# Speare Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

> With the help of Capterra, learn about Speare Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Productivity products and more.

Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/231613/Speare

---

# 

 Speare Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on August 24, 2025

Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team.

[Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews)

Speare

## What is Speare?

Speare is a new kind of writing tool designed from the ground up to keep you flowing from your first thought to project completion. Capture and organize ideas on side-by-side boards and stitch the ideas together into content for articles, books, courses, documents, etc. Board view lets you work with any combination of ideas side-by-side. This is your secret weapon for writing without getting blocked. Doc view merges the boards in your outline into a familiar linear document.

## What is Speare used for?

[Productivity](https://www.capterra.com/productivity-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 3 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

\-

Neutral

\-

Negative

\-

Starting price

$60

Per Year

Free trial  
available

Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products...

Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings...

Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings...

Do you work for Speare?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=https://speare.com&name=Speare)

## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Speare

3.7 (3)

VS.

[### Dynalist](https://www.capterra.com/p/150742/Dynalist/)

[4.7 (35)](https://www.capterra.com/p/150742/Dynalist/reviews/)

Starting Price

$60

Per Year

Starting Price

$10

Flat Rate, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

3.0 (3)

Ease Of Use

4.7 (35)

Value For Money

4.0 (2)

Value For Money

4.6 (26)

Customer Service

0.0 (0)

Customer Service

4.4 (18)

## Speare alternatives

[Microsoft Lists](https://www.capterra.com/p/251418/Microsoft-Lists/)

[4.0 (12)](https://www.capterra.com/p/251418/Microsoft-Lists/reviews/)

Starting price

$6.00

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/251418/Microsoft-Lists/)

Highest Rated

[Switch Audio Converter](https://www.capterra.com/p/210157/Switch-Free-Audio-and-Mp3-Converter/)

[4.8 (5)](https://www.capterra.com/p/210157/Switch-Free-Audio-and-Mp3-Converter/#reviews)

Starting price

$30.00

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/210157/Switch-Free-Audio-and-Mp3-Converter/)

[Wordzen](https://www.capterra.com/p/177793/Wordzen/)

[4.3 (9)](https://www.capterra.com/p/177793/Wordzen/reviews/)

Starting price

$79.00

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/177793/Wordzen/)

[ClipClip](https://www.capterra.com/p/167579/ClipClip/)

[4.6 (34)](https://www.capterra.com/p/167579/ClipClip/reviews/)

Starting price

$2.95

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/167579/ClipClip/)

## Pricing

Value for money

4.0 (2)

Free Trial

Basic

$60.00

Per Year

Value for money

4.0 (2)

4.0

Based on 2 reviews

Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation

Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs.

## Support, customer service and training options

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

## User reviews

Overall rating

3.7

Based on 3 reviews

Filter by rating

5(0)

4(2)

3(1)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

AU

Anonymous User

Boss

Fine Art

### "Was wonderful before the 5.0 upgrade, now it sucks"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

2.0

2.0

Features

2.0

2.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

3/10

September 29, 2023

Speare made their product less functional to me, the end user. For that I feel forced to switch to an alternate platform that doesn't waste my time. Prior to the 5.0 update I often times recommended their software, but as a daily user I cannot stomach the changes they made and I am sad to have to move to something else.

Pros

For 2+ years Speare was simple and intuitive to use there by making it a very effective tool. Now it is the opposite of that.

Cons

the 5.0 upgrade is a functional departure from the previous version and it's time consuming to manage. I am broken hearted by the change.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Lucas H.

Project Manager

Higher Education

### "A great concept. In practice, I'm not sure."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

5/10

June 29, 2022

I hoped Speare would help me with writing my thesis, and I think it has. However, I'm not sure I'm going to continue the experiment. Word and Notion combined may work as well.

Pros

I love the idea of visually arranging idea cards to structure a longer piece of writing. Speare uses Markdown: this is good. There's also a fairly powerful set of ability to link boards across workspaces, and it's great to be able to flip to doc view.

Cons

The worst issue is actually relatively simple: Given the size constraints of a computer screen, I can't drag a card higher in the board than the top of the screen. (Dragging it to the top and holding it doesn't make the board scroll up. This means that, for a longer piece of writing, it's actually pretty difficult to arrange cards. This is related to the general problem with Speare: Writing in narrow boards is perhaps less intuitive than I had hoped. (Boards can be widened.)

Switched from

[Notion](https://www.capterra.com/p/186596/Notion/)

[Microsoft Word](https://www.capterra.com/p/227146/Microsoft-Word/)

Speare gives better visibility than Notion of card content.

Reasons for choosing Speare

Speare was cheaper and easier to learn.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

PF

Peter F.

Student

Religious Institutions

### "Great Tool for the Right Type of User"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

June 24, 2022

Overall, I think it is a well-designed tool for people who think of content in terms of blocks of data and who write regularly.

Pros

I love the idea of a word processor that manages content in a way that mimics data. To be able to break a page into paragraphs and paragraphs into sentences in order to rearrange them appropriately is awesome.

Cons

I feel like there should be more shortcuts for the actions, especially keyboard shortcuts because I have to use my mouse way too much.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Independent research methodology

Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology.

[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/proprietary-data-research/)

How Capterra verifies reviews

Capterra carefully verified over 2.5 million+ reviews to bring you authentic software experiences from real users. Our human moderators verify that reviewers are real people and that reviews are authentic. They use leading tech to analyze text quality and to detect plagiarism and generative AI.

[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-verify-reviews/)

How Capterra ensures transparency

Capterra lists all providers across its website—not just those that pay us—so that users can make informed purchase decisions. Capterra is free for users. Software providers pay us for sponsored profiles to receive web traffic and sales opportunities. Sponsored profiles include a link-out icon that takes users to the provider's website.

[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/)