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Opal has just launched and is invite-only for the time being. This enables me to limit usage on the servers and ensure that the platform doesn't get overloaded. As I monitor usage and things look okay, I will continue to send invitations to wait-listers.

The wait-list is first-come, first-serve. The batch invite system will invite the number of recipients I specify and always invite earliest wait-listers first. I will be sharing updates on invitations (when, how many go out) on my email list. Joining the wait-list will automatically invite you to sign up for my email list, but it will NOT automatically add you. Your confirmation (double opt-in) is required.

You must receive an invite code in order to register for Opal.

See the Pricing Page for detailed plan options and pricing. The standard plan allows up to 5 workspaces, up to 5 GB limit for media/file uploads, and up to 10,000 items. The premium plan allows up to 10 workspaces, 25 GB media/file uploads, and 20,000 items. Plan limits and pricing are subject to change as we get more data on usage and costs.

There are NO hidden fees in Opal. There are no set up fees or overage fees. The app will actively limit functionality when any limit is met or exceeded (from downgrading).

You can try Opal for free with no time limit, but you are limited to 1 workspace and 25 items. Other than the limits specified, you can do anything in Opal that a paid subscriber can do.

Yes, however, if you downgrade and you have exceeded any of the plan's limits, you will not be able to add more items, workspaces, or upload media/files until you first remove these things until you are below the limit. You will receive a pro-rated bill for the month you changed your plan.

You can cancel Opal at any time without contacting anyone. The option to cancel is under the Account & Profile option which can be access by clicking your user name at the top right.

When you cancel a month-to-month plan, a refund will not be issued, but you will retain full access until the end of your bill cycle. When we deploy yearly billing plans, we may issue you a pro-rated refund if you cancel. See our Terms Of Service for more details.

If you have canceled your account and sign in after your bill cycle as completed, you will still be able to access your data, but it will be set to read-only and you will not be able to add new content, items, or workspaces. If you decide to come back, your data will still be there. You may request to have your data purged by sending an email to support@opalrecall.com. We also may purge the data of cancelled accounts after 1 year.

There are no long-term contracts with Opal.

Opal uses Stripe as its payment processor and accepts all major credit cards.

Security

Opal is built on top of Form.io, which is an enterprise-grade form, API, and data management platform with an open source core, it has built-in data security, and is trusted by numerous enterprise organizations including global banks, federal and state governments, and companies such as Accenture, Deloitte, LexisNexis, and Pepsico.

Data in transit is encrypted (SSL) and is stored in a MongoDB database currently managed by Form.io, but we will be deploying the Form.io platform directly in the Opal app in the near future.

The Opal app itself is hosted on Kinsta, which offers enterprise-grade security and runs on Google Cloud backbone.

We do not yet offer End-To-End Encryption (E2EE), but it's on our roadmap.

Privacy

We do not sell your information or data to any 3rd-parties. We do not sell or provide your personal data for advertising purposes or any other purpose. See our Polices page for more information.

Please refer to our Polices page.

You can email support@opalrecall.com or join our Discord server. An invitation to the discord server is included with your Opal invitation. There's a dedicated channel for support questions.

Join our Discord server (Discord Server invitation is included with your Opal invitation). There's a dedicated channel for providing feedback.

Opal launched and started taking wait-list sign ups on January 1, 2025. Access is currently invite-only. We're looking for users who want to try something different and are willing to give us feedback.

A workspace is a 20,000 x 20,000 pixel grid that is assigned a name, slug prefix, color options, and description by you. It is a panable and zoomable area, like a desktop, that you can place items on and drag those items around.

Depending on your plan, you can create multiple workspaces.

A slug prefix is the portion of a URL that identifies your workspace. For example, a workspace with a slug prefix named "opal" can be targeted with the url: https://app.opalrecall.com/opal. If you are logged in, that workspace will load automatically when the URL is clicked.

An item is a catch-all name for the various types of content in Opal. For example, a document is an item. A note is an item. Additional content types will be added in the future. They are all collectively referred to as items.

Below are the current item types and their descriptions:

• Document: A 100x155 draggable icon. Clicking on a Document opens a standard page-width document with a title, description, and a block editor for writing and rich media embedding.
• Note: A 100x100 draggable icon. Clicking on a Note opens a skinnier width page with a title and a block editor for writing and rich media embedding. You can change the color of a note and there are 7 colors to choose from.
• Binder: A 100x155 draggable icon. Clicking on a Binder opens a very skinny page with a title, description, list of items contained in the binder, and tools to manage the binder. A binder stores other items in a list. You can drag notes, documents, links, and iframes into binders (or add them from the binder itself). Items stored in a binder are visibly removed from the workspace, but their contents are accessible from the Binder.
• Link: A 100x155 draggable icon. Clicking on a Link opens a page-width document (very similar to a Document) that has a title, description, a block editor, and a URL. The Link (or Link Page) will scrape the title, description, and favicon image from the URL you provide and auto-populate the title and description. It includes the block editor for the convenience of taking notes about the link referenced. You can also edit the link and refresh (redownload) the title and description from the source URL.
• iFrame: A 210x45 draggable icon. Clicking on an iFrame opens a page-width window with a title and URL. The page will simply display the contents of the URL.
• Fence: A fence is a variably-sized draggable icon. Clicking on the title of the fence will display a skinny page with fence options that will allow you to adjust its color, width, and height. When a fence is dragged using the Move icon (4 arrows), items that are within the boundaries of the fence will drag with it. If the fence is dragged from its title text, only the fence will move.

Any item's width can be toggled between its default width or full screen width and this setting will be saved for each item. This feature is mostly useful for iframes that are pointing to a Google Sheet where you need as much width as possible.

Click on the "Pan To" option on the top menu. From there you can perform a search for the item by name, or browse a list of items in the workspace. If you click on a search result or one of the items in the list, your view will pan directly to that item, unless it's in the inbox. If it's in the inbox, the app will notify you that it's in the inbox.

Not yet. Opal has just launched, but we will be prioritizing integrations based on user feedback. For now, you can display other web pages inside Opal via an iframe.

Publishing an item will generate a public URL for that item that has a long, difficult-to-remember string of text in the URL. Anyone with this link will be able to access (read-only) the contents of the item on a public-facing web page that does not require an Opal account to view.

Publishing an item is a useful way to share non-sensitive information with someone else who's not an Opal user.

You can share individual items with other Opal users based on 4 permission options:

• Can View: The recipient can only view the contents, they cannot edit the item.
• Can Edit: The recipient can view and edit the contents of the item.
• Can Edit & Share:The recipient can view, edit, and add other recipients. However, they cannot remove recipients.
• Can Edit, Share, & Manage Recipients: The recipient can view, edit, add recipients, and remove recipients.

At this time, only individual items can be shared. Multiple users can edit an item at the same time. Currently, in order to change someone's permissions, they need to first be removed and then added again with the new permissions.