Best alternatives to Annotate the Web (2026)
6 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Annotate the Web, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Annotate the Web alternatives, compared
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Annotate: Web Annotations with Screen Sharing
Annotate web pages, PDFs, Google Slides, and Google Docs to improve engagement. Annotate in Google Meet when screen sharing.
≈200K users4.2★ from 220 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago11 permissions- About 10× more users than Annotate the Web
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (11 vs 4)
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Zoho Annotator
The most elegant and efficient annotation tool.
≈20K users4.7★ from 131 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago11 permissions- A similar number of users to Annotate the Web
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (11 vs 4)
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Annotate web pages/CONTEXT
Use this extension to annotate (edit, highlight, popup/embedded notes & page notes) your web-pages.
≈1K users3.5★ from 35 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago5 permissions- About 20× fewer users than Annotate the Web
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
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Diigo Web Collector - Capture and Annotate
Bookmark, Archive, Screenshot & Markup - All-In-One Web Collector, must-have research tool
≈200K users4.6★ from 2.3K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years8 permissions- About 10× more users than Annotate the Web
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
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Note Anywhere
Make notes on any web page, any position.
≈100K users3.9★ from 1.8K ratingsUpdated 6 months ago6 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Annotate the Web
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
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Screshot – Private Screenshot Tool with Blur, Annotate & Full Page Capture
Private screenshot tool: capture area or full page, blur & annotate on your device. Share only by end-to-end encrypted link.
≈20K users4.0★ from 70 ratingsUpdated in the last day5 permissions- A similar number of users to Annotate the Web
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
Annotate the Web alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Annotate the Web?
By users, the most popular alternative is Annotate: Web Annotations with Screen Sharing with ≈200K users and a 4.2-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Annotate: Web Annotations with Screen Sharing.
Which Annotate the Web alternative has the best rating?
Zoho Annotator has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 131 ratings.
How many alternatives to Annotate the Web are there?
We list 6 close alternatives to Annotate the Web on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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