Diigo
Bookmark manager software
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$5.00 per month
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- Professional services (engineering, legal, consulting, etc.)
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Education and training
What is Diigo
Diigo is a web-based bookmark manager that lets individuals and teams save, tag, annotate, and organize web pages and other online resources. It is commonly used for research workflows, knowledge collection, and sharing reading lists across devices. The product combines bookmarking with in-page highlighting, sticky notes, and group libraries to support collaborative curation and study use cases.
Rich web annotation tools
Diigo supports in-page highlighting and sticky-note style annotations on saved web pages. These features help users capture context and key excerpts rather than saving only a URL. Annotations can be organized alongside bookmarks for later review and study-oriented workflows.
Flexible tagging and organization
Diigo provides tagging, lists/outliners, and search to classify and retrieve saved items. Tag-based organization scales better than folder-only approaches when users manage large libraries. This makes it suitable for ongoing research collections where items need to be re-used across multiple topics.
Sharing and group libraries
Diigo includes group features for sharing bookmarks and annotations with others. Teams or classes can curate a shared library and discuss sources using notes and comments. This supports lightweight collaboration without requiring a full document management system.
Interface feels dated to some
Compared with newer bookmark managers, Diigo’s UI and navigation can feel less modern and less streamlined. Users may need more time to learn where features live and how to manage large collections. This can slow adoption for teams that want a minimal, quick-save experience.
Collaboration controls are limited
Group sharing is available, but organizations that need advanced admin controls may find gaps. Capabilities such as granular role management, centralized policy controls, and enterprise-grade governance are not as prominent as in tools built primarily for company-wide deployment. This can be a constraint for regulated or large-scale rollouts.
Offline and native app gaps
Diigo is primarily web- and extension-driven, which can limit offline-first workflows. Users who prefer full-featured native desktop/mobile clients may find the experience less consistent across devices. This matters for reading and annotation when connectivity is unreliable.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Number of Bookmarks/Notes: 1000 total; Number of Highlights: 200 total; Outliners: 5; Screenshot & Image: 50 total; PDF annotation: not included; Cached pages: not included; Public groups: not available; Private groups: 1 with 3 members; Ads shown (free tier). |
| Standard | $5/month or $40/year | Unlimited bookmarks/notes; Unlimited highlights; PDF annotation: 100 total; Cached pages: Unlimited; Screenshot & Image: Unlimited; Outliners: 40; Public groups: 1 with unlimited members; Private groups: 3 with 10 members each; Paid (ad-free) experience; Priority support (paid tiers). |
| Professional | $6/month or $59/year | All Standard features plus: Unlimited PDF annotation/storage; Unlimited Outliners; Public & Private groups: Unlimited; Unlimited cached pages/screenshots/images; Priority support; Ad-free. |
| Teacher (educator) | $0 (apply) | Free for educators (application required); Number of Bookmarks/Notes: Unlimited; Number of Highlights: 5000 total; PDF annotation: 50 total; Screenshot & Image: 1000 total; Outliners: 20; Public groups: 1 with unlimited members; Private groups: 20 with 50 members each; Limited ad-free. |
Notes: Information extracted from Diigo's official pricing page and Diigo Teams page (features/limits are copied from the vendor's pricing table).
