AFFiNE

Workspace 6.8/10

MIT-licensed local-first knowledge workspace combining documents, whiteboards and databases on one canvas, with a free-forever cloud tier and self-hosting.

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AFFiNE scores 6.8/10 for free value in Workspace. The main constraint: Free forever: unlimited local workspaces, 10 GB cloud storage, up to 3 members per workspace, 7-day cloud version history. FOSS edition fully self-hostable under MIT.

Category Workspace Kind Open-source docs + whiteboard + database workspace Caveats 100 GB storage and 10 members require the paid Pro/Team plans; free cloud capped at 3 members. Renewal monthly Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

6.8 / 10

Show the math

Overall 6.8/10

value = 6.8/100

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Collab 6.1/10

value = 36 $/mo

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Content 7/10

value = 7/100

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Auto 8.3/10

value = 8.3/100

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Key metrics

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What you get

MIT-licensed, local-first, fully self-hostable

Free-forever cloud tier with 10 GB storage

Docs, edgeless whiteboard and tables in one canvas

Built-in AI and version history

Gotchas

10 GB cloud storage

Free cloud tier is capped at 10 GB of total cloud storage; upgrading to Pro adds 100 GB.
Max 3 members per workspace

Each cloud workspace on the free tier is limited to 3 members; teams of 4+ require the paid Pro or Team plan.
7-day version history only

Cloud Time Machine version history is limited to 7 days on the free tier; Pro extends this to 30 days.
10 MB max file upload

Individual file uploads are capped at 10 MB on the free tier; Pro raises this to 100 MB.
Max 3 login devices

The free cloud tier allows syncing to a maximum of 3 logged-in devices simultaneously.
No AI add-on included

AFFiNE AI (writing, drawing, summarization) is a paid add-on not included in the free Basic cloud tier.
No priority support

Free tier users have no dedicated or priority customer support; community support is only mentioned at Pro tier.

Sources

"Local FOSS + Cloud Basic — Local editor with MIT license. Free forever. Include in Basic: 10 GB of Cloud Storage, 10 MB of Maximum file size, Up to 3 members per Workspace, 7-days Cloud Time Machine file version history, Up to 3 login devices"
https://affine.pro/pricing
"200K+ Pro users 68K+ GitHub stars MIT Open-source editor Self-host Full data control"
https://affine.pro/pricing
"AFFiNE Community Edition (CE) is the current available version, it's free for self-host under the MIT license."
https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE
"The current selfhost version uses the free plan, which has two limitations. One is that the maximum number of collaborators in the workspace is 3, and the file [size limit]"
https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE/discussions/6299

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