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title: "Savepad as a Milanote alternative"
description: "How Savepad compares to Milanote. Milanote is a canvas for planning creative projects. Savepad is a library of references you can search."
source: https://savepad.app/compare/milanote
---
# Savepad as a Milanote alternative

Milanote is lovely if you think on a canvas. Drop images, notes and links onto a board, move them around, and plan the whole project there with a client. Savepad doesn't do canvases. It's a library of everything you saved, sorted and searchable.

[Join the waitlist](https://savepad.app/#waitlist) [Head to head](#head-to-head)

*Savepad and Milanote, side by side*

## Where Milanote wins

- **Thinking on a canvas.** Arrange things however you like, draw lines between them, plan visually. Savepad is a grid and a list.
- **Planning projects.** Tasks, briefs and notes sit on the same board as the references.
- **Working with clients.** Clients can edit and comment. On Savepad people can look, but never edit.

## Where Savepad wins

- **One library for every project.** That reference from 2022 is still there in 2026, because it lives in your library, not on a board you archived.
- **Search what is inside.** Page text, PDF text, emails and the words in images.
- **Filter by colour.** Pick a swatch and see every save with that colour in it.
- **A bigger free plan.** Milanote Free holds 100 notes, images or links. Savepad Free holds 150 saves.

## Head to head

| Feature | Milanote | Savepad |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Freeform canvas | Yes | No |
| Masonry grid of references | No | Yes |
| Search inside saves | No | Yes |
| Filter by colour | No | Yes |
| Client editing and comments | Yes | No |
| Public pages | Shared boards | my.savepad.app/@yourname |
| Price | Free, then $12.50 a month | Free, €4.99 or €9.99 a month |

Checked against [Milanote’s website](https://milanote.com) on 28 September 2026. Something out of date? [Let me know](mailto:r@savepad.app?subject=Savepad%20vs%20Milanote) and I'll fix it.

## Which one is for you?

### Stay on Milanote

If you plan projects on a canvas and your clients edit boards with you.

### Pick Savepad

If you want one library of references that outlives every project, and that you can search.

### Moving over

Drag your images in as a folder and paste your links as a list. Images keep their full size and get their text read.

## FAQs

### Can I show a client a moodboard?

Yep. Make that one folder public and send the link. They see that folder and nothing else.

### Can I use Savepad and Milanote together?

Sure. Lots of people keep Milanote for what it's best at and use Savepad as their swipe file. You can export everything from Savepad whenever you like, so you're never locked in.

### Does Savepad use AI?

Nope. No summaries, no auto-tagging, and nothing gets sent to a model. If you want AI, connect your own over MCP.

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- [Savepad vs Cosmos: Savepad as a Cosmos alternative](https://savepad.app/compare/cosmos)

## Want in first?

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