Frequently asked questions about Socratus.|
Getting started with Socratus
Socratus is a personal knowledge management system built for connected thinking, AI-powered discovery, and long-term knowledge organization using plain-text files.
Socratus goes beyond a traditional digital note-taking app. It is designed as a connected knowledge workspace where notes, ideas, AI retrieval, semantic relationships, and graph exploration work together as one system.
Most note-taking tools focus on capturing information. Socratus focuses on connected intelligence, helping you rediscover ideas, explore semantic relationships, and build a scalable knowledge system over time.
Most AI productivity tools focus on generic automation. Socratus is purpose-built for personal knowledge management, semantic understanding, connected intelligence, and knowledge discovery.
For many users, yes. Socratus combines connected knowledge management, semantic search, AI-assisted writing, external AI connectivity, graph relationships, and structured workflows into one unified environment.
How Socratus compares
Yes. Socratus works as an Obsidian alternative for users looking for built-in AI workflows, semantic retrieval, external LLM connectivity, and a more integrated knowledge management experience.
For many workflows, yes. Socratus works as an Evernote alternative focused on local-first knowledge management, AI-assisted discovery, and connected long-term organization.
Unlike many note-taking apps focused purely on capture, Socratus focuses on connected intelligence, semantic discovery, AI knowledge management tools, and scalable long-term thinking workflows.
Explore the key features of Socratus
Yes. Socratus combines exact search and semantic retrieval to help you find information based on both keywords and contextual meaning.
Semantic retrieval allows Socratus to discover information based on meaning, context, and conceptual similarity instead of exact wording.
Semantic relationships are AI-generated connections between notes based on shared ideas, topics, context, and conceptual overlap.
Yes. Socratus includes a connected knowledge graph that visualizes graph relationships and related notes across your workspace.
The Connected Knowledge Graph helps you explore your workspace visually by turning notes into connected nodes and relationships into navigable paths.
Yes. Socratus is designed as a second brain app that helps you connect ideas, organize long-term knowledge, and rediscover important information over time.
Yes. Socratus includes conversational AI capabilities that let you ask questions against your own knowledge base.
Yes. Socratus supports external LLM connectivity using OpenAI-style APIs and MCP integration.
Socratus works with MCP-compatible AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, Codex, and other modern AI assistants.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) allows Socratus to expose your notes as live structured context for external AI tools and workflows.
Yes. Socratus functions as an AI knowledge base by transforming your notes into searchable, connected, AI-accessible knowledge.
Yes. Socratus supports organizing folders, nested structures, categories, and contextual navigation workflows.
Yes. Socratus is local-first, meaning your files stay on your machine unless you explicitly configure external services.
No. Socratus stores your content as standard plain-text and Markdown files for portability and long-term ownership.
Who Socratus is for
Yes. Socratus is built specifically for personal knowledge management workflows involving research, writing, learning, planning, and connected thinking.
Yes. Socratus works as an AI research tool by helping you explore semantic understanding, related notes, contextual retrieval, and connected knowledge structures.
Yes. Socratus can organize meeting documentation, contextual references, follow-ups, and AI-assisted retrieval for ongoing projects and collaboration.
Yes. Developers use Socratus for architecture planning, technical documentation, structured knowledge systems, and connected engineering workflows.
Socratus is built for writers, developers, researchers, students, founders, and knowledge workers who need more than a simple note-taking solution. They need a connected knowledge management tool.
QEncrypt integration lets you securely encrypt sensitive notes and files inside Socratus while keeping your workflow fast, local-first, and under your control.
No. Socratus works without encryption, but QEncrypt provides an additional security layer for users managing sensitive information or private research.
QEncrypt integrates directly into your workflow, allowing selected notes or files to be encrypted without forcing you into a separate platform or storage system.
SmartText is the AI writing and text-processing integration inside Socratus that helps improve writing workflows, contextual editing, drafting, and AI-assisted knowledge creation.
SmartText helps you refine drafts, rewrite content, organize thoughts, and accelerate writing workflows while keeping everything connected to your knowledge system.
Yes. SmartText can work directly with your existing knowledge base, helping you expand, rewrite, and refine information already stored inside Socratus.
Yes. SmartText can work alongside external LLM connections and OpenAI-style APIs for advanced AI-assisted workflows.
Yes. SmartText works alongside semantic retrieval and connected knowledge workflows, helping AI understand context across your notes more effectively.
Yes. Socratus combines SmartText, semantic understanding, AI retrieval, and connected intelligence to support advanced AI-assisted writing and thinking workflows.
Transparent and simple pricing
Yes. Socratus is free forever for personal use, with all core features, AI-powered discovery, graph view, and plain-text storage included.
Socratus uses simple, transparent pricing with no subscriptions and no lock-in. Personal use is free. For professional or commercial work, the Professional License is $23.99 per year and the Enterprise License is $49.99 for three years.
No. Socratus is licensed, not subscription-based. You start free for personal use and pay a one-time license fee only if you need Socratus for professional or commercial work.
The free plan includes all core features, AI-powered discovery, graph view, and plain-text storage. It is free forever for personal use.
You need a paid license when you use Socratus for professional or commercial work. The paid licenses add commercial usage rights, all advanced features, free updates, and priority feature access.
The Professional License covers one year of commercial usage rights, advanced features, updates, and priority feature access for $23.99. The Enterprise License covers the same commercial usage rights and advanced features for three years at $49.99, giving professionals and teams long-term access at a lower cost per year.
The Enterprise License offers the lowest annual cost, covering three years of updates and commercial usage rights for $49.99.
