Comparison and analysis of Youdao Cloud Notes, Evernote, Weizhi Notes, and Onenote, how to choose?
- ZhiNote provides a 100-day free trial for individual users. During the trial period, you can enjoy all VIP functions except for chain sharing. "You need to upgrade the version updated after December 8, 2016, and the version is expected to be updated before New Year's Day." You can also enjoy 1G monthly upload traffic, we welcome you to upgrade VIP to support us
- Monthly upload traffic: Weizhi Note’s monthly upload traffic limit, after the limit is reached, the data will not be uploaded to the server, and the traffic will be restored in the early morning of the 1st of every month.
One Thought About Fees for Knowing Notes
This article starts from the fee for ZhiNotes. Weizhinote’s charging strategy has begun to make me rethink the choice of note-taking software. I have used Weizhiji for three years, and I am a moderate user. The most important thing about Weizhinote’s policy change is to cancel the free user’s subscription. The cloud synchronization function, which almost shuts the door for new users, of course, this involves Weizhi's official product strategy, here I only talk about my feelings
- Resolutely turn off the free user synchronization function, and face the competition of other note-taking software in the industry
- Starting to charge comprehensively, does it mean that there is a problem with the capital chain?
- The VIP fee of 60 yuan a year is really nothing
Regarding the above points, what worries me the most is that if Weizhi goes bankrupt, our notes stored in the cloud are at risk of being lost, and then I will lose more than the gains, but as an old user of Weizhi, I prefer it. Because of the well-known software design and operating experience, my countermeasure at this time is to buy vip, continue to use the well-known note, and rely on the local well-known backup, then when a problem occurs, I can easily leave and transfer to other note-taking software , However, there are some fatal problems in Weizhi Notes:
- Batch export to html format
- Does not support batch transfer to other notes, even export to pdf file
You read that right, for any note-taking software, notes are the user's personal assets, and Weizhi can only be exported to a unique format, which limits the user's freedom, which is equivalent to only being unable to enter, which makes me start serious Think about your own options and look for other software to replace it, despite the fact that there are many other enticing features.
2. Comparison and positioning of each note-taking software
At present, the mainstream note-taking software mainly includes Youdaoyun Note, Evernote, Weizhi Note, and Onenote.
The following is a comparison of my current main note-taking software, in which security is not considered and is not involved for the time being, but this is also very important . Usually our notes have the following risks:
- Notes are not encrypted and are stolen
- Note-taking tool company goes out of business, resulting in a large number of lost notes
Summarize
The above 2 points are unbearable for people who take notes for a long time. The reason why I consider changing the software is also based on my confusion about the future of the company, but I lack a specific understanding of the company, so I compare the notes. There is no safety bar comparison, but one principle is always right. It is good to have a cool back against a big tree. Unless Microsoft goes out of business, OneNote should not have the above problems.
| Classification | Note for knowledge | OneNote | Youdaoyun | Evernote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sync function | Strong (vip) | weak | powerful | powerful |
| Multiple directory hierarchy | powerful | weak | powerful | not support |
| Label | powerful | Not supported (marker function) | weak | powerful |
| Multi-platform | powerful | weak | powerful | powerful |
| Share function | Support (vip) | Support (outlook) | support | Outlook support |
| cloud collaboration | support (vip) support | support | support | unexperienced |
| recycle bin | support | support | support | support |
| Office suite | weak | powerful | powerful | weak |
| Batch export | Difference | generally | generally | powerful |
| position | Data production management, KPM tool | Data management, reprocessing, digital notebooks | Data collection production management, KPM | Note-based knowledge management software |
The above comparison is based on my personal experience. The evaluation column is a bit subjective. Each tool has its own advantages and disadvantages, but some tools are good at doing certain things. A typical KPM tool, and Evernote can also be used as a KPM tool, but the experience is almost different, and it varies from person to person! In addition, you can take a look at Youdao Cloud Notes, Evernote, Weizhi Notes, and Onenote Competitive Product Analysis Report to deepen your understanding
In addition, you can take a look at the mobile screenshots of netizens' comments on Evernote, Youdaoyun, and Weizhinotes
Three own needs
Any note-taking software has its own characteristics, what we need to do is to choose one to use it, don't mistake the means as the goal
In fact, I have said so much. When I personally use these software, I find that they are all good, and they seem to be all right. This is because I have not focused on my own needs. I have analyzed my needs for this, and the top-down is as follows:
- Multi-terminal synchronization
- Convenient data collection, including web WeChat, Weibo and others
- Multi-directory hierarchies and tagging capabilities
- Development entry and exit, import and batch export
- Security (long term)
The above points are basically my requirements for note-taking software, and my positioning of note-taking software can be summarized as a safe KPM management and collection tool . With these, you can choose the best
Four choices
With the above analysis, combined with the feedback from some users on Zhihu, we have basically come to a conclusion
to know
Strong in management, plug-ins, synchronization and editing, weak in convenience and handwriting, positioning: massive data management software
The biggest problem for me about Weizhi Notes is the batch export of notes and the company's prospects. A single note in wiz cannot be exported to word, only a single note can be exported to pdf, which I can't stand.
