Anytype
Local-first notes and knowledge app with on-device encryption and peer-to-peer sync.
- Swiss CompanyThe operating company is headquartered and legally incorporated in Switzerland.
- Swiss Data OptionSwiss hosting is available as an option or for part of the service, but is not the default for everything.
- Self-hostableCan be installed on your own servers or on-premises.
- Free PlanA permanently free plan is available (not just a trial).
anytype.io
Overview
Anytype is a local-first app for notes, documents, tasks and linked objects, with shared spaces and chat channels. Content is stored on the device first and encrypted there before it syncs to other devices or to the backup nodes of the Anytype Network. Users can instead sync only within their local network or run their own sync network. Apps are available for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android.
The sync protocol (any-sync) is MIT-licensed, but the apps themselves are published under Any’s own source-available licence, which restricts commercial use to networks approved by the association. Paid plans mainly add remote storage and short network names; Anytype for Business adds SSO and central administration at EUR 20 per editor per month. The business page states that zero-knowledge operation requires self-hosting, which was not yet available when checked.
Any Association is registered in Zug at the address of a corporate service provider. Its team works remotely with a hub in Berlin, and the Anytype Network is run in Switzerland and the European Union, so the product is not developed in Switzerland and only partly hosted there.
Why it may be a Swiss alternative
Anytype is operated by Any Association, which is headquartered in Zug. Swiss-headquartered company. Ownership is mixed or not fully verified, or development happens mainly abroad.
Swiss hosting is available for part of the service or as an option — check the hosting details below before relying on it.
May replace
- NotionNotion Labs, Inc. · USData is stored on the device first and encrypted before it syncs; apps are desktop and mobile.
- ObsidianDynalist Inc. · CASync and sharing are built in; the free plan includes 100 MB of remote storage.
- EvernoteEvernote Corporation · USCovers note-taking and organisation; check the import options before migrating.
Foreign products with overlapping functionality. An alternative is not necessarily a one-to-one replacement.
Swiss footprint
Five independent questions. A Swiss company is not automatically Swiss-hosted — and vice versa. How the footprint is assessed
Swiss company. Swiss-headquartered company. Ownership is mixed or not fully verified, or development happens mainly abroad.
- HeadquartersIs the operating company headquartered in Switzerland?
- Zug, Zug (ZG), SwitzerlandVerified[1]
Registered seat in Zug; the registered address is c/o Sielva Management SA, Gubelstrasse 11, a corporate service provider.
- Legal jurisdiction
- OwnershipIs the company ultimately Swiss-owned?
- Unknown / not verified
An association has no shareholders and is controlled by its members, who are not published. The board members entered in the register live in Berlin and Vienna; a Swiss resident is registered as director. Staff are employed by a Berlin-based subsidiary (Anylab GmbH is named as EU representative).
- DevelopmentIs the product developed in Switzerland?
- NoVendor claim[2]
Any describes itself as a remote team with one hub in Berlin, where staff are employed by a German subsidiary of the Swiss association.
- HostingIs customer data hosted in Switzerland?
- Partly — SwitzerlandVendor claim[3]
Any states that it maintains the Anytype Network (its backup and sync nodes) in Switzerland and the European Union; content stored there is end-to-end encrypted. Analytics (Amplitude), payments (Stripe) and email providers process account data in the United States. Users can also sync only within a local network or run their own network.
- InfrastructureIs the hosting infrastructure operated by a Swiss-owned provider?
- Unknown / not verified
Features & platforms
- Platforms
- Deployment
- Made for
- Interface languages
- Unknown / not verified
Privacy & security
- End-to-end encryption
- Yes
- Single sign-on (SAML/OIDC)
- Yes
- Not verified
- Encryption at rest, Encryption in transit, Multi-factor authentication, SCIM provisioning, Public API and Data export
- Certifications
- None listed
Pricing
Paid plans fromUSD 4 / monthPlus plan (1 GB remote storage), billed annually; USD 5 per month with monthly billing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- Yes
- Enterprise plan
- Unknown / not verified
- Billing in CHF
- Unknown / not verified
Prices checked 15 Oct 2026. Always confirm on the vendor’s site. Pricing page ↗
Open source
- Open source
- PartlyVendor claim[7]
The any-sync protocol and its self-hosting setup are MIT-licensed. The desktop and mobile apps and the middleware are published under the "Any Source Available License 1.0", which permits non-commercial use and commercial use only on networks approved by Any Association; this is not an OSI-approved open-source licence.
- Licence
- MIT · OSI-approved licence
- Source code
- github.com/anyproto
- GitHub
- 95 public repositories
- last commit
Statistics from GitHub, fetched 15 Oct 2026.
Company
Association registered in Zug that develops and publishes Anytype, a local-first notes and knowledge app. Its team works remotely, with a hub in Berlin run by a German subsidiary.
Sources & verification
Every claim on this page is marked as verified, vendor claim or inferred. Unknown means we could not confirm it — not that the answer is “no”.
- Verified Confirmed by an independent or official source such as the commercial register.
- Vendor claim Stated by the vendor in its own documentation, website or legal terms.
- Inferred Derived by the editors from indirect evidence — see the note.
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