| Features |
Evernote |
RefMArc |
| Company |
| Backed by: |
VC. $10 Million Series B. |
Intellectual Property. U.S. (& Intl.) patents. |
| Browser Plug-in |
| Webpage archival format |
HTML (format loss) |
Html or Image (preferred). Format and alignment intact. |
| Archiving only URL without web page content |
Yes |
Yes |
| Assigning tags and comments to archives at the time of archival |
Provided in Firefox but not in IE |
Provided in Firefox and IE also |
| Assigning categories to archives at the time of archival |
No |
Yes |
| Highlight content of a webpage and add notes/comments on the web page at the time of archival |
No |
Yes |
| Archiving online PDF documents |
No |
Yes, can archive entire or desired pages of an online PDF |
| Windows Client App. |
| Windows client app. available |
Yes |
Yes |
| Archive entrire webpage or part of webpage |
Html format (format loss) |
Html or Image (preferred). Format and alignment intact. |
| Append content from other webpages to existing archives |
No |
Yes |
| Merging archives |
Can merge more than one archive/notes (appends content below other notes content) |
Optional |
| Edit an existing archive |
Yes |
Yes |
| Archive compressed (zip) files or automatically extract the zip file and archive all files in that |
No |
Yes |
| Synchronizing local archived content with online account and vise versa |
Yes |
Online archive downloadable into windows client app. Two way sync in progress. |
| Edit attributes of an archived webpage/file |
Yes |
Yes |
| Email an archived webpage/file |
Yes |
Not Yet |
| Move archives among different folders |
Yes |
Yes |
| Print archives |
Yes |
Not Yet |
| Import-Export/Backup-Restore |
Only selected archives can export and import them back |
Can take backup of all archives and restore them |
| Geographic tagging |
If a particular note contains geographical data i.e latitude, longitude and altitude we can view them in google earth |
No Option |
| Website Features |
| Searching Archives |
Searches webpage content and its attributes |
Searches webpage content, attributes, title and categories |
| Uploading files of any format |
Yes, upto 25MB |
Yes, upto 30MB |
| Displaying and downloading uploaded document |
Not displaying but can download |
Displaying in Flash format with optional download in PDF and source formats. |
| Searching content of uploaded documents |
No |
Yes |
| Searching text in images (hand written/printed) |
Yes (Supports English, German, French and Russian languages) |
No |
| Sharing an archive |
Can share entire folder/notebook with entire world or with specific members |
Can share an archive with entire world, specific members or groups/teams |
| Creating Groups and sharing archives with groups |
No Option |
Yes |
| Archive webpages from the website without having browser plug-in |
No |
Yes |
| Creating an empty archive/place holder and uploading documents to that archive later on |
No |
Yes |
| Import google notebook |
Yes |
No |
