Different person, but here’s what I moved to: https://honeypot.net/2024/05/31/retiring-devonthink.html
TL;DR I migrated back to the filesystem, with several smaller, more focused tools to replace DT’d functions in better ways.
I’d still be on DT but their pricing model is insane today. A $200 license gets you two computers. Have a work laptop, personal laptop, and an iMac in your home office? Too bad! Pick the one you don’t want to access your data on, or buy another license! LOL, no. They say this is to have pricing that’s “fair to everyone”, but apparently by being universally crummy.
This was basically my conclusion when I was evaluating DEVONthink earlier this year.
And it’s a pity, because DT is very nice. It’s not that nice to justify its exorbitant price tag, but still.
I’m glad they pushed me to using a Unix-philosophy collection of more focused tools, though. Each of those is better at their own thing than DT is.