever. Optional managed hosting at €20/month billed annually, white label licensing from €50 one-time, technical support sessions at €60 each, and custom development and data migration available on quote.
Key features	File issues into Linear, Jira, or GitHub during calls Draft emails and follow-ups before call ends Update CRM automatically with meeting context Log decisions with assigned owners Shared knowledge graph connecting all meetings Answer questions by searching meeting history Works with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, or native Tana calls MCP and public API for custom integrations Capture calls longer than one hour	Self-hosted deployment with full data control Database encryption per user Markdown support with live preview Multi-user support with admin and user roles REST API for integrations Instant search by title and content Responsive design for desktop, tablet, and phone Auto-save as you write Progressive Web App with offline support Admin panel for updates and migrations
What makes it different	AI agents perform work during meetings, not after Botless agent captures context without joining as participant Knowledge graph grows smarter with each meeting User approval required before any action is taken LLM agnostic with access to multiple AI models	100% free and open source forever with GPL-3.0 license GDPR compliant with full data residency control Lightweight with minimal server requirements Zero data collection with no analytics or tracking
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	65 +2 (up) since last check	15 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	33	24
Citation Flow (Majestic)	45	24
Referring domains (Majestic)	1599	62

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