Obsidian pricing starts at $50/user/yr (~$4.17/user/mo equiv) for the Commercial plan. 5 tiers total including a free tier.
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Obsidian pricing
Free
Free
Sync
$5/user/mo
or $4/user/mo billed annuallyPublish
$10/mo
or $8/mo billed annuallyCatalyst
$25
one-timeCommercial
$50/user/yr
~$4.17/mo equivSee your real cost on each plan
Adjust seats to compare Obsidian plans side-by-side and check the annual break-even.
How many seats do you need?
Commercial
$4.17/mo per seat · $4.17/mo billed annually$20.83/mo
Sync
$5.00/mo per seat · $4.00/mo billed annually$25.00/mo
Save 20% annually → $240/yrPublish
$10.00/mo per seat · $8.00/mo billed annually$50.00/mo
Save 20% annually → $480/yrCatalyst
$25.00/mo per seat$125/mo
Obsidian pricing FAQ
Obsidian pricing starts at $0/mo for the Free plan; paid plans begin at $4/mo for the Sync plan (billed annually) and go up to $10/mo for the Publish plan (billed monthly). Billed monthly or annually.
Obsidian's cheapest business-usable plan is Sync at $4/mo. Lowest paid tier per user, suitable for small teams.
Yes — Obsidian publishes a free tier. Free without limits, no sign‑up required.
Yes — Obsidian's purchase motion is self-serve. A checkout URL is published on the pricing page. No demo is required.
xpay scored Obsidian as agent-ready: every advertised plan is self-serve with public pricing. Obsidian publishes a pricing page with 2 discoverable plan tier(s). No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. All advertised paths route to a sales conversation rather than a self-serve checkout. No public API documentation URL was discovered. For the full purchase simulation see the linked Agent-Ready Index scorecard.
In the Note Taking category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for Obsidian to compare with 3 nearest peers.
Top Obsidian alternatives by pricing transparency
Can an AI agent buy from Obsidian?
49
/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS IndexObsidian scores 49/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a free entry path exists.
See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift Obsidian into the Agent-Ready Verified band.At a glance
Free without limits, no sign‑up required
Monthly or annual
$50/user/yr (~$4.17/user/mo)
4 tiers
5
Tier-based subscription
Most agent-ready
Obsidian pricing summary derived from a live read of https://obsidian.md/pricing on 2026-05-06. For the agent-readiness assessment — including the 6-step purchase simulation and a per-dimension scorecard — see xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index entry for Obsidian.
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