A Modern Alternative to Diigo
Diigo helped define web annotation back in 2006. But reading has changed. It's not just web pages anymore. Screvi brings your highlights from books, articles, videos, and more into one private, searchable library.
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What Is Diigo?
Diigo launched in 2006, when social bookmarking was having its moment alongside Delicious and StumbleUpon. It carved out a niche by adding annotation on top of bookmarking: you could highlight text on web pages, attach sticky notes, and organize everything with tags. Over 9 million users signed up over the years.
The tool still works. You can bookmark pages, highlight text in your browser, create collaborative groups, and use the outliner to organize research. Paid plans add PDF annotation and web page archiving. Teachers got a free plan, which helped Diigo find a foothold in education.
But the interface looks largely the same as it did years ago. The Firefox extension broke after a browser update and took a long time to fix. The mobile apps feel slow. Search sometimes misses annotations you know are there. And the feature set hasn't expanded to match how people read in 2026 (Kindle, YouTube, podcasts, newsletters, and physical books).
Reading Has Moved Beyond Web Pages
When Diigo launched, "online reading" meant web pages. That was the content. You bookmarked articles, maybe highlighted a few paragraphs, and moved on.
Today, a single person's reading life might span Kindle books on the train, web articles during lunch, YouTube tutorials in the evening, a newsletter over morning coffee, and a physical book before bed. The highlights from all of those sources end up in different apps, different devices, different formats, or they don't get saved at all.
Diigo still only covers web pages and PDFs. There's no way to import Kindle or Kobo highlights. No YouTube transcript support. No newsletter inbox. No camera scanner for physical books. If web annotation is all you need, Diigo still does that. But if you want one place for everything you read and highlight, it falls short.
Screvi was built for this wider reading reality. It imports highlights from Kindle, Kobo, and Apple Books automatically. It saves YouTube transcripts so you can highlight video content. It has a newsletter inbox, a browser extension, and an AI-powered camera scanner for physical books. All of it lives in one library with AI search that understands what you're looking for, not just the exact words you type.
Pricing Comparison
Diigo's free plan has strict limits. Here's how the pricing stacks up.
| Plan detail | Diigo | Screvi |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 200 highlights, 1,000 bookmarks | 14-day free trial |
| Monthly | $5/month (Standard) | $4.99/month |
| Yearly | $40/year (Standard) | $49.99/year |
| Professional tier | $6/month or $59/year | All features included |
| Lifetime option | Not available | $199 one-time |
| AI features | Not available | Included in all plans |
| Book highlight imports | Not available | Included in all plans |
| Spaced repetition | Not available | Included in all plans |
Diigo also offers a free Teacher plan with group features for classroom use. Prices checked at time of writing and may have changed.
Feature Comparison
Diigo covers web annotation and bookmarking. Screvi covers highlights from every reading source.
Screvi: 23/27 features · Diigo: 8/27 features
| Feature | Screvi | Diigo |
|---|---|---|
| Web highlighting | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Tagging | ||
| iOS & Android apps | ||
| Bookmarking | ||
| Sticky notes on pages | ||
| Collaborative groups | ||
| Outliner | ||
| Web page archiving | Paid plans | |
| PDF annotation | Paid plans | |
| Kindle highlight import | ||
| Kobo highlight import | ||
| Apple Books import | ||
| AI semantic search | ||
| Spaced repetition | ||
| Highlights feed | ||
| AI topic discovery | ||
| Physical book scanner (AI) | ||
| Distraction-free article reader | ||
| YouTube transcript highlights | ||
| Newsletter inbox | ||
| Daily digest email | ||
| iOS widget | ||
| Dark mode | ||
| Share highlights as images | ||
| EPUB reader | ||
| Public API |
Why Readers Switch from Diigo to Screvi
Highlights from Every Source
Diigo handles web pages. Screvi handles web pages, Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, YouTube, newsletters, PDFs, and physical books, all in one library.
AI That Understands Your Highlights
Screvi's semantic search finds highlights by meaning. Search for "the downsides of social media" and find highlights about attention, algorithms, and digital wellbeing, even without those exact words.
A Modern, Fast Interface
Screvi's interface was built recently and it shows. Dark mode, clean typography, fast search, smooth mobile apps. Diigo's UI hasn't had a significant refresh in years.
Remember What You Read
Spaced repetition and the highlights feed bring back your past highlights at the right time. Diigo stores your annotations, but there's no system to help you revisit them.
Reliable Browser Extensions
Screvi's extensions work across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, and are actively maintained. Diigo's Firefox extension has had reliability issues after browser updates.
Pay Once If You Prefer
Screvi offers a $199 lifetime plan: pay once, use forever. Diigo only has recurring monthly and annual subscriptions with no lifetime option.
How to Move from Diigo to Screvi
Diigo lets you export your data, so switching is straightforward.
Step 1
Export Your Diigo Bookmarks
Go to Diigo's settings and export your bookmarks and annotations as a CSV or HTML file. This includes your saved URLs, tags, and any annotations you've added.
Step 2
Create Your Screvi Account
Sign up for Screvi and start your 14-day free trial. All features are available during the trial so you can see if it fits your workflow.
Step 3
Import Your Bookmarks
Upload your Diigo export file into Screvi. Your bookmarked URLs and tags will transfer to your Screvi library.
Step 4
Connect Your Book Sources
Link your Kindle, Kobo, or Apple Books account to start pulling in book highlights, something Diigo couldn't do. Your book and web highlights will live side by side.
Step 5
Install the Screvi Extension
Get the Screvi browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Your web highlighting workflow continues, now with a distraction-free reader and AI search backing it up.
Step 6
Explore AI Search and Spaced Repetition
Once your highlights are imported, try a semantic search to see how it differs from keyword matching. Turn on spaced repetition to start revisiting your best highlights automatically.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Create your account, add your highlights and see how Screvi can change the way you read.