Buy once instead of Evernote
4 apps in the directory cover what people use Evernote for. 3 of them are a one-time purchases, and one costs nothing at all.
Read the catch on each one before you switch — a one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
The replacements
Obsidian
local-first markdown vault, free with no feature gates
Free Free
Multi-device sync is $48 a year unless you wire up iCloud or git yourself
Agenda
date-based notes where unlocked features stay unlocked
$34.99 Lifetime tier
The one-time unlock covers today's features plus one year of new ones, not everything after that
EagleFiler
archive documents and mail into plain folders you can still read
$69.99 This version
Major versions are a paid upgrade, and upgrade discounts apply only if you bought direct from C-Command
DEVONthink 4
research database for documents, mail and scans that stays yours
$99 Paid upgrades
Updates stop after a year unless you pay to extend; the version you have keeps working forever