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Microsoft OneNote pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Microsoft OneNote. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the productivity tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Microsoft OneNote pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Microsoft OneNote catalogue entry carries no price and a freemium pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Microsoft OneNote review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Microsoft OneNote feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Free-form page canvas
- Notebook hierarchy
- Indexed handwriting
- Audio recording
- Web clipper and Outlook capture
- Shared notebooks
- Cross-platform clients
- Tags and cross-notebook search
- No licence cost
People bring Microsoft OneNote in for handwritten notes on a pen tablet that you still need to find months later by searching for a word you wrote., lecture or meeting notes where a recording needs to line up with what you were typing at the time., a team already inside microsoft 365 that needs a shared notebook without buying anything or seeking approval., collecting mixed material such as screenshots, clippings and sketches on one page, where a document editor would force a linear structure.. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Microsoft OneNote are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Productivity
Too few productivity tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft OneNote (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Memtime | €10/month | subscription | - | vs Microsoft OneNote |
| Bring! | Free | Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras | - | vs Microsoft OneNote |
| Bluemail | Free | quote | - | vs Microsoft OneNote |
| Alfred | Free, then £34/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs Microsoft OneNote |
| Day One | Free | Free tier plus subscription | - | vs Microsoft OneNote |
| Canary Mail | Free | Per user per year, or one-time purchase | - | vs Microsoft OneNote |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Microsoft OneNote badges page.
Before you pay for Microsoft OneNote
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Microsoft OneNote runs on web, ios, android, macos, windows, and is published by Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, WA. The full record is on the Microsoft OneNote review, and the rest of the category is under best productivity tools.
Microsoft OneNote pricing questions
- How much does Microsoft OneNote cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Microsoft OneNote, which is listed as freemium. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Microsoft OneNote have a free plan?
- Yes, Microsoft OneNote is recorded as freemium, so it can be used without paying.
- Which productivity tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 productivity tools listed alongside Microsoft OneNote have a free tier: Bring!, Bluemail, Alfred, Day One, Canary Mail.
- What am I actually paying for with Microsoft OneNote?
- The record lists 9 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for handwritten notes on a pen tablet that you still need to find months later by searching for a word you wrote., lecture or meeting notes where a recording needs to line up with what you were typing at the time., a team already inside microsoft 365 that needs a shared notebook without buying anything or seeking approval..
- Does Microsoft OneNote charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Microsoft OneNote prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Microsoft OneNote against before paying?
- The closest productivity tools in this directory are Memtime, Bring!, Bluemail, Alfred. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Microsoft OneNote covering price, platforms and features.