Evernote Free Plan Limits: 50 Notes

Previously acquired by the Italian developer Bending Spoons, which confirmed the layoff of most employees in the United States and Chile and shifted its operational focus to Europe, the pioneering online notebook service Evernote seems to be revising its free plan usage regulations. Simultaneously, it is offering a 40% discount to entice users to upgrade to the premium version.

Evernote has begun to restrict the functionality of its free version and is attracting existing users to upgrade with promotional discounts.

According to information obtained by users, Evernote’s free plan will now only allow the creation of a single notebook, managing a maximum of 50 notes. However, Evernote’s official website does not yet describe such limitations. It only mentions a monthly upload limit of 60MB and a maximum of 20MB per individual note.

The current adjustments to the free version will not affect already established notebooks or notes but will prevent the creation of additional notebooks and note contents.

With the current 40% discount promotion encouraging upgrades for unlimited creation of notebooks and notes, Evernote aims to persuade more users to join its paid plans. Given that the official website has not shown significant changes yet, it may indicate that Evernote is still assessing the actual needs of free version users and has not finalized the subsequent usage model of the free plan.

Although Evernote has been a favored online note-taking service for many users, its competitive edge has gradually diminished with tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Apple continuously enhancing their online collaboration services. Moreover, the entry of newer note-taking services like Notion into the competition has weakened Evernote’s original advantage, leading to its decline from a nearly $1 billion market valuation to survival through acquisition by Bending Spoons.

Whether the update to the free version’s features will convince more people to upgrade to the paid plan or result in more users turning to other services due to the added restrictions remains to be seen, depending on Evernote’s final adjustments to the free plan.