#7 in Notes & Knowledge ManagementUpdated 2026-08

Karakeep

by Karakeep · Open-source bookmark manager with AI tagging

64.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

Homepage
Pricing page

Visit website See full Notes & Knowledge Management ranking

Overview

Karakeep saves links, notes, images and PDFs and tags them with AI so they can be found again. It fetches titles, descriptions and images for links, and adds full-text search, highlights, RSS feeds, shared lists, bulk actions and automation rules. It runs as a hosted service or self-hosted with Docker, with web and mobile apps, browser extensions, a CLI, REST API and webhooks.

Best for: People and small teams who save a lot of links, notes and images and want AI tagging
Pricing: Free plan at $0, Pro at $4/month or $40/year, self-hosting free forever, and a custom-priced Corporate plan.
Runs on: iOSAndroidBrowser extensionSelf-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Self-hosted version is free, unrestricted and open source
AI tags saved links, notes, images and PDFs automatically
Web and mobile apps, browser extensions, CLI, REST API, webhooks
Full-text search, highlights, RSS feeds and automation rules

Trade-offs

The hosted Karakeep Cloud is in public beta
Free plan capped at 10 bookmarks and 20MB storage
SSO and user management only on the custom-priced Corporate plan
Self-hosting needs your own infrastructure and community support only

Pricing

Published plans from Karakeep’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Karakeep pricing tiers, monthly and annual rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Annual (per month)	Includes
Free	Free	—	10 bookmarks 20MB storage Mobile and web apps Browser extensions
Pro	$4	$3.33	50,000 bookmarks 50GB storage AI-powered tagging Full-text search
Self-Hosted	Free	—	Unlimited bookmarks and storage Complete data control Mobile and web apps, browser extensions Community support
Corporate	Contact sales	—	Everything in Pro Custom deployment and domain Single Sign-On (SSO) and user management Priority support

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 10 out of 100
Documentation: 80 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 85 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 75 out of 100
Operational trust: 25 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 65 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

This doesn’t look right — report a problem with Karakeep’s score

Alternatives in Notes & Knowledge Management

Ranked 1
72.9 — BenchRank score out of 100
SurfSense
SurfSense · Open-source NotebookLM alternative for live open-web research
Best for: Teams and developers who need live platform data from Reddit, YouTube and search for agent research.
Ranked 2
70.6 — BenchRank score out of 100
Prismical
Prismical · Open-source AI note taker that records meetings without a bot
Best for: People wanting meeting and voice-note transcription on-device, with no bot joining the call
Ranked 3
68.8 — BenchRank score out of 100
Memos
Memos · Self-hosted Markdown timeline for quick notes and snippets
Best for: Self-hosters and developers who want fast Markdown note capture on infrastructure they control.