Evernote has been rebuilt and repriced post-Bending-Spoons acquisition. It's still the easiest place to clip a full web page, but the paid tiers are expensive and the product has broader ambitions (notes, tasks, calendar, AI) than most save-for-later users need. Here are the simpler, cheaper alternatives.
Evernote users tend to look elsewhere when the 50-note free tier runs out, when the Starter or Advanced price feels too high for what they actually use, or when they only really need the Web Clipper part.
Raindrop is the direct bookmark-manager substitute. Readwise Reader and Matter are stronger if you mostly use Evernote to save articles to read later. Keep is the option if saved content needs to flow into AI workflows. Ordered by best match. Keep shows up where it ranks, we don't push it up the list.
All-in-one bookmark manager with collections, tags, and a polished UI across every platform.
Free, paid from $3/mo
Save anything from the web and get it back as markdown for AI agents or a simple reading feed.
Free, paid from $10/mo
Save and search X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Reddit, and Mastodon bookmarks in one place.
Free, paid from $10/mo
A read-later app for articles, PDFs, emails, tweets, and YouTube, with deep highlights and AI features.
Free, paid from $9.99/mo
The RSS reader for professionals, with AI summaries and team boards.
Free, paid from $6.99/mo
A powerful RSS reader for power users, researchers, and journalists.
Free, paid from $4.99/mo
A classic read-later app with clean text extraction and distraction-free reading.
Free, paid from $5.99/mo
A curated read-later app with beautiful typography, highlights, and text-to-speech.
Free, paid from $8/mo
A social magazine that curates stories from publishers, creators, and your network.
Free
Here's how the alternatives compare on the features Evernote users tend to depend on: web clipping, search, tags, notebooks, AI, and export.
| Feature | Evernote | Raindrop | Keep | Dewey | Readwise Reader | Feedly | Inoreader | Instapaper | Matter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capture and save | ||||||||||
| Browser extension | Web Clipper (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) | Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge | Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave | Chrome | Chrome, Firefox, Safari | Chrome, Firefox | Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge | Bookmarklet | ||
| Mobile apps | iOS, Android | iOS, Android | iOS, Android | iOS, Android | iOS, Android | iOS, Android | iOS; Android parity unclear | iOS, Android | ||
| Save from email | Forwarding address | Forward to in.keep.md | Per-user Reader address | Unique save-by-email address | Premium | |||||
| Save tweets | Partial | Native X bookmarks sync | Threads compiled as articles | Quoteshots + X integration | Partial | |||||
| Save YouTube videos | Partial | With transcripts | With transcript highlighting | Via channel feed | Via channel feed | URL only | Premium; with transcription | Partial | ||
| Save GitHub stars | ||||||||||
| Save PDFs | Full-text search Pro only | Converted to markdown | Premium | |||||||
| Save files (docs, spreadsheets) | Attachments | PDF, EPUB, images, video | Word, Excel, CSV, HTML, OpenDocument | PDFs, EPUBs, HTML | ||||||
| Save audio files | Voice memos | mp3, wav, aiff, flac | With Whisper transcription | Podcast episodes | ||||||
| Save via API | ||||||||||
| Auto-sync sources | ||||||||||
| RSS auto-sync | Via IFTTT applet | Outputs RSS of your bookmarks | Premium | Partial | ||||||
| YouTube channel sync | Via RSS | |||||||||
| X bookmarks sync | Auto sync on Pro | |||||||||
| GitHub stars sync | ||||||||||
| Newsletter inbox sync | Partial | Pro | Pro | Forward-to-save, not a dedicated inbox | Premium | Partial | ||||
| Library and reading | ||||||||||
| Reader view | Partial | |||||||||
| Offline reading | Partial | Partial | ||||||||
| Full-text search | Pro | Pro | Supporter+ | Premium | Premium | Partial | ||||
| Semantic / AI search | Pro (Stella) | Ghostreader Q&A | Pro+ (Leo) | Pro (AI Q&A via Inoreader Intelligence) | ||||||
| Highlights | Partial | Unlimited on Premium | ||||||||
