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
Build automations that process your files
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.