Glasp vs Raindrop.io

Glasp

• Students and researchers collecting quotes from articles and PDFs
• People who send their highlights to Notion, Obsidian or Readwise
• Viewers who want quick summaries of long YouTube videos

Raindrop.io

• Keeping a large bookmark library organized across browsers and devices
• Sharing link collections with collaborators or on a public page
• People who highlight passages in web pages, PDFs and EPUBs

Glasp

• Highlights are public by default; private highlights require the Pro or Unlimited plan.
• AI features are metered on every plan, and Free allows 3 basic YouTube summaries a day and 20 AI chat credits a month.
• The 40% student discount covers only the yearly Pro plan and needs a .edu or .ac email address.
• The pricing page marks the Pro and Unlimited subscriptions as recurring and non-refundable.

Raindrop.io

• Full-text search, the web archive, reminders and the AI assistant are limited to Pro.
• Free accounts can upload 100 MB of files a month; Pro raises the limit to 10 GB.
• Notes on highlights require Pro, and each bookmark holds at most 100 highlights.
• The download page lists desktop apps for macOS and Windows only.

Glasp

Web, PDF and YouTube highlighting

The browser extension highlights text on web pages, PDFs and YouTube transcripts in several colors, with notes and tags, and the highlights stay marked on the original page.

AI summaries

Summarizes YouTube videos, web articles and PDFs with models such as ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral AI and Gemini. Free accounts get 3 basic YouTube summaries a day.

Public profiles and following

Highlights are collected on a Glasp page that is public by default, and following other readers shows what they are saving. Private highlights need a paid plan.

Imports and exports

Imports highlights from Kindle, Readwise, Instapaper, Pocket, Medium and Hypothesis. Markdown, HTML, CSV and JSON exports and a daily sync to Notion are included on every plan.

Read later and mobile apps

The iOS and Android apps add a reader view and a read-later library for videos, articles and PDFs alongside highlighting and summaries.

Audio transcription and PDF chat

Uploaded audio files are transcribed and PDFs can be questioned in a chat, each within a monthly allowance: 30 minutes and 20 messages on the Free plan.

Raindrop.io

Collections, tags and filters

Bookmarks are grouped into collections and classified with tags, then narrowed by type, tag or domain. Grid, headlines, masonry and list views are available.

Highlights

Save passages from web pages, PDFs and EPUBs in several colors, up to 100 per bookmark on any plan. Adding notes to highlights requires Pro.

Full-text search

On Pro, search covers the full content of saved pages, PDFs, EPUBs and YouTube transcripts instead of only titles and tags.

Web archive and backups

Pro keeps a saved copy of each bookmarked page in case the original changes or disappears, and runs automatic backups of the whole library.

Sharing and public pages

Invite members to a collection with per-collection permissions, or publish a collection as a public page that needs no sign-up. Both work on the free plan.

Stella AI assistant

A chat assistant, in beta for Pro users, that answers questions about saved content, summarizes it and helps organize collections.

Glasp

• Free$0

  Unlimited public highlights, 3 basic YouTube summaries a day, 30 PDF uploads and 30 minutes of audio transcription a month.

• Pro$12.50

  per month, billed yearly at $150 ($15 billed monthly)

  Unlimited private highlights and basic YouTube summaries, 1,000 advanced summaries a month, 100 PDF uploads, 500 AI chat credits and all AI models.

• Unlimited$30

  per month, billed yearly at $360 ($36 billed monthly)

  5,000 advanced summaries every 30 days, 25 tracked YouTube channels, unlimited PDF uploads, 2,000 AI credits a month and priority support.

Raindrop.io

• Free$0

  Unlimited bookmarks, collections, highlights and devices, sharing and collaboration, and 100 MB of file uploads a month.

• Pro$3

  per month, or $28 per year (before tax)

  AI assistant, full-text search, web archive, reminders, annotations, duplicate and broken-link finder, daily backups and 10 GB of uploads a month.

Glasp

• Annual discount

  Two months off with yearly billing

  Pro costs $150 a year against $15 a month, and Unlimited costs $360 a year against $36 a month, which the pricing page labels as 2 months off.

• Education

  40% off Pro for students

  Students who verify a .edu or .ac email address get 40% off the yearly Pro plan, for example $90 instead of $150 a year. Glasp describes it as a limited-time offer.

• Other savings

  A free year of Pro for YouTube creators

  Creators with at least 5,000 subscribers and a video in the last 90 days can get 12 months of Pro free by keeping a Glasp link in a regular video's description.

Raindrop.io

• Annual discount

  About 20% off with yearly billing

  The pricing page marks yearly billing as 20% off, and the US prices it loads are $28 a year against $3 a month.