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Notate

Notate is a browser extension that lets you highlight text, videos, and PDFs, then instantly syncs everything to your Notion or Obsidian workspace. It includes AI-powered chat, page chat, screenshots, and email reminders to help capture and organize information without disrupting your workflow.

Notate
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Key facts

What is Notate?

AI highlighter and web clipper for Notion & Obsidian.

Who is Notate best for?

Researchers, students, professionals, organizations, institutes, and research teams.

What are its main limitations?

  • Free plan has daily limits: 15 highlights per day, 5 AI chats per month, 3 page chats per month, 3 screenshots per day
  • Currently only supports Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave); Firefox and Safari not yet supported
  • Teams plan features (shared workspaces, team management) are 'coming soon' and not yet available

Limitations are based on product materials or editorial synthesis; confirm on the official site.

Key features

  • Highlight text, videos, and PDFs with multiple colors and styles
  • Notes & Collections with tagging, filtering, and search
  • Screenshots of any part of a page
  • PDF & Video highlighting with timestamp support
  • Auto-Scrollback to return to highlights automatically
  • Page Chat: chat with any page or local file directly
  • AI Highlights: AI chat on any selected highlight
  • Reminders: scheduled email digests for highlights
  • Sync highlights to Notion (automatic, template setup, Notion AI ready)
  • Sync highlights to Obsidian as clean markdown files with automatic folder organization and wikilinks
  • Cloud sync across devices (Individual plan and above)

Use cases

  • Research and academic reading: capture and organize key information from papers and articles
  • Content curation: collect screenshots, quotes, and notes from web pages and videos
  • Study and learning: highlight and annotate PDFs and videos with timestamp references
  • Team collaboration: share highlights and notes in shared workspaces (Teams plan)
  • Personal knowledge management: sync highlights to Notion or Obsidian for further analysis

Pricing

Free

$0/month

  • · 15 highlights per day
  • · 5 AI chats per month
  • · 3 page chats per month
  • · 3 screenshots per day
  • · Unlimited notes

Individual

$4.99/month

  • · Unlimited highlights
  • · Unlimited AI chats
  • · 100 page chats per month
  • · Unlimited screenshots
  • · Cloud sync across devices
  • · Notion & Obsidian sync

Teams & Enterprise

Contact Sales

  • · Shared workspaces and team management
  • · Volume discounts on seats
  • · Priority support
  • · Custom feature development
  • · Coming soon

Free plan available; Individual plan at $4.99/month; Teams plan coming soon (contact sales).

Pros

  • +Real-time sync to Notion and Obsidian eliminates manual copying
  • +AI chat and page chat provide context-aware assistance without leaving the page
  • +Works on multiple media types: web pages, PDFs, and videos
  • +Free plan available with essential features
  • +Quick setup in under 30 seconds

Cons

  • Free plan has daily limits: 15 highlights per day, 5 AI chats per month, 3 page chats per month, 3 screenshots per day
  • Currently only supports Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave); Firefox and Safari not yet supported
  • Teams plan features (shared workspaces, team management) are 'coming soon' and not yet available

Positioning

  • Core value: AI highlighter and web clipper for Notion & Obsidian.
  • Ideal for: Researchers, students, professionals, organizations, institutes, and research teams.
  • Product type: Browser extension (Chrome, Edge, Brave)

Frequently asked questions

What is Notate?

Notate is a browser extension that lets you highlight text, videos, and PDFs, then instantly syncs everything to your Notion workspace. It's designed for researchers, students, and professionals who want to capture and organize information without disrupting their workflow.

How does it work with Notion?

Once you connect your Notion account, Notate automatically creates a database in your workspace. Every highlight and note you create syncs instantly. You can then use Notion AI to search, summarize, and work with your collected knowledge.

What can I highlight?

Notate works on regular web pages, YouTube videos (with timestamp support), and PDF documents. You can highlight text, add notes, and organize everything into collections.

Is there a free plan?

Yes! The free plan includes 15 highlights per day, 5 AI chats per month, 3 page chats per month, 3 screenshots per day, and unlimited notes. Perfect for trying out Notate and light usage.

What browsers are supported?

Notate is currently available for Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers like Edge and Brave. Firefox and Safari support is on our roadmap.

How is my data stored?

Your data syncs securely to your Notion workspace — you own it completely. We also maintain a cloud backup for features like cross-device sync, but your Notion database is the source of truth.

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