Evernote Web Clipper alternatives for saving links
Most people leaving the Evernote Web Clipper are leaving the price rather than the clipper, which is still one of the better ones. If you want the full-page capture and the archive, Raindrop.io does it free and Karakeep does it self-hosted. If you want the saved pages to become collections you can publish, and to read the clipped article in the app, use Kyurations. If your clips were really research notes, Notion or Obsidian with a clipper is a better shape than another bookmark tool.
Why people are looking
Evernote's pricing and device limits pushed a lot of long-term users out, and the clipper is usually the last thing they replace because it worked.
The clipper did two different jobs: archiving whole pages, and dropping references into a notes system. Those need different replacements.
The picks
The closest free replacement for the clipping and the archive.
Best for: People who mainly want their pages kept and findable.
Strong at- Unlimited free bookmarks with previews
- Permanent page copies on the paid tier, which is the Evernote archive behaviour
- Imports an Evernote export
Weak at- Not a notes app
- Shared collections look like folders
For clips that were always meant to become something you show.
Best for: People whose clippings were a subject collection, not a filing system.
Strong at- Cover, author, platform, tags and a gist filled in automatically
- The article body is kept and reads in the app, so a clipped piece survives the page going down
- Highlights and clipped regions attach to the page instead of becoming new notes
- Publish any list as a page
Weak at- The article text is kept, not a full-page snapshot with its layout
- Not a replacement for Evernote's notebooks
If the clips were the raw material for writing.
Best for: People who were using Evernote as a second brain.
Strong at- Local Markdown files nobody can take away
- Official web clipper since 2024
- Links between notes, which Evernote never did well
Weak at- You build the system yourself
- Sync costs extra
Self-hosted archiving, no subscription.
Best for: People who want the archive and want to own it.
Strong at- Full-text search over archived pages
- Automatic tagging
Weak at- You run the server
Questions people ask
- Does the Evernote Web Clipper still work?
- Yes. The clipper is not the problem people are solving for; the pricing and device limits are.
- How do I move my Evernote clips somewhere else?
- Export as ENEX from Evernote. Raindrop, Obsidian and Notion all import it. Kyurations does not read ENEX, so the route there is a CSV or an HTML list of the source URLs, which it does read; each one is re-fetched with a current cover and tags as it arrives.
- What is the best free alternative to Evernote's clipper?
- Raindrop.io for archiving and search, Kyurations for collections you want to publish, Obsidian if the clips feed your own writing. All three have real free tiers.