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Standard Notes pricing (2026)
Standard Notes lists a $0 plan (Standard) and no paid price as checked on 2026-11-01, read from Standard Notes's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for Privacy-first note takers who want encryption as the default, not an add-on. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $0 (Standard)
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 — · GDPR —
- Best for: Privacy-first note takers who want encryption as the default, not an add-on; Journalists, legal professionals and writers handling sensitive material; Families willing to share one Professional subscription across 5 accounts
As of · every figure below links to its source
Standard Notes plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $0 | — | Flat monthly | A genuine forever-free account, not a trial. Verified on this read: the page's own data publishes $0 for BOTH a 'month' and a 'year' period, so the monthly price of $0 is a literally published figure rather than a derived one. End-to-end encryption, unlimited device sync on web, desktop and mobile, plain-text notes, offline access, tags, per-note password protection, full encrypted or plaintext export, two-factor authentication, daily encrypted email backups, community support. The catch: plain text only (no Super notes, markdown editor or spreadsheets) and note revision history covers the current session only. | standardnotes.com |
| Productivity STALE · 2026-09-10 | not priced monthly | — | Flat monthly | Per account, sold on two terms only: $90 / year, or a five-year prepay of $299 / 5 years (the 5-year option was missing from an earlier version of this record and was added on this read). No month-to-month price is offered anywhere on the page, so no monthly price is recorded; the $299 is a multi-year prepay and likewise never a monthly figure. Adds the Super note type (markdown, rich text, checklists, code), spreadsheets with formulas, Daily Notebooks journaling, a built-in 2FA authenticator, folders, the Web Clipper, 1-year note revision history, sign-in email notifications and dedicated support. There is no free trial — the page states 'We don't have a trial system at present' and substitutes a 14-day 100% refund period. Students get 30% off. | standardnotes.com |
| Professional STALE · 2026-09-10 | not priced monthly | — | Flat monthly | Per account, sold as $120 / year or a five-year prepay of $349 / 5 years (the 5-year option was missing from an earlier version of this record and was added on this read). No monthly rate exists, so no monthly price is recorded. Everything in Productivity plus 100 GB encrypted cloud storage, subscription sharing with up to 5 accounts, no file-size limit (the page says tested up to 2 GB), offline file access, local file backups, Moments daily self-photos, maximum note revision history and hardware security key support. The refund window extends to 90 days on this tier. Shared across 5 accounts it is the cheapest family option here, but it is still annual-or-longer only. | standardnotes.com |
Last verified 2026-11-01. STALE marks a plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 2 of 3 plans above are marked. VERIFIED with a correction ADDED. a direct read is blocked with HTTP 403, so https://standardnotes.com/plans was retrieved directly and cross-checked against the page's own Gatsby data at https://standardnotes.com/page-data/plans/page-data.json, which holds the authoritative pricing arrays: CORE_PLAN 'Standard' pricing [{period:'month',price:0},{period:'year',price:0}]; PLUS_PLAN 'Productivity' pricing [{price:90,period:'year'},{price:299,period:'5 years'}]; PRO_PLAN 'Professional' pricing [{price:120,period:'year'},{price:349,period:'5 years'}]. Correction: an earlier version of this record missed that both paid tiers also sell a FIVE-YEAR PREPAY — $299 Productivity and $349 Professional — omitted entirely from that earlier version. These are multi-year prepays, not monthly prices, so no monthly price is recorded on either tier — correctly — and the figures are recorded in the notes. The central claim in an earlier version of this record survives: there is still no month-to-month price for either paid tier. Also re-confirmed verbatim: 'We don't have a trial system at present for our paid features', '100% refunds on any plan within 14 days (Productivity Plan) or 90 days (Professional Plan)', 'We offer students a 30% discount', 'Subscription sharing with up to 5 accounts' and 'No limit on file size (tested up to 2GB)'.
Price changes
No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Key features: End-to-end encryption across all notes, tags and data; Super note type plus spreadsheets and Daily Notebooks on paid tiers; Doubles as a 2FA authenticator, with hardware security key support on Professional; Open-source clients and server.
Plan limits: Paid plans are sold on yearly or five-year terms only — no monthly option is published; A five-year prepay is offered on both paid tiers ($299 Productivity, $349 Professional); No free trial at all; the page substitutes 14-day (Productivity) and 90-day (Professional) full-refund windows; Free tier is plain-text notes with revision history limited to the current session; Encrypted file storage exists only on Professional (100 GB); lower tiers have none; Subscription sharing caps at 5 accounts.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Standard Notes cost?
Standard Notes lists a $0 plan (Standard) and no paid price; it has 3 published plans. Verified 2026-11-01.
Does Standard Notes support HIPAA?
Standard Notes's public pages do not say whether it supports HIPAA.
Does Standard Notes have a free plan?
Yes — Standard Notes publishes a free tier.
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