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Mac-native AI knowledge assistant for professionals

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Elephas - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: September 2026

Elephas overview

What is Elephas?

Elephas is a Mac-native AI knowledge assistant designed for individual professionals and small teams who work with sensitive or confidential documents. It builds searchable knowledge bases, called Super Brains, by indexing PDFs, Word documents, Apple Notes, Notion pages, Obsidian vaults, Zoom transcripts, and 20+ additional file formats directly on-device. All indexing runs locally with no data sent to external servers by default. A system-wide keyboard shortcut surfaces AI writing assistance, summarization, translation, grammar correction, and content generation from within any Mac application, eliminating window-switching. Cross-device sync extends Super Brains to iPhone and iPad under a single subscription.

Elephas supports a flexible privacy-to-capability spectrum. Fully offline operation is available via local AI models through Ollama or LM Studio, keeping all data on-device. For tasks requiring greater model capability, users can route requests to OpenAI (GPT-4), Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), Perplexity, DeepSeek, Together AI, or Voyage AI, using their own API keys. Before any content reaches a cloud model, on-device automatic PII redaction detects and anonymizes 28 entity types including names, emails, phone numbers, addresses, SSNs, and financial details. Every conversational response over indexed content includes citations tied to the specific source document and passage.

Target verticals include legal (solo practitioners and small law firms), financial advisory, consulting, accounting, marketing, and academic research. Agentic workflows support multi-step automation via pre-built templates and custom agents invoked with @ commands. Additional capabilities include diagramming (Mind Maps, Timelines, Gantt Charts, Flowcharts), a PDF form-filling agent, audio file ingestion and querying, and integrated web search. Pricing starts at $9.99/month with a 7-day free Pro trial and no credit card required, with no per-seat fees or annual contracts.

Starting price

14.99flat rate /
per month

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Elephas’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Elephas reviews

Overall rating

4.7

/5

87

Positive reviews

85

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend0.85/10
Rating distribution

5

4

3

2

1

61

23

3

0

0

Pros
I can “feed” it with many different types of files — PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets — and most importantly, I can sync it with Notion and Obsidian (with auto-sync!), effectively building my own “second brain” and recalling information very easily.
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Ahmed F.

Quality Control

On their support pages to run a local server and a local large language model that I can situate on top of my Elephas AI Knowledge Bases or “Brains” As they are referred to in Elephas.
SB

Stephen B.

Chief innovation officer

“The ability to swiftly outline key points and tap the Elephas button has greatly improved my writing.”
JS

John S.

Senior Wetland Scientist

Cons
“The mobile app is really nothing more than a additional iOS Keyboard and for the life of me, I can’t figure out how to add content from my iPad or iPhone to second brains or knowledge basis stored within Elephas on Mac. And the keyboard functionality is pretty bad, so the frustrations of using it have led me to drop it altogether and the vision portrait on the website as it relates to using the iOS functionality doesn’t seem to match my experience, but please keep in mind I threw in the towel on this after lots of frustration and have it revisited.”
SB

Stephen B.

Chief innovation officer

“I wish it wouldn't quit entirely with a cmd-q, because I accidentally quit it when I want to just close the window.”
AB

Aaron B.

Professor

“Brains" feature, where you can add your own files to chat with them, is very quirky and doesn't work most of the time.”
SK

Salem K.

Agile Coach

Who uses Elephas?

Based on 87 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Information Technology and Services
Civil Engineering
Entertainment
Computer Software
Others

Use cases

Productivity
AI Writing Assistant
Artificial Intelligence
Content Marketing

Elephas's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Elephas users:

Automated text generation
Assisted content creation
Multi-Language

All Elephas features

Features rating:

AI copilot
API
Assisted content creation
Audio recording
Autocorrect
Automated text generation
Chat/Messaging
Content creation
Content ideas
Content library
Content management
Customizable rules
Database Creation
Data import/export
Document export
Document management
Drag & drop
Email management
Generative ai
Grammar check
Long-Form content
Machine learning
Multi-Language
Natural language processing
Productivity analysis
Productivity tools
Rich text editor
Search
Search/Filter
Secure data storage
Snippets
Spell Check
Templates
Tone selection
Virtual personal assistant (vpa)
Workflow management

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Elephas pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Standard

14.99

Per month

Pro

19.99

Per month

Pro+

24.99

Per month

Standard Annual

149

Per year

Pro Annual

199

Per year

Pro+ Annual

249

Per year

User opinions about Elephas price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Elephas's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

I can “feed” it with many different types of files — PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets — and most importantly, I can sync it with Notion and Obsidian (with auto-sync!), effectively building my own “second brain” and recalling information very easily.
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Ahmed F.

Quality Control

On their support pages to run a local server and a local large language model that I can situate on top of my Elephas AI Knowledge Bases or “Brains” As they are referred to in Elephas.
SB

Stephen B.

Chief innovation officer

Elephas integrations (9)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 87 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Elephas integrations and how users feel about them.

Integration rating: 4.0 (3)

To sync. tasks, notes, calendar and contacts.

PB

Paul B.

Partner

Integration rating: 4.5 (3)

We use the word templates for communication to external applicants.

Bo

Becky o.

Operations Manager, Engineering Services

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Google Docs

Integration rating: 4.0 (2)

We use shared Google files to allow granular changes to presentations used with the signage system.

EJ

Ed J.

Senior IT Technician

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Gmail

Integration rating: 3.0 (2)

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ChatGPT

Integration rating: 5.0 (2)

Elephas support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Chat

Training options

Videos
Documentation
Live Online

Elephas FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Elephas?

Elephas has the following typical customers:
Small Business, Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid-size Business

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Q. Does Elephas support mobile devices?

Elephas supports the following devices:
iPhone, iPad


Q. What level of support does Elephas offer?

Elephas offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Chat

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