Linkwarden vs Raindrop.io
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Linkwarden
Open-source bookmark manager that preserves a copy of each page
Raindrop.io
Bookmark manager with collections, tags and highlights
Where they differ
- Linkwarden starts at $3 per user / month, billed yearly ($4 billed monthly). Raindrop.io starts at $28 per year, or $3 per month.
- Only Raindrop.io lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Linkwarden is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
At a glance
| Linkwarden | Raindrop.io | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $3 per user / month, billed yearly ($4 billed monthly) | $28 per year, or $3 per month |
| Free plan | The self-hosted version is free and open source under AGPLv3; you deploy and maintain the instance yourself. Linkwarden Cloud has no free plan. | Unlimited bookmarks, collections, highlights and devices, with sharing and collaboration included. File uploads are limited to 100 MB a month. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Linkwarden Cloud; a credit card is required and billing starts when the trial ends | None listed |
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| Made by | Linkwarden | Rustem Mussabekov |
| Price read from | linkwarden.app | raindrop.io |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Linkwarden
- Keeping a lasting copy of every page you bookmark
- Small teams collecting research links in shared collections
- Self-hosters who want a free, open-source bookmark manager
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
Worth knowing
Linkwarden
- Linkwarden Cloud has no free plan, and its 14-day trial needs a credit card and bills automatically when it ends.
- Each Cloud seat covers 30,000 links; saving more means paying for extra seats at the same per-user price.
- Single sign-on is listed for Enterprise and self-hosted users only.
- Refunds are offered only when requested within 3 days of the first payment.
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.
Key features
Linkwarden
- Full-page preservation
- Each saved page is captured as a screenshot, a PDF and a single HTML file, and can optionally be sent to the Wayback Machine for a snapshot.
- Reader view with highlights
- Saved articles open in a dedicated reader view where the font style can be adjusted and text can be highlighted and annotated.
- Collections, tags and AI tagging
- Links are organized into collections and sub-collections with multiple tags, and optional AI tagging labels new links based on their content.
- Sharing and collaboration
- Invite other people to gather links in a collection with permissions set per member, or share a collection and its preserved copies publicly.
- Search, RSS feeds and bulk actions
- Full-text search with advanced operators and filters, RSS feed subscriptions that add new articles to a collection, bulk editing, and import and export.
- Apps, browser extension and API
- iOS and Android apps, an open-source extension for Chrome, Firefox and Safari, browser bookmark sync through Floccus, and an API secured with access tokens.
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.
Plans
Linkwarden
Self-hostedFree
The open-source application on a server you deploy and maintain yourself, including single sign-on support.
Cloud$3
per user / month, billed yearly ($4 billed monthly), plus tax
Hosted by Linkwarden: full-page preservation, optional AI tagging, full-text search, highlights, RSS feeds and 30,000 links per user.
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.
Ways to pay less
Linkwarden
- Annual discount
25% off with yearly billing
The pricing page marks yearly billing as 25% off: $3 per user a month when billed annually against $4 billed monthly.
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.
