head to head/Note-Taking & PKM
Obsidian vs recto
Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.
Obsidian
Local-first linked notes you own forever
community boosts
⚡ 0
pricing
Freemium · Free for personal use, paid sync optional
what it is
Obsidian stores notes as plain Markdown files on your machine and links them into a personal knowledge graph, extended by thousands of community plugins. The power-user choice where privacy and longevity beat cloud convenience.
recto
orphan rescue and internal linking for serious sites
community boosts
⚡ 0
pricing
Paid
what it is
recto finds the pages nothing links to and links them using words you already published — no AI rewrite, you approve every change. $39 once, no subscription.