If you are using it for work, you have to have a paid license and I assume you would get your employer to pay for it. If you get that far, I can't imagine they wouldn't approve the installation.

> You need to pay for Obsidian if and only if you use it to contribute, directly or indirectly, to revenue-generating, work-related activities in a company that has two or more people. Get a commercial license for each user if that's the case.