How do I import my Raindrop.io collections into Marqly?

Marqly imports Raindrop.io exports, so switching doesn’t mean starting over. Export your data from Raindrop, sign in to Marqly, and import it — your links come across with their tags, and your collections become Marqly boards. The structure you spent time curating in Raindrop arrives organized; on Pro, AI tagging layers meaning-search on top.

The import in three steps

1. Export from your Raindrop.io account settings and choose the HTML format (CSV also works — Raindrop’s JSON export is the one Marqly doesn’t read yet). HTML is the recommended pick because it carries your collection hierarchy.
2. Sign in at app.marqly.com — the free tier needs no credit card.
3. Import the exported file into Marqly.

After the import, your Raindrop tags are already on your links and your top-level collections are boards (nested folders flatten to a maximum of two board levels — deep Raindrop trees arrive organized but two shelves instead of five). On Pro, AI tagging runs across everything from there. Original save dates aren’t carried over — imports are dated the day you run them.

What changes after you switch

The biggest practical difference isn’t the import — it’s what happens to findability afterward. In a folder- and collection-based tool, retrieval depends on remembering where you put something. On Pro, retrieval in Marqly depends on remembering anything about it: semantic search matches meaning across titles, content, highlights, and transcripts, so “that piece comparing static site generators” surfaces the right link even if you saved it untagged two years ago. See what is semantic search for how that works.

Pro auto-tagging keeps working forward from day one — every new save gets tagged with zero filing effort, which is the part manual collection systems tend to lose to entropy. On Free, keyword search and your imported tags still cover the whole library.

Deciding whether to switch at all

If you’re still weighing Raindrop against Marqly, read the honest head-to-head in Raindrop vs Marqly — Raindrop wins some rows, and the comparison says so. The short version: Raindrop is strong at manual visual organization; Marqly’s bet is that AI tagging plus search-by-meaning beats maintaining that structure yourself.

Consolidating from more than one source? Marqly also imports Pocket export files and standard browser bookmark HTML — see how do I import from Pocket and how do I import Chrome bookmarks.