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Heptabase
Visual whiteboard for connecting notes, ideas, and research
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Best for
Best for researchers, writers, and visual thinkers who need to connect ideas spatially across long-running projects.
At a glance
- Pricing
- paidfrom $9/mo
- Setup time
- 1-3 days
- Learning curve
- medium
- Last verified
- 5/21/2026
What we love
- ✓Spatial canvas genuinely useful for connection-making
- ✓Local-first model preserves your data
- ✓Strong PDF and research workflow
Where it falls short
- −Mobile experience trails desktop
- −Heavy whiteboards can slow down
- −No native API or strong integration story
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20263 tiers
Monthly
$9
monthly
- ✓Unlimited whiteboards
- ✓All features
- ✓Cloud sync
Annual
$72
yearly
- ✓Same as monthly
- ✓Save versus monthly
- ✓Priority email
Believer
$200
every 2 years
- ✓2 years access
- ✓Early features
- ✓Founder access
Why we picked it
Heptabase is the rare tool where spatial thinking on a whiteboard actually scales beyond demos. Researchers and writers who think in connections find it indispensable.
Overview
Heptabase is a visual note tool where every note is a card on an infinite whiteboard. Designed for researchers and writers who think spatially — connect cards with arrows, group on canvases, and surface relationships. Local-first with cloud sync.
Key features
- ●Infinite whiteboards with note cards
- ●Bi-directional links between cards
- ●Tags and properties for filtering
- ●PDF annotation that becomes cards
- ●Journal mode for daily notes
- ●Local-first storage with cloud sync
- ●Mobile and desktop apps
Best use cases
Literature review
Drop PDFs into a whiteboard, annotate, and connect findings across dozens of papers
Book outline
Draft chapters as connected cards and rearrange the structure spatially before writing prose
Integrations
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