Pricing & billing

Is Linkwarden free?

Yes, if you self-host: Linkwarden is open source under AGPLv3 with all features. The hosted Cloud has no free tier: $3/month per user billed yearly after a 14-day trial.

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Yes, but only if you run it yourself. Linkwarden is fully open source under AGPLv3, and a self-hosted copy includes every feature at no software cost. The managed Linkwarden Cloud has no permanent free tier. It costs $3 per month per user billed yearly, and Linkwarden’s pricing page advertises a 14-day free trial you can cancel at any time. These figures were checked on Linkwarden’s own site on 2026-11-09.

What you pay, option by option

  • Self-hosted: free. You provide the server, handle updates and keep your own backups. Linkwarden’s pricing page points to its README for setup rather than listing a price.
  • Cloud, billed yearly: $3 per month per user, shown with a 25% yearly discount.
  • Cloud, billed monthly: a monthly toggle exists on the page. Earlier research on this site recorded $4 per month for it, but the pricing page text we could read did not show the monthly figure, so confirm it at checkout.
  • Link limit: 30,000 links per user on Cloud.

The Cloud plan includes hosting, full-page preservation, optional AI tagging, full-text search, highlights, RSS feeds, priority support and automatic updates.

Why people pick Linkwarden

Linkwarden’s strength is preservation. Every saved link is kept as a screenshot, a PDF and a readable text copy, so a bookmark still works after the original page changes or disappears. It also supports nested collections with permissions, so a team can edit a shared collection together. There are official iOS and Android apps and extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge.

What it does not do is search by meaning or summarize. Search is keyword and full-text only, and it is built for collecting and preserving rather than for reading comfort.

How Marqly compares

Marqly goes the other direction: less archiving, more finding. It is hosted only, with no self-hosting. The free plan holds up to 100 bookmarks with search across all of them and no card required. Pro is $72 per year or $9 per month and adds unlimited bookmarks, automatic tags and summaries, and semantic search that finds a save by describing it. There is no free trial.

So the trade is clear. If you want a permanent archive and are happy to self-host or pay about $3 per month, Linkwarden is the better fit, and cheaper than Marqly Pro. If you want to find things by meaning without running anything, try Marqly’s free plan first.

For Marqly’s own plan limits, see is Marqly free and how much Marqly costs.