Our take
Pick Logseq if students and knowledge workers who will stay on the open-source app at $0 (local Markdown; Free forever for personal use) while they open a first Queries page — not teams that need a printed Sync seat (we did not find a public Sync $). Pick Typora if writers on Mac / Windows / Linux who will run the 15-day trial while they finish a first inline.md — then US$14.99 once for up to 3 devices, not Obsidian
Best for
Logseq A graph notebook you start at a public $0
Typora A page you start at a public $
Free plan
Logseq $0 · “Free forever for personal use.” Open source. Local Markdown. iOS & Android apps
Typora No free plan
Lowest paid
Logseq Not published by the vendor
Typora Typora license $14.99
Watch out
Logseq There is no public Sync $ on the pages we fetched
Typora No native sync / no team library
Last checked
Logseq 2026-10-23 · logseq.com/pricing
Typora 2026-10-23 · store.typora.io
students and knowledge workers who will stay on the open-source app at $0 (local Markdown; Free forever for personal use) while they open a first Queries page — not teams that need a printed Sync seat (we did not find a public Sync $).
Read the Logseq pagewriters on Mac / Windows / Linux who will run the 15-day trial while they finish a first inline.md — then US$14.99 once for up to 3 devices, not Obsidian Sync $4 first unless they want an encrypted vault, and not if they need a native team library (Typora does not ship one).
Read the Typora page
