# Wakelet review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Visual collections for saving, sharing and presenting links Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Wakelet is a content curation service for saving links, files, images, videos and notes into visual collections that can be kept private, shared with a link or published. It is aimed at teachers, students and teams, with classroom and workspace plans for groups. - **Category:** Read Later & Bookmarks - **Made by:** Wakelet Technologies Limited - **Website:** https://wakelet.com - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you go past Starter: Pro is $11.99 a month, or $89.99 billed yearly. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Wakelet has a free plan, and paid plans start at $11.99 per month, or $89.99 billed yearly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Starter: up to 3 collections, publish up to 3, join unlimited collections, 1 GB of storage. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $0 | Up to 3 collections with up to 50 items each, 100 saved items outside collections and 1 GB of storage. | | Pro | $11.99 per month, billed monthly ($89.99 billed yearly) | Unlimited collections and items, video record and upload, image carousels, pinned items and Wakelet AI. | | Education Group | $160 per year for 1 teacher and 30 students | Everything in Pro plus shared classroom space, student portfolios and activities. Extra teachers $40/year, extra students $4/year. | | Group | $119.99 per seat / year, minimum 2 seats | Everything in Pro plus a shared workspace, member groups, activities and roles. Sold through sales. | | Education Enterprise | Custom | For schools, districts and universities: rostering via Google, Microsoft, Clever, ClassLink or CSV, plus analytics. | | Enterprise | Custom | For larger organizations: bulk account creation, multiple super-admins, analytics and multi-level organization. | Read from https://wakelet.com/site/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Wakelet before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 37% on Pro with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows Pro at $11.99 a month or $89.99 billed yearly, which it describes as a 37% saving. Source: https://wakelet.com/site/pricing ## Key features - **Collections of mixed content:** Save links, files, images, videos, PDFs and notes into collections that can be styled, kept private, shared by link or published to a profile. - **Browser extension:** Save pages, videos, images and social posts into a collection while browsing. The extension is offered for Chrome and Edge. - **Collaborative collections:** Invite others to add to a collection. Joining and collaborating on collections is unlimited on every plan, including the free one. - **Wakelet AI:** An AI assistant included from the Pro plan upward; the free Starter plan does not list it. - **Classroom and portfolio tools:** Education plans let teachers group students, set activities, review student collections and give every student a portfolio. - **Rostering for schools:** Education Enterprise accounts can be rostered from Google, Microsoft, Clever, ClassLink or a CSV file. ## Good for - Teachers who want to share resources and set student activities - Group projects where several people add to one collection - Building a shareable page of links, such as a portfolio or newsletter ## Worth knowing - The free Starter plan caps collections at 3, storage at 1 GB and items per collection at 50. - Pro adds Wakelet AI, video recording and unlimited items; the free plan has none of them. - Group, Enterprise and the education team plans are bought through sales or a quote. - The pricing page lists a 250-item figure for Starter and a 50-per-collection limit in its table. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Wakelet saves links, files and notes into collections you can share, with a browser extension and, in the paid plan, AI and video recording. The free Starter plan caps you at 3 collections, 50 items in each and 1 GB. Pro starts at $11.99 a month, among the dearest of the reading apps. - **Value for money: D.** Pro is $11.99 a month or $89.99 a year, about $7.50 a month. The dearest tenth of reading apps starts at $7.99, and Group is $119.99 a seat with a 2-seat minimum. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Starter is free with 3 collections, 50 items each and 1 GB, which a regular user will hit. Wakelet AI and video recording aren't included. - **Features: B.** Collections of mixed content, an extension, collaboration, AI and classroom tools. The listing names no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You build and organize your own collections. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web and a browser extension, with Google, Microsoft, Clever and ClassLink links. No phone apps are listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Wakelet's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among read-later and bookmark apps - Wakelet's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 1 of the 52 other read-later and bookmark apps we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on features (B, above 20 of 52) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $7.50 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $3.33 for the category: 28 of the 32 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/reading ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Wakelet you could make: bookmarks and web clipper. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 46 of the 52 other read-later and bookmark apps grade higher. It costs $89.99 a year. - You could make: Bookmarks and web clipper: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google, Microsoft, Clever, ClassLink **Tags:** Bookmarks, Web clipper, Real-time collaboration, AI features ## Alternatives - [Raindrop.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/raindrop-io): Bookmark manager with collections, tags and highlights. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/raindrop-io-vs-wakelet) - [Pearltrees](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pearltrees): Visual collections for organizing links, files and notes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pearltrees-vs-wakelet) - [Symbaloo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/symbaloo): Tile-based start page for bookmarks and learning resources. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/symbaloo-vs-wakelet) - [Are.na](https://toolgpa.com/tools/arena): Save and connect images, links and notes in shared channels. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/arena-vs-wakelet) - [Diigo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/diigo): Bookmarking with highlights and sticky notes on web pages and PDFs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diigo-vs-wakelet) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://wakelet.com/site/pricing - https://wakelet.com/ - https://wakelet.com/site/browser-extension - https://wakelet.com/site/app - https://wakelet.com/site/about Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/wakelet Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).