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Tana vs Together AI

Tana logo

Tana

Software

The everything app for your personal workspace

From
Free
Rated
-
Together AI logo

Together AI

Software

Open-source AI at scale

From
Free
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Tana the free plan hosts only 5 meetings a month with AI transcripts and summaries; Together AI fine tuning carries a minimum charge of $4.00 per job regardless of dataset size
  • They diverge on capability: Tana covers Outliner interface, Together AI covers Open-source models.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Tana and Together AI actually diverge.

Attributes where Tana and Together AI differ
AttributeTanaTogether AI
Pricing modelfreemiumusage-based
PlatformsWeb, DesktopApi, Cloud
Founded20202022

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Tana

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

Only in Together AI

  • Open-source models
  • Fine-tuning
  • Fast inference
  • Embeddings
  • REST API
  • Python SDK
  • OpenAI compatible
  • Api support

What people use each for

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

Tana

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

Together AI

  • Serverless inference against open source chat, vision, embedding, image and video modelsnot Tana
  • Renting dedicated single tenant H100, H200 or B200 GPU clusters by the hournot Tana
  • Fine tuning open weight models on a per token basisnot Tana

Where each one falls short

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

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

Together AI

  • Fine tuning carries a minimum charge of $4.00 per job regardless of dataset size
  • Reserved GPU commitments beyond 180 days are priced by contacting sales with no published rate
  • Volume and enterprise discounts are quote only with no published threshold
  • Reserved dedicated inference pricing is contact sales while only on demand rates of $5.49 to $8.99 per GPU hour are published

Pricing, plan by plan

Tana

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

Together AI

Free
  • FreeFree
    • $5 credits
    • API access
  • Pay-per-use$0.2/per-million-tokens
    • All models
    • Fine-tuning

Which should you pick?

Choose Tana if

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

Choose Together AI if

  • You need open-source models.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Api, Cloud.
  • You also want fine-tuning.

Questions people ask

Is Tana or Together AI better?
Neither clearly leads. Tana starts at Free and Together AI at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Tana or Together AI?
Tana starts at Free and Together AI at Free.
Does Tana or Together AI run on more platforms?
Tana runs on Web, Desktop. Together AI runs on Api, Cloud.
Can I use Tana for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Tana best used for?
Tana is most often used for structured note taking with a graph based supertag data model, automatic meeting capture with ai transcripts and summaries, turning notes into queryable structured databases. Of those, structured note taking with a graph based supertag data model and automatic meeting capture with ai transcripts and summaries are not what Together AI is typically brought in for.
What can Tana do that Together AI cannot?
Tana covers Outliner interface, Supertags, Live queries, AI integration. Together AI covers Open-source models, Fine-tuning, Fast inference, Embeddings.

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