Evernote vs Obsidian

A side-by-side comparison built from catalogue data. Both offer 2 of the same listed features, including Cross-device sync, Templates.

Comparison of Evernote vs Obsidian

App	Evernote Long-running note-taking app with web clipping, notebooks and search.	Obsidian Local-first Markdown knowledge base with backlinks and a large plugin ecosystem.
Developer	Bending Spoons	Dynalist Inc.
Pricing	Freemium, Subscription	Freemium
License	Proprietary	Proprietary
Open source	Open source: No	Open source: No
Self-hostable	Self-hostable: No	Self-hostable: No
Works offline	Works offline: No	Works offline: Yes
Privacy-focused	Privacy-focused: No	Yes

Feature rows list only features recorded in the catalogue. A missing check means the feature is not recorded for that app, not necessarily that it is unavailable.