Stashr vs Obsidian Web Clipper
Obsidian's Web Clipper is a great way to save an article as durable, local Markdown you fully own, no account and no lock-in. For social saves it struggles: clipping is a manual one-click action, and on X, Instagram, and TikTok it is lossy, often saving the images but not the text. Stashr captures each social save the moment you tap it, keeps a reliable copy of the text and images, and tags and searches it for you.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Stashr | Obsidian Web Clipper |
|---|---|---|
| Real-time auto-capture | ||
| Permanent copy, survives deletion | ||
| Platforms covered | ||
| Bulk-import your backlog | ||
| AI auto-tagging | ||
| Collections & filters | Yes | |
| Search by meaning | Yes | |
| One unified library | Yes | |
| Media gallery | Soon | No |
| Ask your library | Soon | No |
| MCP connector | Soon | No |
| Pricing | 14-day free trial, then $8 to $10/mo | Free; Sync $4/mo, Publish $8/mo |
Pricing
Stashr
Hobby $8/mo or Pro $10/mo, dropping to $6 and $7.50 billed yearly. Includes a 14-day free trial.
Obsidian Web Clipper
Obsidian and the Web Clipper are free for personal use, no account. Optional add-ons: Sync $4/mo and Publish $8/mo billed yearly ($5 and $10 monthly).
Common questions
The verdict
Obsidian is a superb place to think, and its Web Clipper has a real strength most tools here cannot match: everything you clip becomes a plain-text Markdown file in a local vault you own outright, no account, no lock-in, readable offline and durable for the long term. If your priority is owning your notes as files, that is hard to beat. The gap is social capture. Clipping is a manual one-click action, and because the clipper runs one generic reader over every page, it is lossy on X, Instagram, and TikTok, often saving the images while dropping the text, with X Articles and threads coming through incomplete. Stashr captures each social save automatically, keeps a reliable copy of the text and images, and adds AI tagging and search by meaning out of the box. The two can complement each other: clip long-form articles into Obsidian, and let Stashr capture and keep your social saves.
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The full memory layer for everything you save online. Auto-captured, AI-tagged, and findable in plain English.
Starts with a 14-day free trial.
