Karakeep vs wallabag

Karakeep

• People who keep links, notes, images and PDFs in one collection
• Self-hosters who want a bookmark manager with no feature limits
• Anyone who prefers automatic tagging to filing bookmarks by hand

wallabag

• People who want a read-later archive on a server they control
• Readers looking for a low-cost hosted service based in Europe
• Reading saved articles on a Kobo or PocketBook e-reader
• Former Pocket and Omnivore users moving an existing archive

Karakeep

• The free Karakeep Cloud plan stops at 10 bookmarks and 20 MB of storage, so regular hosted use needs Pro at $4 a month.
• On Karakeep Cloud, AI-powered tagging and full-text search are listed under Pro and not under the Free plan.
• Pro is capped at 50,000 bookmarks and 50 GB of storage; only the self-hosted version is unlimited.
• Single sign-on and user management on the hosted service are part of the custom-priced Corporate plan.

wallabag

• The hosted wallabag.it service has no free plan: after the 14-day trial it costs 4 € for 3 months or 11 € a year, and prices are in euros only.
• During the wallabag.it trial, saving by email, RSS and Atom feeds and imports from other services are switched off.
• Using wallabag at no cost means installing it on your own server and handling backups and upgrades yourself.
• The iOS app went closed source with its own paid features from version 7.6, and the project no longer presents it as the official iOS app.

Karakeep

Links, notes, images and PDFs

Save links, text notes, images and PDFs from any device. For links, the title, description and preview image are fetched automatically.

AI tagging and summaries

A language model tags and summarizes what you save. Self-hosted installs can run local models through Ollama; on Karakeep Cloud, AI tagging is listed under Pro.

Full-text and semantic search

Search covers the full text of saved content in keyword, hybrid or semantic mode, and OCR makes the text inside images and screenshots searchable.

Reader view, highlights and archives

Articles open in a reader view where passages can be highlighted, the mobile apps keep content for offline reading, and full-page archives protect against link rot.

Rules, RSS feeds and shared lists

A rule engine tags or files new bookmarks by conditions such as the URL, subscribed RSS feeds are saved automatically, and a list can be shared with editors or viewers.

API, CLI and MCP server

A REST API with scoped keys, webhooks, a command-line tool and a first-party MCP server let scripts and AI assistants search and save bookmarks.

wallabag

Article extraction and reading view

wallabag pulls the article content out of a saved page and stores the readable text in your account, shown in a distraction-free view that adapts to phones and tablets.

Tags, filters and full-text search

Saved articles can be tagged, marked as favorites, filtered and found again through a search engine that covers their full text.

Highlights and annotations

An annotation system lets you highlight extracts in an article and write notes against them.

Mobile apps and browser add-ons

Android and iOS apps download saved articles for offline reading, and Chrome and Firefox add-ons save the page you are on in one click.

Feeds, e-readers and export

Unread, starred, archived or tagged articles can be published as private RSS or Atom feeds, sent to Kobo and PocketBook e-readers with community apps, and exported as PDF, ePUB, mobi, JSON, CSV, txt or HTML.

Imports from other services

Reading lists can be imported from Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard, Omnivore, Shaarli, another wallabag instance or any RSS or Atom feed, keeping tags and read and favorite status.

Karakeep

• Free$0

  Karakeep Cloud for trying the product: 10 bookmarks and 20 MB of storage, with the mobile and web apps and browser extensions.

• Self-HostedFree

  Unlimited bookmarks and storage on your own server, with every feature and community support.

• Pro$4

  per month, or $40 per year

  Karakeep Cloud with 50,000 bookmarks, 50 GB of storage, AI-powered tagging and full-text search. 7-day money-back guarantee.

• CorporateCustom

  Managed deployment for teams, priced per seat: everything in Pro plus a custom domain, single sign-on, user management and priority support.

wallabag

• Self-hostedFree

  The full open-source application on a server you install, back up and upgrade yourself.

• 3 months4 €

  for 3 months, not renewed automatically

  The complete hosted wallabag.it service for one quarter, with every feature included.

• 1 year11 €

  per year, not renewed automatically

  The complete hosted service for a year in a single payment; the vendor marks it as its most popular plan.

• The ❤️ subscription30 €

  per year

  The same hosted service and features, priced higher to give extra funding to the open-source project and its maintenance.

Karakeep

• Annual discount

  Save 17% with yearly billing

  The pricing page lists Pro at $4 a month or $40 a year, and labels the yearly option as a 17% saving.

wallabag

• Annual discount

  A year costs less than four 3-month terms

  The pricing page lists 11 € for one year against 4 € for 3 months, so a year bought in one payment costs 5 € less than four consecutive 3-month subscriptions.