Highlighter · Checked on6 Sept 2026
Vite Research vs Web Highlights
Web Highlights highlights websites and PDFs with notes and tags, exports to Notion and Obsidian, runs local AI summaries and works without sign-up, on Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Its site describes a free tier with unlimited highlights and paid Premium and Ultimate plans with 7-day trials.
Web Highlights: What it does (from its own site)
- Highlights on websites and PDFs, persistent across refreshes
- Notes, tags, reader mode, YouTube transcript highlighting
- Export to Notion, Obsidian, PDF and HTML
- No sign-up for core features; cloud sync on paid plans
- Chrome, Edge, Firefox; prices not shown on the pages we checked
What Vite Research does
- Account required; everything syncs to the web app
- Web pages only, no PDFs
- Sources kept as snapshots with hashes, citations and monitoring
- Journal feeds and spaces in the same workspace
- Markdown export from notes; BibTeX, CSV, JSON and evidence packs from the Library
Best for
Web Highlights if you want a no-account highlighter that feeds Notion or Obsidian. Vite Research if the source itself must be kept and cited.
Facts about Web Highlights come from its site on 6 Sept 2026; facts about Vite Research from the product's code. No affiliate links.