Diigo vs Weava (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Weava grades higher than Diigo: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Diigo grades higher on features. Weava grades higher on the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Diigo
Bookmarking with highlights and sticky notes on web pages and PDFs
Weava
Highlight and annotate web pages and PDFs, with folders and citations
Which one is for you
Pick Diigo if
- Fits if you highlight and leave notes on web pages and PDFs as you research
- Works for teachers, who can apply for a free account that manages student accounts
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, with ads and only 500 bookmarks and 100 highlights, ever
- Skip it if you need an Android app, as the Google Play link on Diigo's tools page led nowhere when checked
- Pricey if all you want is unlimited PDF storage or outliners, since that's Professional at $59 a year
- Pricey if a team needs a shared library and group annotation, which is Business at $10 a user a month
- Watch out: Kindle is the only integration listed, and the Business trial's length isn't stated
Pick Weava if
- Fits if you research for school or work and want highlights and citations in one place
- Works for someone on Chrome and iPhone
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you use another browser or an Android phone: the pages name only Chrome and iOS
- Tight if you save much: the free plan has 100 MB of storage
- Watch out: collaboration, sub-folders and saving images are Premium only
- Watch out: the page does not say whether $3.99 is monthly or yearly billing
How we grade them
| 2.4GPADiigoFair | 2.6GPAWeavaGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStandard is $40 a year, which is $3.33 a month, the middle of this category to the penny, and it buys off the ads and the caps. Unlimited PDF storage and outliners wait for Professional at $59 a year, and team features are $10 a user a month. | C$3.99 a month for Premium, against the reading category's $4.00 middle. The page shows $7.99 crossed out with no end date and does not say if $3.99 is monthly or yearly billing. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree forever with ads, and the caps are the mean kind: 500 bookmarks and 100 highlights for the whole life of the account, not per month. Teachers can apply for a free account with more in it. | BA free plan with unlimited highlights, notes and devices, but only 100 MB of storage. |
| Features | BIt covers the whole job for research reading: bookmarks with tags, highlights and sticky notes laid on web pages and PDFs that are still there when you return, outliners to arrange the findings, shared group libraries, cached copies on paid plans, plus import, export and an API. | CHighlights on pages and PDFs, folders, citations, export and shared folders. Sub-folders, collaboration, unlimited colors and saving images are Premium. |
| Ease of use | C4.46 from about 560 App Store ratings, middling rather than good, and that rating is for the Diigo Browser app. Most of the work happens in the browser extension, which marks up the page you're already on. | BNo store rating on record. You install a Chrome extension and start highlighting, with little to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, a browser extension, an iPhone app and an API. The wiring stops there: Kindle is the only integration listed, and the Android app linked from Diigo's tools page came up not-found on Google Play when the listing was checked. | BChrome extension, web app and iOS app, but no Android and no other browser listed. |
| Best for | marking up web pages and PDFs for research | highlighting web pages and PDFs, with folders |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Diigo and Weava. How we grade
Price against what you get
Diigo starts at $3.33 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Weava starts at $3.99 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Diigo starts $0.66 a month lower. Of the other read-later and bookmark apps on the chart, 5 score higher than Diigo for less, and 6 score higher than Weava for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Diigo also covers bookmarks.
- Weava also covers web clipper and citations.
At a glance
| Diigo | Weava | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $40 per year (Standard) | $3.99 per month |
| Free plan | Free plan with ads, capped at 500 cloud bookmarks and 100 webpage and PDF highlights over the lifetime of the account. | Unlimited highlights and notes, sync across unlimited devices and 100 MB of storage. |
| Free trial | The Business plan has a Try for free option; the pricing page does not state how long it lasts | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Diigo, Inc. | Weavatools Limited |
| Price read from | diigo.com | weavatools.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Diigo
- The Free plan shows ads and stops at 500 bookmarks and 100 highlights over the lifetime of the account.
- Cached pages and image storage start at Standard; unlimited PDF storage and outliners need Professional at $59 a year.
- Team library storage, collaborative annotation and the admin console are limited to Business at $10 per user a month.
- The tools page links to an Android app, but its Google Play listing returned a not-found page when checked.
Weava
- The free plan has 100 MB of storage.
- Collaboration, sub-folders, unlimited colors and saving images need Premium.
- The page does not say whether $3.99 is for monthly or yearly billing; it says yearly billing is usually about 20% cheaper.
- The homepage text offers a Chrome extension and an iOS app, and lists no other browser.
Key features
Diigo
- Bookmarks, tags and a personal library
- Saved pages go into a cloud library and are tagged for later retrieval. Each item can be set as private or public.
- Highlights and sticky notes
- Highlight text and add sticky notes directly on web pages and PDFs while browsing; the annotations are still on the page when you come back to it.
- Outliner
- Arrange links, references and your own notes into a structured outline for a piece of research. Unlimited outliners are part of the Professional plan.
- Groups
- A group builds a shared library for a class, team or company that members can add to, search and discuss through annotations on the page.
- Archived web pages
- Paid plans store cached copies of bookmarked pages with their annotations intact, so they stay readable if the original source goes offline.
- Import, export and API
- The tools page lists bookmark and Kindle highlight import, library and PDF export, saving by email, automatic publishing to a blog and the Diigo API.
Weava
- Highlights on pages and PDFs
- Highlight text on any website or PDF and attach notes to each highlight.
- Folders
- Organize saved work in a dashboard; sub-folders need Premium.
- Automatic citations
- Generates citations in APA, MLA, Chicago and Harvard styles.
- Export
- Exports to Word, Excel, TXT and CSV.
- Shared folders
- Premium lets a team work in the same folders and see each other's highlights.
Plans
Diigo
Free$0
Ad-supported, with lifetime caps of 500 cloud bookmarks and 100 webpage and PDF highlights.
Standard$40
per year
No ads, with unlimited bookmarks, highlights, image storage and cached pages, plus Kindle highlight import.
Professional$59
per year
Everything in Standard, plus unlimited PDF storage and unlimited outliners.
Business$10
per user / month (billing basis not stated)
Everything in Professional, plus an unlimited team library, collaborative web and PDF annotation in a team, and an admin console.
Weava
Free$0
Unlimited highlights and notes, unlimited devices, 100 MB storage and basic email support.
Premium$3.99
per month; billing period not shown on the page
Adds unlimited highlight colors, sub-folders, collaboration, image saving, unlimited storage and priority support. The page shows $7.99 crossed out and gives no end date.
Ways to pay less
Diigo
- Education
Free teacher and student accounts
Teachers can apply for a free account with more capabilities than the normal free plan, including a Teacher Console for creating and managing student accounts. Schools can apply for an education domain.
Weava
- Annual discount
Cheaper yearly billing
The pricing FAQ says the yearly option is always cheaper, usually by about 20%; no yearly price is shown.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Diigo or Weava?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Diigo is cheaper to start with: $3.33 a month when paid by the year, against $3.99 a month for Weava. Diigo starts at $40 per year (Standard), and Weava starts at $3.99 per month.
Which has a free plan, Diigo or Weava?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Diigo and Weava have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.