Obsidian vs Heptabase

Started by Tumbleweed on 12/21/2022
Tumbleweed 12/21/2022 1:01 pm
So I tried to post earlier about which of the new knowledge organizers people recommend, with an emphasis on:
- Linking all types of data, ie. email, contacts, meetings, tasks, notes, knowledge, etc.
- Runs locally on Windows

After some investigation, I have narrowed it down to Obsidian and Heptabase. Heptabase looks amazing and has astonishing views and functionality, but appears to be more for note-type records and knowledge. Obsidian has less flash but seems to integrate many different type of data items, which is a strong plus.

So I'm leaning toward Obsidian. Any thoughts or comparisons on the two?

Tumbleweed 12/22/2022 1:58 pm
So my earlier post was pending, hence the near double post.

I've decided Obsidian is the choice, so in the other post we can continue with any relevant discussion!
Stephen Zeoli 1/29/2023 2:21 pm
Not trying to talk anyone out of Obsidian and into Heptabase, but I do want to mention that Heptabase has been getting lots of useful new features, like this one:

https://heptaplatforms.notion.site/App-PDF-Area-Highlight-and-Annotation-f07c938fa7d446bfbde733fa97221490

For the record, I have not fully committed to Heptabase, but I'm slowly sliding into doing so -- I think.

Steve
satis 1/30/2023 12:06 am
Alan Chan's Heptabase home on Medium has a comprehensive recap of Heptabase updates in 2022. Looks like it's been improved a lot more than I realized.

https://medium.com/heptabase/to-heptabase-users-2022-recap-82b1e188ef8c