
Mem
situationalAI notes and knowledge base that organizes itself from your captures.
Visit get.mem.ai →> **Mem** — situational > Verified 2026-08-24 > Limitation: Export options are limited. > > https://noemium.com/tools/mem-ai/Add to kitOpen in NoemiumFact-check this catalog entry for Mem (productivity). Verdict: situational Verdict text: Fast capture with AI search and automatic tagging. Good for people who want a second brain without manual organization. The graph view and exports are weaker than Obsidian or Notion. Limitations: - Export options are limited. - The AI tagging can miscategorize messy notes. - Less flexible for structured project management. Receipts: https://get.mem.ai/pricing https://docs.mem.ai/ Last verified: 2026-08-24 Find outdated prices, wrong claims, or missing limitations. Cite primary sources (docs, pricing pages, benchmarks, model cards). Do not use marketing pages.[](https://noemium.com/tools/mem-ai/)
ledger entry · observed by @whysanesanders
Fast capture with AI search and automatic tagging. Good for people who want a second brain without manual organization. The graph view and exports are weaker than Obsidian or Notion.
Strengths
- Fast capture with AI search and automatic tagging.
- Low-friction second brain for people who avoid manual organization.
Known limitations
- Export options are limited.
- The AI tagging can miscategorize messy notes.
- Less flexible for structured project management.
Use it when
- Personal note capture when search and auto-tags matter more than structure.
- Quick retrieval from a messy stream of ideas and clips.
Skip it when
- You need robust export options or a graph view like Obsidian.
- AI tagging miscategorizing messy notes would be costly to fix.
- Structured project management is the main job.
Buy-check
- ·Price — freemium, free tier; paid from $9/mo as of 2026-08-24. Open the pricing page, not a screenshot.
- ·Free tier — Free tier exists — burn it first.
- ·Cancel fallout — What happens to your data/projects on cancel — check the ToS, not the FAQ.
- ·Seat math — Per-seat pricing multiplies quietly. Count seats before the annual plan.
- ·Who skips it — Also skipped when: You need robust export options or a graph view like Obsidian.; AI tagging miscategorizing messy notes would be costly to fix..
Price trail — 1 revisionchangelog →
- 2026-W35free tier; paid from $8/mofree tier; paid from $9/mo
Facts
- pricing
- freemium1
- price note
- free tier; paid from $9/mo
- free tier
- yes
- open source
- no
- api
- yes
- self-host
- no
- category
- productivity
- evidence
- source-verified
Sources
No source, no number.
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| Mem | situational | freemium | no | no |
| ChatGPT | ship | freemium | no | no |
| Granola | ship | freemium | no | no |
| Raycast | ship | freemium | no | no |
Facts from the catalog files — not scores you can buy. Quality and speed stay in the briefing, not in a fake 1–5 grid.
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