Bottom line: Mem’s free plan is a real, permanent plan — not a trial. For $0 you get 25 new notes a month, 25 messages to Mem, task tracking across up to 25 notes, and 3 hours of Voice Mode. That is enough to test whether an AI that organizes your notes for you fits how you work. It is not enough for daily heavy note-taking, and the features that make Mem proactive — custom routines and connections to Gmail, Slack, or Todoist — do not start until Pro at $29 a month.
What is Mem?
Mem is an AI notes app built around an agent, Mem Agent, that acts like a chief of staff for your notes. Instead of filing notes into folders yourself, you capture notes, meetings, ideas, and research and let Mem organize them. Mem reviews the notes you create or edit to detect tasks and projects automatically, then tracks that work for you. Voice Mode inside a note captures a meeting or a spoken thought and turns it into a structured transcript organized into notes.
What do you actually get on Mem’s free plan?
All of the limits below were verified on Mem’s own pricing page on November 4, 2026:
| Allowance | Free ($0) | Plus ($9/mo) | Pro ($29/mo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messages to Mem | 25 / month | 50 / month | 100 / month |
| New notes | 25 / month | 50 / month | 100 / month |
| Task and project tracking | Up to 25 notes | Up to 50 notes | Up to 100 notes |
| Open tasks and projects | 15 | 25 | 50 |
| Voice Mode | 3 hours / month | 10 hours / month | 25 hours / month |
| Custom routines and connections | Not included | Not included | 1 routine, 1 connection |
Deep Search and templates are available on every plan, including Free — your plan mainly sets how much you can create, ask Mem to do, and keep actively tracked. Higher Pro tiers run to $199 a month for 2,000 messages and 2,000 new notes.
What the pricing page doesn’t make obvious
Two details from Mem’s own pricing FAQ change the math. First, an email sent to Mem counts as a Message to Mem — and if that email also creates a note, the same action counts toward your new-note allowance too. One forwarded email can spend two allowances at once. Second, the $9 Plus plan does not add custom routines or connections; both are absent on Free and Plus alike. If the reason you want Mem is an agent that runs scheduled briefings or pulls context from Gmail or Slack, the real entry price is Pro at $29 a month, not $9. Mem’s FAQ also states plainly that data is encrypted at rest and in transit but is not end-to-end encrypted, because Mem needs to process your notes to work on them.
Pros and cons of Mem’s free plan
Pros
- A permanent free plan with the core agent experience, not a timed trial
- Task and project tracking is included free, across up to 25 notes
- 3 hours of Voice Mode a month for meeting or spoken notes
- Deep Search and templates included on every plan, including Free
- One-click export of notes and collections as Markdown files
Cons
- 25 new notes a month is roughly one note per workday
- No custom routines and no connections on Free or Plus
- Notes are not end-to-end encrypted
- Every paid tier still caps new notes per month — there is no unlimited-notes plan
Who is Mem’s free plan best for?
It suits someone who captures a modest number of notes and wants to see whether automatic task detection is useful before paying — for example, a solo professional who takes a few meeting notes a week. If you already live in a free-form workspace, compare it with Taskade’s free plan, which takes a more project-based approach, or with NotebookLM if your main job is asking questions across source documents rather than tracking tasks. Heavy daily note-takers will hit the 25-note ceiling in the first week and should budget for Pro from the start.
Verdict: is Mem free worth it?
Yes, as a test drive. The free plan includes the parts that make Mem different — automatic task and project tracking and Voice Mode — in small but usable amounts. Just go in knowing the two catches: forwarded emails can double-count against your allowances, and the proactive routines and connections that headline Mem’s pitch are a $29-a-month feature, not a $9 one.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mem really free, or is it a trial?
It is a permanent free plan at $0. Mem’s pricing page lists Free alongside Plus at $9 a month and Pro at $29 a month, with monthly allowances that reset each billing period.
How many notes do you get on Mem’s free plan?
25 new notes per month, plus 25 messages to Mem, tracking across up to 25 notes, 15 open tasks and projects, and 3 hours of Voice Mode.
Does Mem’s free plan include routines or Gmail and Slack connections?
No. Custom routines and connections are not included on Free or on the $9 Plus plan. They start on Pro at $29 a month, with one routine and one connection.
Can you export your notes from Mem?
Yes. Mem’s pricing FAQ says it supports one-click exports of your notes and collections as Markdown files.