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Bredbox vs Raindrop.io

Raindrop.io helps you collect and organize bookmarks. Bredbox helps you build a personal reading library, with saved articles you can read, search, and take with you, even when the original pages disappear.

Free 30-day trial. No credit card required.

Which one fits you?

Both save links from your browser and phone, without limits. They differ in what happens after you save.

Choose Bredbox if you…

  • Save articles to read, not just links to revisit
  • Want a library you can take with you, article text included
  • Search for a phrase you remember reading, or for an idea in your own words
  • Like to listen to articles or read them on a Kindle
  • Want an API, CLI, webhooks, and an MCP server for your own tools

Choose Raindrop.io if you…

  • Need a free plan with no time limit
  • Organize with collections inside collections
  • Share collections and work on them with other people
  • Want an archived copy of almost any web page, not just articles
  • Upload your own files, not just links
  • Connect through Zapier, IFTTT, or Make

Built for reading, from the first plan.

Articles, recipes, and documents open in a clean reader, and Bredbox keeps its own copy, so they stay readable whether or not the original page survives.

A saved article open in the Bredbox reader, with its title, author, tags, and a link to the original above clean, readable text

A copy that’s yours

Bredbox keeps its own copy of the articles, recipes, images, and documents you save. Export your library and all of them come with you.

Search that reads

Full-text and semantic search cover every article and PDF, so a half-remembered phrase or idea is enough to find it.

Read your way

Highlight and comment, listen with text-to-speech, or send an article to your Kindle with its pictures.

Try Bredbox free for 30 days

No credit card required.

Plans side by side

Bredbox Basic and Pro vs Raindrop.io Free and Pro

Both services offer powerful ways to save and organize content. Bredbox focuses on the reading experience, searchable saved content, and giving you ownership of your library. Raindrop.io offers a broader set of bookmarking and collaboration tools, including a generous free plan.

Features of Bredbox Basic, Bredbox Pro, Raindrop.io Free, and Raindrop.io Pro
Feature Bredbox Basic $5/month Bredbox Pro $7/month Raindrop.io Free $0 Raindrop.io Pro $3/month or $28/year
Pricing
Price $5/month $7/month Free $3/month or $28/year
Try before you pay 30-day trial, no card 30-day trial, no card Free forever 30-day money-back guarantee
Saving and organizing
Unlimited saves
Unlimited collections
Tags
Nested collections
Browser extension
iOS and Android apps
Upload files from your device 100 MB/month 10 GB/month
Duplicate handling Automatic Automatic Duplicate finder
Broken link checker
Reminders
Reading
Saved copies of what you save Readable even after the original changes or disappears Articles, recipes, images, and documents Articles, recipes, images, and documents Most public web pages, PDFs, and YouTube transcripts
Highlights
Notes on highlights
Listen with text-to-speech
Send to Kindle
Finding things again
Full-text search Searches the saved text, not just titles and tags
Search by meaning Finds a save when you don’t remember the exact words Through the AI assistant
Built-in AI assistant Beta
Discovering new reads
Community picks Good reads from across the web, drawn from what other readers save
Topic feeds Recent reads about cooking, science, technology, and more
Personalized recommendations A feed built from up to five topics you choose, and you can turn it off
Trending stories Articles several readers have saved in the past week
Sharing and your data
Shared collections and collaborators
Export your bookmarks
Export all saved copies Every saved article and file in one download, not just the links
Download a single saved copy Right from the page you’re reading PDF, EPUB, Markdown, Word, and more PDF, EPUB, Markdown, Word, and more
After you stop paying Library stays readable and exportable for 90 days, then is deleted Library stays readable and exportable for 90 days, then is deleted Bookmarks stay; archived pages are deleted after about a month
Automatic daily backups
Developers and automation
REST API
MCP server for AI assistants
Command line interface (CLI)
Webhooks
n8n Community node Built-in node Built-in node
Zapier, IFTTT, and Make

Prices in US dollars. Raindrop.io plan details are from raindrop.io and Raindrop.io’s help center, including what happens to archived copies after you leave Pro, checked November 10, 2026. Raindrop.io’s prices vary by region. Raindrop.io is a trademark of its owner; Bredbox is not affiliated with it.

Bring your Raindrop.io bookmarks with you.

Export your bookmarks from Raindrop.io as an HTML file, then import it in Bredbox. Your links arrive with their titles and save dates, and Bredbox fetches a readable copy of every article, recipe, image, and document that’s still online.

Switching questions

Do my collections and tags come over?
Not yet. Bredbox reads the links, titles, and save dates in Raindrop.io’s HTML export, but not its collections or tags. After the import, you can select the new saves in bulk to tag them or add them to a collection.
Do my Raindrop.io archived copies come over?
No. Raindrop.io only lets you download archived copies one at a time, so Bredbox saves its own copy of each article, recipe, image, and document that’s still online. Other pages, and pages that are gone, arrive as links.
Can I try Bredbox before I cancel Raindrop.io?
Yes. Every new account starts with a 30-day trial, with no credit card required. Keep using Raindrop.io while you decide.
What if I import the same bookmarks twice?
Nothing breaks. When a link is already in your library, Bredbox keeps the save you have instead of making a second one.

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