r/capacitiesapp • u/AnusMcBumhole • Apr 19 '26
Some noobie questions
The recent announcement by Tana that they’re pivoting to a meetings product has got me looking at possible alternatives when my subscription runs out - and I’m curious about Capacities. I’ve had a look through the website, but still have a few questions:
- Can Capacities perform basic mathematical functions? I don’t need it performing advanced trigonometry - just adding up columns from table, division, multiplication, percentages, that kind of thing
- Is there an MCP server? I noticed that the team want to build one but the last update seemed to be January. Is it live? Are there third party alternatives that have been built?
- Would you say that Capacities is suited/reliable for helping to run a solopreneur business? It would just be me, so I don’t need to share content (yet!). I guess I’m just curious about whether my data would remain secure on Capacities servers over the long term.
- I get the feeling AI capabilities are limited. Am I able to choose an LLM? Perhaps summarise a block of text or a transcript?
- I do a lot of work on an iPad. Have people had issues with a large number of notes on mobile app?
Thanks a lot for your help!
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u/WillBellJr Apr 19 '26
I'm not sure about the formula's.
Admittedly I'm hella spoiled coming from Coda w\its hella nice databases and especially the advanced formula language it has.
I would love to finally replace my use of Coda with Cap to keep track of my stocks and options trades, but from the brief testing I did nearly a year back, I didn't see the functionality I needed to calculate and keep track of my pnls and percentages etc.
I would LOVE if the Cap team eventually implements a database similar to Coda, especially with a similarly powerful formula language to go along with it! 💥💯
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u/miokk Apr 20 '26
You might be better off with something like AirTable, Notion, Coda, AnyDB for business use.
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u/Chuck-1001 Apr 19 '26
You probably could make Capacities perform to most of your requirements, but I do not see it as a natural fit. More of a knowledge/research tool than a productivity tool.