Frequently Asked Questions

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Yes. Download Facets and use every feature from day one. No account required, no trial period, no features locked behind a paywall. You get free cloud sync up to 5 GB and can add up to 3 people to a space. If you never need more than that, you never pay a cent.

$6.99 per seat per month. Each seat comes with 100 GB of cloud storage. If you need more, it's $10/month for 1 TB or $15/month for 2 TB.

The first 100 seats get a founding member price — $60/year, locked in for life. That price never goes up, no matter what happens to the regular pricing. Once the 100 seats are gone, it's $6.99/month. Sign up for the beta if you want in.

Because I'm one person, not a company with 1,000 engineers, a sales team, and a data monetisation strategy. I don't have the overhead, and I don't need your data to subsidise the product. You pay for seats and storage. That's how the lights stay on.

If you're using Notion Plus ($10/month), Dropbox ($12/month), and a task manager like Todoist ($5/month), that's $27/month per person — and none of it is encrypted or local-first. Facets does all of that for $6.99/month, or free if you don't need cloud sync. The founding member price works out to $5/month.

Mac and Windows at launch. Mobile is on the roadmap for October 2026.

Yes. Facets is local-first — it runs on your machine and works without an internet connection. When you're back online, it syncs automatically. Nothing is lost in between.

No. The parsing engine is built into the app and runs entirely on your device. Nothing is sent to any cloud service, AI or otherwise.

It can. If you're using Notion for project management, notes, tasks, and file storage, Facets does all of that — but locally, offline-capable, and end-to-end encrypted. If you rely heavily on Notion's database features or deeply customised wiki structures, the workflow is different.

For file sync, yes. Facets includes encrypted file sync built in. Your files sync across your devices and with your collaborators, end-to-end encrypted. No separate subscription.

Not yet, but they're on the roadmap. You can structure your spaces and projects however you want from day one.

Import tools are on the roadmap. For now, you can bring files in directly and set up your project structures in Facets. I know that's not a one-click answer — it's coming.

On your machine. If you use cloud sync, your data is end-to-end encrypted before it leaves your device. The server stores encrypted blobs — it never sees your content.

No. The encryption means I couldn't read your data even if I wanted to. The architecture doesn't require trust — it requires math.

A proper export tool is on the roadmap. In the meantime, your data is stored locally on your machine — you already have it. You're never locked in.

Your data stays on your machine. Facets is local-first — cancelling a subscription stops cloud sync, not the app. Everything you've created is still yours, still on your device, still accessible.

Facets uses passkey authentication — the same phishing-resistant, hardware-bound standard used by Apple, Google, and Microsoft. Your cryptographic keys are derived on your device using the passkey PRF extension. No passwords are stored on any server.

The code is open source under AGPL — nothing stops you from forking it and running it on your own infrastructure. I'm not offering a one-click self-hosted setup or managed support for it right now, but if you're technical enough to deploy it, you're welcome to. That's the point of open source.

Because your data doesn't depend on me. The app runs locally, the encryption means I can't access your content, and the code is open source. Even if Facets the company disappeared tomorrow, your work is still on your machine. That's the whole point of local-first.

Facets is open source under AGPL. If I disappear, the code is public — fork it and do whatever you want. I'm dead, I can't sue you.

AGPL. The code is open source and public.

Reach out on the contact page. I'm one person — if you write, you'll hear back from me.