Raindrop.io vs Sublime
We give Raindrop.io a 3.8 GPA and Sublime a 3.2, out of 4.0. Raindrop.io grades higher on value for money, the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Raindrop.io
Bookmark manager with collections, tags and highlights
Sublime
Personal library for saved links, highlights and ideas
How we grade them
| 3.8GPARaindrop.ioExcellent | 3.2GPASublimeVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | APro is $28 a year, or $3 a month. For that you get full-text search, a saved copy of every page, reminders, daily backups, the AI assistant and 10 GB of uploads a month. That's cheaper than most paid reading apps. | BPremium is $75 a year, about $6.25 a month, so roughly typical for the category. It's yearly or nothing, as the pricing page shows no monthly option. Premium+ at $100 adds events and a paid Substack membership, and lifetime is $400. |
| Free plan and trial | AUnlimited bookmarks, collections, highlights and devices, with sharing and collaboration thrown in. The main limit is 100 MB of file uploads a month. Most people never need to pay. | BThere's a free basic plan, but we can't tell you how far it goes. The pricing page calls cards, collections, canvases, search and summaries limited and gives no figures. Advanced privacy and the Kindle, X, Instagram, Readwise and Raycast integrations are listed under the paid plans. |
| Features | ACollections, tags and filters, highlights in web pages, PDFs and EPUBs, shared collections and public pages. Pro adds search through the full text of what you saved, YouTube transcripts included, plus a web archive and an AI assistant that's still in beta. | ACards for websites, highlights, images, videos, PDFs, podcasts and plain text. An extension that highlights web pages and PDFs and takes screenshots. Search that works on loosely remembered details instead of exact keywords, and Canvas, an infinite whiteboard for laying cards out. |
| Ease of use | B4.49 from 416 App Store ratings. You sort links into collections and tags and pick how they look: grid, headlines, masonry or a plain list. A public collection needs no sign-up from the people you send it to. | BNo rating on record, so a B is our ceiling. Content is categorised automatically, so you can save first and sort later, or never. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and browser extensions, with an API and hooks into Zapier, IFTTT, Make, Notion, Readwise and more. The one gap is Linux, as the desktop apps are macOS and Windows only. | BWeb, an iOS app, and an extension for Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Arc, Brave and Opera. Paid plans connect Kindle, Readwise, X, Instagram and Raycast, and give Claude access over MCP. No Android app is listed. |
| Best for | all-round bookmarking on every device | a library of saved links, highlights and ideas |
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: Raindrop.io and Sublime. How we grade
Where they differ
- Raindrop.io starts at $28 per year, or $3 per month. Sublime starts at $75 per year.
- Only Raindrop.io lists macOS, Windows and Android apps.
- Raindrop.io also covers read later.
- Sublime also covers AI search, notes, whiteboard and web clipper.
At a glance
| Raindrop.io | Sublime | |
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| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $28 per year, or $3 per month | $75 per year |
| Free plan | Unlimited bookmarks, collections, highlights and devices, with sharing and collaboration included. File uploads are limited to 100 MB a month. | Basic plan: free, with limited cards, collections and canvases, limited privacy and collaboration, and limited related cards, search, summaries and integrations. The page gives no figures. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
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| Made by | Rustem Mussabekov | Sublime Internet Inc |
| Price read from | raindrop.io | sublime.app |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
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
Sublime
- Writers and designers collecting references across many media types
- People who want to browse what others have saved on a theme
- Bringing Kindle, Readwise, X and Instagram saves into one library
Worth knowing
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.
Sublime
- The basic plan is described only as limited: the pricing page gives no numbers for cards, collections, canvases or search.
- Paid plans are billed yearly ($75 or $100) or once ($400); the pricing page shows no monthly option.
- Advanced privacy and the Kindle, X, Instagram, Readwise and Raycast integrations are listed under the paid plans.
- Capture is through the web, a browser extension and an iOS app; no Android app is listed.
Key features
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.
Sublime
- Cards for any kind of content
- Websites, articles, highlights, images, videos, PDFs, podcasts, books, social posts and plain text are each saved as a card in one library.
- Browser extension and highlighter
- The extension saves images, articles and videos, highlights text on web pages and PDFs, and captures screenshots. It is offered for Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Arc, Brave and Opera.
- Collections, private or public
- Cards are organized into collections that can stay private or be shared. Other people's libraries can be followed, with no likes or comments.
- Related ideas
- Saving or entering an idea brings up related cards that other people have collected, so one saved item leads to others on the same theme.
- Semantic search
- Search works on context and loosely remembered details instead of exact keywords, and content is categorized automatically.
- Canvas and exports
- Canvas is an infinite whiteboard for arranging saved cards. Paid plans add MCP access for Claude and other LLMs, plus CSV and ZIP export.
Plans
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.
Sublime
basic$0
Limited cards, collections and canvases, with limited privacy, collaboration, related cards, search, summaries and integrations.
premium$75
per year
Unlimited cards, collections and canvases, advanced privacy and collaboration, unlimited search and summaries, all integrations, and MCP, CSV and ZIP export.
premium+$100
per year
Everything in premium, plus members-only events, a paid Substack membership, discounts on merch and zines, and access to the company's archives.
lifetime$400
one-time payment
Everything in premium+, paid once, plus a 1:1 onboarding call and investor updates.
Ways to pay less
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.
Sublime
- Lifetime license
Lifetime plan for $400
A one-time payment of $400 covers everything in premium+ for good, and adds a 1:1 onboarding call and investor updates.
