Capacities

• May 2026 continuous improvements: The What’s New index now shows v1.65.13 and v1.65.6 above Release 65, including small fixes, object-dashboard query suggestions, task-dashboard tags view, standardized task context picker behavior, and an AI panel fix.
• Release 65 (May 2026): Bulk Import is available to all users, Image Analysis is available for Pro users, recurring tasks gained more scheduling polish, the side panel was reworked, and AI web search was added to the assistant.
• Release 64 (May 2026): Recurring tasks shipped, and Capacities AI added model-provider choice across OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, Mistral, and xAI.
• Release 63: Related Content, deadlines, Search 3.0, AI chat upgrades, and full Bulk Import access for Believers.
• Release 62: AI Chat Connectors arrived as a Pro beta, integrating Capacities with ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Le Chat, and other MCP-compatible clients.
• Release 61: Image and media analysis with new object categories, OCR-style extraction, and color preview.
• Release 59: AI Assistant gained richer context across notes and showed which notes it used to answer questions.
• Release 58: Search 2.0 rebuilt fully on-device for speed and privacy.

Pick Capacities if structure is the point. Object typing forces intentionality at the moment of capture. Every Book gets an author property, every Project gets a status, every Person gets links to meetings. That structural prior is what Obsidian and Notion leave to the user.

Skip it for team work or plain-Markdown portability. No real-time collaboration, no shared workspaces. Export exists but the proprietary database structure loses fidelity on the way out. If you might leave, Obsidian is a safer long-term home.

Who pays which tier: Free for indefinite solo use without AI, Pro for the AI assistant, AI Chat Connectors, provider choice, and richer media/AI workflows, Believer for users who want to support development and get early features such as Bulk Import access. Verify your live regional checkout before budgeting from an old fixed-price quote.

Current AI connector, pricing, and product-change data points were verified against vendor docs on 2026-06-29. See Sources.

• Proprietary storage. Export to Markdown/CSV exists but loses object relationships. Migration off Capacities is a one-way rebuild, not a file move.
• Learning curve on setup. Object types and properties need upfront design. Users who want to just write tend to bounce.
• AI still shares selected data with providers. Capacities docs say AI use can share data with the selected model provider. Review provider terms, BYOK settings, EU-hosted model options, image-analysis behavior, and connector consent before using sensitive notes.
• Connector access raises governance stakes. AI Chat Connectors are useful, but they let external AI tools search notes, read objects, add daily-note content, and link objects after consent.
• No real-time collaboration. Shared workspaces and team editing do not exist.
• Smaller ecosystem than Notion or Obsidian. Fewer templates, community resources, and integrations.
• No public API. Programmatic access and custom automations are limited.
• AI requires internet. Core notes work offline, but AI chat and property auto-fill need a live connection.

This page was produced by the aipedia.wiki editorial pipeline, an automated system that ingests vendor documentation, verifies pricing and model details against primary sources, and generates the editorial analysis. No individual human wrote this review. Scoring follows the four-dimension rubric at /about/scoring/ (Utility x Value x Moat x Longevity, unweighted average). Last verified 2026-06-29 against capacities.io/pricing, Capacities AI assistant docs, AI Chat Connectors docs, Capacities Release 66, and the Capacities changelog.

Is the free plan actually unlimited? The core product remains free according to Capacities’ pricing page. Verify current media limits, AI access, and regional plan details in live checkout before treating an old plan table as final.

Capacities vs Obsidian? Obsidian stores notes as local Markdown files with manual linking. Capacities uses typed objects in a proprietary database with property-driven auto-links and built-in AI. Obsidian suits tinkerers with strong file-ownership preferences. Capacities suits structured thinkers who want the object system out of the box.

Capacities vs Notion AI? Choose Capacities for solo object-based PKM. Choose Notion AI when the same notes need to become a shared team workspace with databases, meeting notes, search, permissions, and agents.

Does AI work offline? No. Writing aids and AI Chat require internet. Core note creation, editing, and browsing all work offline with sync on reconnect.

What’s the difference between Pro and Believer? Both include the AI assistant and Pro features. Believer is a support tier that funds ongoing development and gets early access to some features, such as Bulk Import. Pro is sufficient for most users unless early access matters.

Can Capacities handle teams? No. Capacities is solo-focused. No shared workspaces or real-time collaboration. Notion is the right tool for team knowledge bases.

• capacities.io/pricing: current Free, Pro, and Believer tiers
• Capacities AI assistant docs: AI assistant scope, provider data sharing, chat, commands, auto-tagging, and property auto-fill
• Capacities AI Chat Connectors docs: MCP connector scope and Pro beta status
• Capacities Release 65: Bulk Import for everyone, Image Analysis for Pro, recurring-task updates, side-panel changes, AI web search, and AI chat improvements
• Capacities Release 64: recurring tasks and AI model-provider choice
• Capacities changelog: recent feature releases

• Category: AI Notes
• Comparisons: Capacities vs Notion AI · Capacities vs Obsidian