Glasp vs Web Highlights (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Glasp and Web Highlights share a 2.4 GPA, both have a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on whether you care more about features and ease of use, where Glasp grades higher, or value for money and the free plan, where Web Highlights does.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Glasp
Social web highlighter with AI summaries of videos and articles
Web Highlights
Highlighter for web pages and PDFs with notes and sync
Which one is for you
Pick Glasp if
- Fits if you collect quotes from articles, PDFs and YouTube and don't mind them being public
- Works for people who send highlights on to Notion, Obsidian or Readwise
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if your highlights are nobody's business, as they're public unless you pay
- Pricey if you only want privacy, since Pro is $12.50 a month billed yearly, or $15 monthly
- Tight if you lean on the AI for free, with 3 basic YouTube summaries a day and 20 chat credits a month
- Watch out: Pro and Unlimited are marked recurring and non-refundable, and the 40% student discount covers yearly Pro only
- Skip it if you want a desktop app, as it's the web, an extension and phone apps
Pick Web Highlights if
- Fits if you mark up articles and PDFs for study
- Works for people who send highlights into Notion or Obsidian
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you want sync, since cloud sync, the web app and phone sync need a paid plan
- Watch out: Notion and Capacities exports are one a day on Free and Premium
- Watch out: PDF and HTML files and image highlighting need Ultimate
- Skip it if you want a price list, as none could be read
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAGlaspFair | 2.4GPAWeb HighlightsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DPro is $12.50 a month billed yearly, nearly four times this category's $3.33 middle and well past the $7.99 where its dearest tenth starts, and keeping your highlights private needs it. Unlimited is $30 a month. Students get 40% off yearly Pro; subscriptions are marked non-refundable. | CPlan prices load by script and could not be read, so none are on record and value sits at the default. |
| Free plan and trial | CUnlimited highlights for free, with exports and the daily Notion sync, but the cap is an unusual one: every highlight is public unless you pay. The AI is rationed too, at 3 basic YouTube summaries a day and 20 chat credits a month. | BThe extension has unlimited highlights, notes and tags, with a 7-day Ultimate trial. A person could live on it, without sync. |
| Features | BIt covers the whole job of collecting what you read: highlights with notes and tags on web pages, PDFs and YouTube transcripts that stay marked on the page, AI summaries, audio transcription, chat with a PDF, imports from Kindle, Readwise, Instapaper and Pocket, and four export formats. | CHighlights, notes, bookmarks, flashcards and exports. Sync, PDF and HTML files and image highlights need paid plans. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record, but there's nothing to set up: install the extension and highlight on the page you're already reading. The phone apps add a reader view and a read-later library on top. | CAn extension to install and start, though notes and tags take building. App Store rating not on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, a browser extension and iPhone and Android apps, with highlights flowing out to Notion, Obsidian, Readwise, Roam Research and Logseq and in from Kindle. No desktop app, which is what holds it to a B. | BWeb, iPhone, Android and an extension, with Notion, Capacities and Obsidian exports. No desktop app. |
| Best for | highlighting articles and YouTube in the open | highlighting web pages and PDFs |
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: Glasp and Web Highlights. How we grade
Where they differ
- Glasp also covers transcription.
- Web Highlights also covers notes, web clipper and bookmarks.
At a glance
| Glasp | Web Highlights | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $12.50 per month, billed yearly at $150 ($15 billed monthly) | Not published |
| Free plan | Unlimited public highlights, 3 basic YouTube summaries a day, 30 PDF uploads, 20 AI chat credits and 30 minutes of audio transcription a month. No private highlights. | Unlimited highlights, bookmarks, notes and tags in the extension, with Markdown copy and one Notion export a day. |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial of Ultimate, which includes sync. |
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| Made by | Glasp Inc. | Web Highlights GmbH |
| Price read from | glasp.co | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Web Highlights
- Cloud sync, the web app and phone sync need Premium or Ultimate; the site says sync needs a paid plan.
- Notion and Capacities exports are one a day each on Free and Premium; PDF and HTML export files need Ultimate or the trial.
- Highlighting images from websites is an Ultimate plan feature.
- Plan prices could not be read because the pricing page loads them with a script, so none are recorded.
Key features
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.
Web Highlights
- Highlight web pages and PDFs
- Select text and pick a color, or use the Alt+S shortcut. PDFs can be downloaded with the highlights embedded as annotations.
- Notes and tags
- Attach a formatted note and tags to any highlight, or write a note about a whole page.
- Bookmarks and collections
- Save a page with one click and file it in a collection, so the extension doubles as a bookmark manager.
- Export to Notion and Capacities
- Send highlights and notes to a Notion database or Capacities, or copy Markdown for Obsidian.
- Flashcards
- Highlights can become flashcards, which the iPhone app schedules for review with spaced repetition.
- Sync across devices
- With a paid plan, highlights sync to a web app and to the Android and iPhone apps.
Plans
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.
Web Highlights
Pricing could not be confirmed. See web-highlights.com.
Ways to pay less
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.
Web Highlights
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Glasp or Web Highlights?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Glasp starts at $12.50 per month, billed yearly at $150 ($15 billed monthly), and Web Highlights has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Glasp or Web Highlights?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Glasp and Web Highlights 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.