
Known alternatives
Tools that do what Known does, found by what they say they do rather than by shelf. Among the equally alike, the most used come first. Each line says how it differs from Known.
Read 2026-11-02
With a free plan or free to use: Korey Coding Agent Handoffs, MDflow, Markbase, Dust, Kognite, OpenDocs, Ontonym, Perplexity.
- #1

GuruKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Keeps company knowledge in verified cards and pages that experts re-check on a schedule, and answers employee questions from them in Slack and the browser.
Also: Analytics, Workflow automationMore widely used
110kActiveContact sales - #2

Korey Coding Agent HandoffsKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Converts rough notes and Slack discussions into structured development tickets and keeps them synchronized with team progress.
Free planAlso: Agents, Workflow automation
528ActiveFrom $99/mo2025 - #3

MDflowKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Stores markdown files in shared workspaces with a browser editor, tasks from checkboxes, public knowledgebase links, and API and MCP access.
Free planAlso: Agents
182ActiveFrom ≈ $5.58/mo - #4

MarkbaseKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Hosts a team's markdown knowledge base, skills and queued handoff jobs that coding agents read and write over MCP.
Free planAlso: Workflow automation, Agents
ActiveFrom $20/mo - #5

DustKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Connects company knowledge and tools so teams can create, share, and run AI agents across workflows with human oversight.
Free planAlso: Agents, Workflow automation
3.7kActiveFrom ≈ $34/user/mo - #6

CompanyGraphKnowledgeMCP · open
Stores a company's knowledge as one schema graph that a CLI checks and an agent answers from, citing evidence.
Also: AgentsOwn MCP server
Little sign of useActive - #7

KogniteKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Hosted MCP server storing a shared knowledge graph that Claude, Cursor and other coding agents read and write.
Free planMore widely used
1ActiveFrom $19/mo - #8

OpenDocsKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Hosts markdown documents at stable links with version history, and renders them to brand-styled PDF or Word files.
Free plan
ActiveFrom $4/mo - #9

OntonymDeveloper toolsMCP · sign-in
Hosts 26 business apps whose records live in one shared, permission-checked memory that agents and connected AI tools read and write.
Free planAlso: Agents, Workflow automation
1.1kActiveFrom $9/mo - #10

PerplexityAI assistants
AI search engine that answers questions from live web sources with citations, with plans for teams and companies.
Free planMore widely used
4.2MFrom $17/mo2022
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