| Notes | Unlimited on Premium | |||||||||
| Tags | Boards | |||||||||
| Collections | Notebooks + Spaces | Nested | Nested folders | Folders | Boards | Folders | Folders | Partial | Magazines | |
| Public sharing | Partial | Public folders (Pro) | Quoteshots for individual quotes | Public magazines | ||||||
| Full-text RSS extraction | Partial | Pro | Pro | |||||||
| AI and agents | ||||||||||
| Markdown export for AI agents | Per-item .md URL | |||||||||
| Bulk markdown export | Partial | |||||||||
| MCP server | Official server | |||||||||
| CLI tool | keep-markdown npm package | |||||||||
| Claude Code skill | ||||||||||
| AI summaries | AI Rewrite, AI Meeting Notes, Advanced+ | Pro (Stella) | AI summary and AI tagging on every saved article | AI auto-tagging | Ghostreader | Pro+ (Leo) | Pro (Inoreader Intelligence) | Premium (AI Co-Reader) | ||
| Public API | ||||||||||
| Import and export | ||||||||||
| OPML import / export | Import from and export to any OPML-compatible reader | |||||||||
| Pocket import | ZIP, CSV, and legacy HTML exports | |||||||||
| Instapaper import | CSV export with folders, archive, and starred state | |||||||||
| CSV / JSON export | ENEX | HTML, CSV, TXT only | CSV, PDF, Google Sheets | Via API | Partial | HTML + CSV | Partial | |||
| Send to Kindle | Pro | Premium | Premium |
Evernote is the grandfather of note-taking apps and the inventor of the modern Web Clipper. After Bending Spoons acquired it in 2022, the product was rebuilt, repriced, and refocused on a more AI-forward direction. The current plans are Free (50 notes total), Starter ($8.25/mo or $99/yr), Advanced ($14.17/mo or $249.99/yr), and Enterprise. Advanced includes the full AI suite: AI Transcribe, AI Rewrite, AI Text-to-Speech, AI Meeting Notes, AI Diagrams, and AI Detector. The Web Clipper still saves full page context (not just links) and is the feature that pulls read-later workflows into Evernote's orbit.
Free (50 notes total, 1 notebook, 1 device), Starter at $8.25/mo or $99/yr (1,000 notes, 20 notebooks, 3 devices), Advanced at $14.17/mo or $249.99/yr (unlimited everything, full AI suite), and Enterprise with custom pricing.
Yes, the Web Clipper is still a headline feature and works across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. It's one of the best ways to save full page context (not just a link) on the market.
Full-page visual clipping with handwriting-aware search. Most alternatives save article text cleanly but not the full visual page. Raindrop's permanent web archive (Pro) is the closest equivalent.
Yes, if your Evernote use is mostly saving articles and bookmarks. Raindrop's extension captures web pages, tags them, organises them into nested collections, and provides full-text search and a permanent archive on Pro.
Partially. Evernote exports as ENEX (its proprietary format), which some tools (Notion, Obsidian) can import. For just web clippings, exporting them as HTML and importing into Raindrop or Readwise Reader works.
Raindrop Pro at $3/month is by far the cheapest if bookmarks are what you use Evernote for. For note-taking, Obsidian (free, local) and Notion (free tier) are broader-scope alternatives.
Readwise Reader has Ghostreader. Matter Premium has an AI Co-Reader. Raindrop Pro has Stella. None replicate Evernote's full suite (AI Transcribe, AI Meeting Notes, etc.) because those sit on top of notes and tasks rather than saved articles.
Not really. 50 notes total (not per month), 1 notebook, 1 device. If you actually want to try Evernote, you'll need at least Starter ($8.25/mo).
Raindrop has unlimited shared collections on the free tier. Evernote Teams is the other broad-scope option. For pure reading and research, Feedly Pro+ team boards also work.
Yes. A common combo is Raindrop for bookmarks, a read-later app like Matter or Readwise Reader for articles, and Obsidian or Notion for notes. Keep fits as the source-of-truth for markdown that AI agents consume.
Notion and Obsidian are the closest matches for note editing. Evernote's note-taking is still a capable choice if you want it combined with web clipping, tasks, and calendar. Most alternatives focus on one of those jobs.