Web clipper alternatives, compared honestly

Q: Can I use Clipperry without a Notion or Obsidian account?

Yes. The Markdown destination downloads a .md file with YAML front-matter and requires no account or configuration.

Q: Do I need to create an account to use Clipperry?

No account, no signup form and no credit card. Pro licences are issued as a key by email if you upgrade.

Q: Does Clipperry work in Edge or Brave?

Yes, anything Chromium-based. Firefox and Safari are not supported.

Last updated 13 October 2026 · written by the developer of Clipperry

Disclosure first: this page is written by the person who builds Clipperry, so treat it as a biased summary of a real comparison. Every tool below is described by what it was designed to do — including the cases where you should pick one of them instead of mine.

The categories matter more than the names

"Web clipper" covers at least four different kinds of tool, and people usually buy the wrong one because the categories get mixed together:

Official clippers — made by the note app itself. Best integration, but they only save into their own product.
Generic converters — convert the whole page to Markdown, local, free, open-source. No clean-up of the page clutter.
Article extractors — run readability-style extraction first, so only the article body is saved.
Read-later and bookmarking tools — built for saving to read later, not for filing into a knowledge base.

Quick comparison

Tool	Type	Price	Best for	Main trade-off
Obsidian Web Clipper	Official	Free, no limit	Obsidian users who want vault-native Markdown	Obsidian only; rule-based extraction can pick up nav and ads; templates need setting up
Notion Web Clipper	Official	Free	Notion users saving straight into a database	Needs a Notion account; saves to Notion only
MarkDownload	Open-source converter	Free	Offline use and privacy; works in Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari	Converts the whole page — navigation, footers and ads come along and need manual cleanup
Minibase	AI-assisted extractor	Free tier, then subscription	Clean output for AI workflows; site-specific handling	Extraction happens over an API, so the page leaves your browser
Raindrop.io · Matter · Instapaper	Read-later / bookmarks	Free tiers, paid extras	Saving things to read later, reading on mobile or Kindle	Not built for filing structured notes into a database; full-text search and offline copies are often paid
Jina Reader · Firecrawl · pandoc	APIs and CLI	Free tiers, then usage-based	Scripting, batch jobs, RAG pipelines	No browser UI — you're writing code, not reading an article
Clipperry	Article extractor, multi-destination	Free tier (50 clips/month), then $8/month or $49/year	One tool for Notion and Obsidian and plain Markdown, when tables and code blocks have to survive	Free tier is limited; smaller community; no AI summarisation; Chrome and Chromium browsers only

Pick by what you actually do

You only use Obsidian → use Obsidian Web Clipper

It's free, it has no clip limit, it writes directly into your vault, and it supports templates per site. It's the obvious answer for a vault-only workflow, and it exists because the Obsidian team maintains it.

What you give up: it's tied to Obsidian, its rule-based extraction sometimes pulls in page furniture, and the templates take some setup before output is consistent.

You only use Notion → try the official Notion Web Clipper first

Free, and it drops pages straight into a database. If it does what you need, there is no reason to look further.

You want zero accounts and full offline operation → an open-source converter

MarkDownload-style tools convert entirely on your machine — nothing leaves the browser, and they're free and open-source. The cost is cleaning up navigation, footers and cookie banners yourself, every time. On a news site that can take longer than reading the article did.

You use more than one destination → a multi-destination clipper

This is the gap Clipperry was built for. Most clippers are welded to one ecosystem: Notion's saves to Notion, Obsidian's saves to Obsidian. If you're writing Markdown files today and filing into Notion tomorrow, you end up running two extensions and getting two different output formats.

Where Clipperry is the wrong choice

Straight answers, because a comparison page without them isn't worth reading:

You use Obsidian and nothing else. The official clipper is free with no limit. Clipperry's free tier is 50 clips a month, so you'd be paying for something you already have.
You want AI summaries or auto-tagging. Clipperry doesn't do any of that; tools built around AI do it better.
You need Firefox or Safari. Clipperry is Chrome and Chromium browsers (Edge, Brave) only.
You want to highlight and annotate on the page. Tools like Obsidian Web Clipper and the read-later apps are built around that workflow.
You clip a few articles a month. Copy-paste is genuinely fine at that volume, and it costs nothing.

What Clipperry does differently

One tool, three destinations. Notion, Obsidian and plain .md files, switchable per clip — so your notes aren't locked to one platform.
Extraction before conversion. Navigation, cookie notices, ad slots, paywall overlays and related-post blocks are removed first, so you don't clean up afterwards.
Tables stay tables. Real Markdown tables with aligned pipes and empty cells preserved, rather than a wall of text.
Code keeps its language. The python or go tag survives, so syntax highlighting still works in your editor.
It remembers your destination. Pick a database or vault once; you're not re-selecting it every clip. This is the complaint that made most people give up on their first clipper.
Extraction is local. Article content is processed in your browser and never passes through our servers.

Frequently asked questions

Is Clipperry affiliated with Notion or Obsidian?

No. Clipperry is an independent tool, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Notion Labs, Inc. or Dynalist Inc. It saves to both, and to plain Markdown, because notes shouldn't be locked to one company.

Can I use Clipperry without a Notion or Obsidian account?

Yes. The Markdown destination downloads a .md file with YAML front-matter and needs no account or configuration at all — it's the fastest way to see what the extraction does.

Do I need to create an account to use Clipperry?

No account, no signup form and no credit card. The extension works immediately. Pro licences are issued as a key by email if you upgrade.

Does Clipperry work in Edge or Brave?

Yes — anything Chromium-based. Firefox and Safari are not supported.

Try the one that fits

If your answer above was "the official clipper", use it — it's free and purpose-built. If you need more than one destination, or your pages have tables and code, test Clipperry on the page you clip most often. The free plan is 50 clips a month with every destination included.

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