Obsidian is a powerful note-taking app built on local Markdown files. Known for its graph view, backlinks, and extensive plugin ecosystem.
| Feature | Glean | Obsidian |
|---|---|---|
| Save from any URL | ✓ | Via plugins |
| AI-generated summaries | ✓ | Via plugins |
| Auto-extract action items | ✓ | ✗ |
| Task management | ✓ | Basic |
| Local-first storage | ✗ | ✓ |
| Graph view / backlinks | ✗ | ✓ |
| Plugin ecosystem | ✗ | ✓ |
| Browser extension | ✓ | Via plugins |
| iOS app | ✓ | ✓ |
| Markdown export | ✗ | ✓ |
Pro subscription
Free gives you 3 captures/week and 1 project. Pro costs $4.99 / week or $49.99 / year with a 3-day yearly trial.
Free for personal use. Sync at $5/month. Publish at $10/month.
You want saved content to become contextual todos your agents can finish. Glean keeps the source, writes the subtasks, and hands the work to Claude Code or Codex.
Power users building a personal knowledge base with strong privacy needs.
Obsidian is a knowledge garden. Glean is a task factory. Obsidian helps you connect ideas. Glean helps you act on them.
Choose Obsidian if you want a powerful, extensible personal knowledge base. Choose Glean if you want zero-config task extraction from online content.
Save it once, get a task with context, then hand it to Claude Code or Codex.
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