The Obsidian alternative built for team knowledge sharing
Obsidian is a personal note-taking app stored on your local device. Trilo gives teams shared knowledge pages, real-time chat, tasks, video calls, and AI coworkers that work across all your team content.
TL;DR
Obsidian stores notes locally and was designed for individual use. Team collaboration requires workarounds like Obsidian Sync and shared vaults. Trilo is built for teams from the start with shared docs, chat, tasks, and AI. Choose Obsidian for personal knowledge management. Choose Trilo for team knowledge sharing.
Why teams leave Obsidian
Local-first means team-last
Obsidian stores notes on your device. Sharing with teammates requires Obsidian Sync ($8/user/month) or manual file syncing that creates merge conflicts.
No real-time collaboration
Two people cannot edit the same Obsidian note simultaneously. There is no presence, no cursors, and no live co-editing.
Zero communication features
Obsidian has no chat, no comments, no video. Your team needs Slack and Zoom alongside their notes, fragmenting knowledge and discussion.
No task management
Obsidian plugins can create checkboxes, but there are no kanban boards, time tracking, assignments, or project views.
What you get with Trilo
Shared by default
Team knowledge accessible without file syncing
Chat alongside knowledge
Discuss docs in real-time, not in a separate app
AI-powered knowledge
AI coworkers that search and surface team knowledge
Tasks and projects
Kanban boards and tracking built in
Quick comparison
How Trilo helps
Knowledge Shared Across Your Team
Obsidian stores notes on individual devices. Sharing requires paid sync or manual workarounds that create conflicts. Trilo knowledge pages are shared by default. Your entire team reads, edits, and discusses documentation in real-time.
Discuss, Decide, and Document Together
With Obsidian, you write notes in isolation, then explain them in Slack, then create tasks in another tool. With Trilo, you discuss an idea in chat, hop on a video call to align, document the decision in a shared page, and create tasks - all in one workspace.
AI That Knows Your Team's Knowledge
Obsidian plugins offer AI within individual notes. Trilo AI coworkers have context from your entire team workspace, including conversations, meeting transcripts, and all shared docs.
Ready for team knowledge that everyone can access?
Join teams who moved from personal notes to shared knowledge with AI and built-in chat.