Obsidian Publish pricing in 2026: $96/yr, what it includes, and when to skip it.

Obsidian Publish costs $8 per site per month on an annual plan, which comes to $96 per year per site. On monthly billing it is $10 per site per month ($120/yr). Obsidian Sync is a separate add-on at $4 per user per month annually ($48/yr). If you want both, the combined annual cost is $144/yr. Students and nonprofits qualify for a 40% discount.

Sync ($48/yr annual) keeps your vault encrypted and consistent across devices. Publish ($96/yr annual) puts your vault on a public website. Buying one does not include the other. Searchers who combine 'obsidian pricing sync publish' in one query are often surprised to discover they need to budget for both separately.

Obsidian Publish requires a paid plan and publishes an entire vault site rather than individual notes. Free options for single-note sharing include the Share Note plugin (encrypted ephemeral link), the Obsius Publish plugin (quick share, intended as a Publish complement), and Anchorify (permanent URL, free tier, CLI, no Obsidian required).

Obsidian Publish is worth $96/yr if your primary goal is a public digital garden with graph view, backlinks, and hover previews for an audience that browses interconnected notes. It is not worth it if you are sharing individual notes or deliverables with clients, want per-note analytics or inline comments, or do not want to configure Cloudflare for a custom domain.