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Productivity · head to head

Rows vs Tana

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Rows

Productivity

The spreadsheet with superpowers

From
On request
Rated
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Tana

Productivity

The everything app for your personal workspace

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Free
Rated
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The short version

  • Only Tana has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Rows pro plan is billed per user starting at $6 per month, and higher usage tiers reach $59 to $79 per month for team workspaces; Tana the free plan hosts only 5 meetings a month with AI transcripts and summaries

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Rows and Tana actually diverge.

Attributes where Rows and Tana differ
AttributeRowsTana
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, Desktop
FoundedUnknown2020

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Productivity).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Rows

Nothing recorded that Tana does not also cover.

Only in Tana

  • Outliner interface
  • Supertags
  • Live queries
  • AI integration
  • Graph views
  • Email capture
  • API
  • Zapier

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Rows

No use cases recorded yet. See the Rows review.

Tana

  • Structured note taking with a graph based supertag data modelnot Rows
  • Automatic meeting capture with AI transcripts and summariesnot Rows
  • Turning notes into queryable structured databasesnot Rows

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Rows

  • Pro plan is billed per user starting at $6 per month, and higher usage tiers reach $59 to $79 per month for team workspaces

Tana

  • The free plan hosts only 5 meetings a month with AI transcripts and summaries
  • The free plan connects only 1 calendar and allows 50 AI queries
  • Pro is $30 per user per month at standard price, with $20 shown as an early bird rate
  • Max is $120 per user per month at standard price, with $80 shown as an early bird rate
  • Integrations and full MCP require the Pro plan
  • Dedicated support and onboarding, and unlimited agents, skills and types, require the Max plan
  • The Business plan is custom priced, billed yearly and has no published rate
  • The free trial runs 30 days

Pricing, plan by plan

Rows

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Rows review.

Tana

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Core features
    • Supertags
    • Searches
  • Pro$10/month
    • Advanced AI
    • Priority support
    • Extended history

Which should you pick?

Choose Rows if

Nothing in the data separates Rows from Tana on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Choose Tana if

  • You need outliner interface.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Desktop.
  • You also want supertags.

Questions people ask

Is Rows or Tana better?
Neither clearly leads. Rows starts at On request and Tana at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Rows or Tana?
Tana has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Rows and Free for Tana.
Does Rows or Tana run on more platforms?
Rows runs on Web. Tana runs on Web, Desktop.
Can I use Tana for free?
Yes. Tana has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Rows starts at On request.
What can Rows do that Tana cannot?
Tana covers Outliner interface, Supertags, Live queries, AI integration.

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