Marqly vs LINER: Which is better? (2026)
The short answer
- Choose Marqly — Anyone who saves more than they can organize — researchers, students, and heavy readers who want to find things again by describing them. It adds AI auto-tagging, semantic search (find by meaning), chat with your saves, full-text search that LINER doesn't offer.
- Choose LINER — Researchers and students who want AI search answers they can verify line by line, with academic agents on tap — more than they want a highlighting library. It offers Android app, public API, which Marqly doesn't.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Marqly | LINER |
|---|---|---|
| AI auto-tagging | ✓ | — |
| Semantic search (find by meaning) | ✓ | — |
| AI summaries | ✓ | ✓ |
| YouTube AI (summary, chat, transcript) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chat with your saves | ✓ | — |
| Web highlighter | ✓ | ✓ |
| Notes on highlights | ✓ | ✓ |
| Save page as PDF | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full-text search | ✓ | — |
| Save all open tabs | ✓ | — |
| Public sharing (boards/collections) | ✓ | — |
| Pocket import | ✓ | — |
| Browser bookmarks import | ✓ | — |
| Offline reading | — | — |
| iOS app | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android app | — | ✓ |
| Browser extension | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ |
| Public API | — | ✓ |
| Self-hostable | — | — |
| Price | Free · $48/year (≈$4/mo) or $8/month | Free · Pro $17.99/month or $14.99/month billed annually; Max $35.99/month or $29.99/month billed annually; Team $26.99/seat/month (annual) |
- Marqly
- Free · $48/year (≈$4/mo) or $8/month
- LINER
- Free · Pro $17.99/month or $14.99/month billed annually; Max $35.99/month or $29.99/month billed annually; Team $26.99/seat/month (annual)
Pricing
- Marqly: Marqly has a free tier; paid plans are $48/year (≈$4/mo) or $8/month. 7-day free trial of Pro. Free tier needs no card; Pro unlocks chat with saves and video chat.
- LINER: LINER has a free tier; paid plans are Pro $17.99/month or $14.99/month billed annually; Max $35.99/month or $29.99/month billed annually; Team $26.99/seat/month (annual). Free tier includes unlimited highlighting and unlimited AI search, but shows ads inside answers and grants 0 agent credits. A card-required trial exists but its length isn't published. Agent credits don't roll over month to month.
About LINER
LINER started in 2015 as a web highlighter from Seoul-based Aurum Planet, founded by Luke Jinu Kim, and grew past ten million users before pivoting into an AI search company. Today liner.com offers three products — Liner for citation-backed AI search, Liner Scholar for academic research agents, and Liner Write for drafting — while the original highlighter lives on as a supporting feature that clips web pages, PDFs, and YouTube moments into a private My Space with notes and folders. Answers cite sources line by line, and paid tiers unlock agent credits, larger file uploads, and premium models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic under one subscription. The platform spans the web app, Chrome and Edge extensions, iOS and Android apps, and Mac and Windows desktop apps; the Safari and Firefox extensions of the highlighter era are no longer offered. The free plan includes unlimited highlighting and unlimited AI search with ads in answers; Pro is $14.99 a month billed annually and Max is $29.99.
Where LINER wins
- Accuracy-focused AI search with line-by-line citations — every claim in an answer links to its source
- Unlimited AI search even on the free plan; the core search isn't credit-gated
- Serious academic tooling in Liner Scholar: literature review, citation recommendation, and hypothesis agents
- One subscription covers multiple premium models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic
- Wide device coverage: web, Chrome and Edge extensions, iOS, Android, plus Mac and Windows desktop apps
- Public developer API and MCP server — unusual in this category
Where LINER falls short
- The highlighter is no longer the product — LINER pivoted to AI search agents, and highlighting is now a side feature
- The free tier shows ads inside AI answers and includes zero agent credits
- A verified pattern of Trustpilot complaints about trials auto-converting to roughly $400 annual charges and refused refunds
- Agent credits burn fast — Deep Research costs 40 per request — and unused credits don't roll over
- Safari and Firefox extensions were quietly dropped, and the current product advertises no export for saved highlights
About Marqly
Marqly is an AI bookmark manager built around a browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari, plus a web app and an iOS app. Every save is tagged and summarized automatically, and semantic search lets you retrieve any bookmark by describing what you remember instead of matching exact keywords. On YouTube, an AI card next to the player adds a streaming summary, a playback-synced transcript, and transcript-grounded chat. A built-in highlighter marks up any website in six colors with notes that persist across visits, boards collect links and highlights into shareable public pages, and any page can be captured as a clean PDF locally in the browser. Imports from Pocket, Raindrop, and standard browser bookmark exports make switching quick. A free tier requires no card; Pro is $48/year or $8/month with a 7-day trial.
Where Marqly wins
- Semantic search finds saves by meaning — describe what you remember, no exact titles needed
- AI tags and summarizes every save automatically, so nothing needs manual filing
- YouTube AI card puts summaries, transcript, and Q&A right on the watch page
- Highlights in 6 colors persist on the page itself and sync to your library
- Screen-faithful save-as-PDF handled locally in the browser
- One-click imports from Pocket, Raindrop, and browser bookmark files
Where Marqly falls short
- No Android app yet (the web app works in Android browsers)
- No offline reading mode
- No public API or self-hosting option
- Chat with saves and video chat require Pro
Marqly vs LINER FAQ
Which is better, Marqly or LINER?
It depends on the job. LINER is a better fit if you need Android app, public API. Marqly wins when finding saves again matters most: it adds AI auto-tagging, semantic search (find by meaning), chat with your saves on top of standard bookmarking, so you can retrieve any save by describing it.
Is LINER free?
LINER has a free tier; paid plans are Pro $17.99/month or $14.99/month billed annually; Max $35.99/month or $29.99/month billed annually; Team $26.99/seat/month (annual). Free tier includes unlimited highlighting and unlimited AI search, but shows ads inside answers and grants 0 agent credits. A card-required trial exists but its length isn't published. Agent credits don't roll over month to month.
Can I switch from LINER to Marqly?
Yes. Export your data from LINER (most tools export standard bookmark HTML or CSV), then import the file into Marqly — AI tags everything automatically and semantic search works across all of it.
Does LINER have AI search?
LINER offers AI summaries. Marqly covers the full AI layer — auto-tagging, summaries, semantic search, and chat with your saves — plus YouTube summaries, transcripts, and video chat on the watch page.
Is Marqly free?
Yes — Marqly has a free tier with no card required. Pro is $48/year (about $4/month billed annually) or $8/month, with a 7-day free trial. Pro unlocks chat with your saves and chat with YouTube videos.