OneNote
Strong in annotation, sorting, handwriting and editing, weak in editing, reading, switching and management, positioning: draft type OCR finishing software
The OneNote software, which I use in the company, gives me the greatest feeling that its note editing is the most powerful, no one. It is a pity that my empire's great "city wall" policy is a bit touching, and its support for multiple directories is mediocre, but its management concept for notes is based on books and papers, organized according to notebooks, chapters, and pages , rather than other note-taking software based on a database . Another is that the mobile support of this software is still a bit poor. In the case of overcoming the wall later, I consider using it as my main kpm tool.
Youdaoyun
A complex similar to Weizhi and Evernote
Youdaoyun, this software says so, the background is NetEase, there is no major disadvantage, for multi-directory and label support, and support for batch export to pdf, it is barely okay
Evernote
Strong in humanization, reminder, scanning and marketing, weak in editing and mass, positioning: note-based knowledge management software
Evernote is the earliest software I used. Its strength is that its web clipping function is the best, but it does not support multiple directories. For me, this is the biggest shortcoming. Otherwise, it is the perfect substitute.
So much has been said above, due to the different characteristics of each software, I decided to migrate to Youdao Cloud, regardless of other highlights, at least it has no obvious shortcomings at present, which is enough, and there is support from NetEase , of course, for those who own A master who builds a background to take notes, you can watch it or not.
On the whole, there are currently two sets of solutions, listed as follows, the availability is strong and the migration cost is not large, please refer to
- Evernote + Youdao Cloud : Daily data collection borrows powerful web clips from Evernote, and data management relies on Youdao Cloud
- Evernote + OneNote : Data collection relies on Impression, management and editing rely on OneNote, and these two software can be imported into each other, with high security
The above opinions are mainly based on my own experience with the author and feedback from Zhihu.
Five reasons to give up knowing
This Tip is some thinking after switching to Youdao to use it later
Prominent Advantages of Weizhi Notes
The prominent advantages are used here because compared to other note-taking software, Weizhi is really excellent.
- Multiple directory structure and tags
- Excellent web clipping function
The advantages listed above are actually all the details. Youdaoyun still has gaps in this aspect, and it is better to know what you do. Youdao is still tolerable, but Youdao’s web editing function is really bad. The same hungry web page will basically remain unchanged in layout. Youdao’s layout is already riddled with holes. This is a flaw. Ah, I can only hope that Youdao will update later. After all, in the mobile era, the experience on the mobile phone is very important, otherwise everyone will see you a bunch of garbled characters? [Temporarily, impressions can be used to replace the web clipping function]
Based on the above advantages, I once wanted to switch back to Weizhi, but the batch export function of Weizhi notes is missing, and the function of batch exporting to Html itself, for the empty folder, the relationship between the folders will be lost when exporting, There are also flaws in the rendering of md files to html , which finally made me stay in Youdaoyun. The so-called "you can't have both the fish and the bear's paw" depends on our own choice.
The following is a comparison of the entry and exit of each tool
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Function Evernote OneNote to know Youdaoyun Batch export enex format note format private format private format, pdf import enex format, note format note format enex format, private format enex format, private format Bulk import folders support not support support support - Remark
- As can be seen from the above, the entrance and exit of Evernote are the most open, and its format can be imported by other notes, while the private formats of other notes can only be used by themselves and cannot be imported by other note-taking software, which means that Once users use their services, they are basically bound to it, and the migration cost is too high. Please choose carefully according to your own needs!