Pick AFFiNE if
people who will stay on Free local + 10 GB Cloud, then buy Pro at $6.75/month when they need 100 GB and 10 members — or Believer $499.99 once for lifetime Pro + 1 TB.
Read the AFFiNE pageAFFiNE vs Plane
Our take
Pick AFFiNE if people who will stay on Free local + 10 GB Cloud, then buy Pro at $6.75/month when they need 100 GB and 10 members — or Believer $499.99 once for lifetime Pro + 1 TB. Pick Plane if eng teams who will stay on Free $0 (12 users, work items / cycles / modules / pages / intake, no card) while they file a first issue, then buy Pro at $8/user/month ($6 annual) when they need types, wiki, time tracking, and
Best for
AFFiNE Notes and an infinite canvas you can self-host
Plane Issues you start at $0
Free plan
AFFiNE $0 · unlimited local workspaces and Edgeless. Cloud: 10 GB, 10 MB max file, 3 members, 7-day Time Machine, 3 login devices. No time limit
Plane $0 · 12 users. Projects, work items, cycles, modules, layouts, intake, estimates, project pages. Basic views. Jira / Linear / Asana / ClickUp / CSV importers
Lowest paid
AFFiNE Pro $6.75/mo
Plane Pro $8/user/mo
Next step up
AFFiNE AFFiNE AI $8.9/mo
Plane Business $15/user/mo
Runs where
AFFiNE Local; you host it
Plane Local; you host it
Watch out
AFFiNE Free Cloud is 10 GB and 3 members
Plane Free is 12 users
Last checked
AFFiNE 2026-10-22 · affine.pro/pricing
Plane 2026-10-22 · plane.so/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Plane if
eng teams who will stay on Free $0 (12 users, work items / cycles / modules / pages / intake, no card) while they file a first issue, then buy Pro at $8/user/month ($6 annual) when they need types, wiki, time tracking, and 500 AI credits.
Read the Plane page