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Pieces builds a searchable memory of work across apps, helping developers and teams recover context, prepare for meetings, and carry past work into AI assistants.

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pieces.app·From $18.99 per user / month·Checked 2026-08-19

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›What is Pieces?

Pieces runs in the background on a computer and captures work context from apps such as browsers, email, chat, meetings, documents, design tools, and IDEs. It organizes that activity into a searchable timeline that users can query by time, topic, person, or tool. The app also generates standups, briefs, meeting preparation, and day recaps, and can provide history to MCP-ready AI assistants.

›What are the pros and cons of Pieces?

Strengths

Connects work context from a broad set of sources, including Gmail, Slack, Zoom, Google Docs, Figma, VS Code, and JetBrains
Provides a chronological timeline rather than requiring users to save each item manually
Supports searches and questions narrowed by time, source, or topic
Stores captured memory on-device and supports local models
MCP Server makes the captured history available in multiple AI assistants

Trade-offs

The live pricing page lists paid plans rather than a permanent free tier
A card is required to start the 7-day trial
The background app captures context by default from the focused application and copied content, which requires careful capture-setting management
The product has a learning curve according to a third-party review
Audio capture from meetings and conversations is opt-in rather than automatic

›What are Pieces’s key features?

Chronological timeline of research, chats, emails, notes, meetings, and other work
Search and prompts scoped by time, source, or topic
Automatic capture from supported apps and websites, with audio capture opt-in
One-click standup updates, morning briefs, meeting preparation, and day recaps
Support for Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and local models under the Pro plan
MCP Server access to work history from Claude, Cursor, Codex, Antigravity, and other MCP-ready assistants

›What are the best use cases for Pieces?

Find an article, tab, conversation, or decision from earlier work
Prepare a meeting using related emails, chats, documents, and previous notes
Generate a standup update or recap from the day's activity
Recover coding context from IDE edits, terminals, debugging, and AI coding sessions
Carry project history into an MCP-ready assistant for follow-up work

›What is the pricing for Pieces?

PlanPriceDetails
Pro$18.99 per user / monthPersonal memory across apps and websites, on-device capture, summaries and recaps, model switching, and unlimited MCP.
Enterprise$22.99 per user / monthEverything in Pro plus organization-level capture and feature controls, approved AI providers, and support for customers' own API keys.

New users get a 7-day free trial on any plan, with a card required to start, and every plan includes a 14-day money-back guarantee. Pro is also billed yearly with a 25% discount versus monthly. Enterprise is also available at $69.99 per user / quarter.

Checked 2026-08-19 · source

›Who is Pieces best for?

developersDevelopers working across IDEs, terminals, browsers, code assistants, and multiple projects can use Pieces to recover implementation context.
soloSolo professionals who want personal work history carried into several AI tools will benefit from the searchable timeline and MCP support.
small teamSmall teams can use shared work context from chats, meetings, documents, and project tools, although organization-level controls are positioned in Enterprise.
enterpriseEnterprise teams needing approved AI providers, organization-wide capture controls, and administrators' feature policies have a dedicated plan.
Not for
  • Buyers seeking a permanent free plan should look elsewhere, because the live pricing page describes a 7-day trial rather than ongoing free use.
  • People who do not want a desktop app running in the background and capturing work context may prefer a more manual tool.
  • Teams that only need a conventional task manager or document workspace may not need Pieces' cross-application memory layer.

›What are the best Pieces alternatives?

GitHub CopilotChoose this instead if the main requirement is AI coding assistance rather than a searchable memory of work across applications.→Personal.aiChoose this instead if the main requirement is an AI memory platform for personal or team knowledge.→Notion AIChoose this instead if work already lives in Notion and the priority is AI help with writing, editing, brainstorming, and organization.→Google VEO→

›Where can I try Pieces?

Open pieces.app →
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