Zo vs Fabric

Fabric.so is an AI-native workspace that helps you organize files, notes, and links in one place. It's beautifully designed for collecting and searching through content. But there's a fundamental difference in philosophy: Fabric organizes your stuff, while Zo gives you a computer.

As one user put it: "Just getting started, but plan to potentially replace my many AI subscriptions such as Fabric.so, Mem.AI, Hyperlink, Notion, n8n, and all my vibe coding tools."

Organizer vs. Computer

Fabric is a layer on top of your content—it connects to your cloud drives, indexes your files, and helps you search across everything. It's excellent at what it does.

Zo is a computer. Your files don't just get organized—they live in a real filesystem where you can:

• Create and edit any file type
• Write and run code
• Build automations that process your files
• Host websites and services
• Install any software you need

Open Formats, Not Proprietary Layers

Fabric stores your content in its platform. Your notes, annotations, and organizational structure live in Fabric's system. If you leave, exporting everything with full fidelity can be challenging.

On Zo, everything is stored in standard file formats on a Linux filesystem:

• Notes are markdown files
• Data is in JSON, CSV, SQLite—whatever you choose
• Code is in plain text files
• You can SSH in and access everything directly

Your data isn't locked into anyone's proprietary format. Sync files to your local machine, back up however you want, use any tool that can read standard files.

AI That Takes Action

Fabric's AI helps you search and summarize. You ask questions, it finds answers in your content.

Zo's AI does that too—but it can also act:

• Process hundreds of files programmatically
• Transform data between formats
• Generate new content based on your existing work
• Build tools that automate your workflows
• Deploy projects that run continuously

One Subscription, Many Capabilities

The quote above captures something important: people are subscribing to a patchwork of specialized tools:

• Fabric.so for knowledge organization ($12.50/mo Pro)
• Mem.AI for AI notes
• Notion for wikis and databases ($10/mo Plus)
• n8n for automation (or $24+/mo cloud)
• Vibe coding tools for building apps ($20-50/mo each)

Zo can handle all of these use cases in one place:

• Organize files and notes with AI assistance
• Build searchable knowledge bases
• Create automations with natural language
• Self-host n8n on your server
• Build and deploy projects without per-project fees

Storage That Makes Sense

Fabric's Pro plan gives you 2TB of storage at $12.50/month. That's reasonable for a file organizer.

Zo gives you 100GB included, which is plenty for most knowledge work. But more importantly, you can use that storage for anything—not just files Fabric understands, but databases, applications, services, and tools.

Who Each Tool Is For

Fabric is great if you:

• Want a beautiful interface for organizing existing content
• Primarily consume and reference information
• Need to search across many cloud services
• Don't need to create, code, or automate

Zo is better if you:

• Want to create, not just organize
• Need to run code or build automations
• Value open formats and data ownership
• Want to consolidate multiple tool subscriptions
• Need a foundation for projects that grow over time

Get Started

Ready for a workspace that does more than organize? Try Zo Computer and build on a foundation you own.