Annotating is free. Premium sends it further.
Every annotation tool and every screenshot is free, with no account and no limit. Premium is $4.99/month, or $49.99/year (save 17%), for when your annotations need to go somewhere else.
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Free
Everything you need to annotate the web
$0
No sign-up. No credit card required.
Included features:
- All 10 annotation tools see what each one doeshide the details
Sticky note, Highlight, Text box, Drawing, Arrow, Rectangle, Ellipse, Laser pointer, Select, Eraser
- Sticky note: drop a note anywhere, then drag or edit it
- Highlight: mark up text, and it stays on the words
- Text box: type straight onto the page, no background
- Drawing: a freehand pen for circling and scribbling
- Arrow: point at exactly the thing you mean
- Rectangle: box off a region
- Ellipse: circle a detail
- Laser pointer: a trail that fades on its own, for live calls
- Select: move, resize or recolor anything you drew
- Eraser: remove one annotation at a time
- Saved in your browser, still there when you come back
- 5 colors and 4 brush sizes
- A keyboard shortcut for every tool
- Undo and redo, as far back as you need
- Screenshot the viewport, the full page or just the area you pick
- Download as PNG or copy straight to the clipboard
- Bring annotations back from a JSON file
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Premium
Send what you annotate where your team works
$4.99
/month
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
Everything in Free, plus:
- Export your annotations as JSON
- Send annotated screenshots straight to Slack
- Every new destination as it ships
- Priority support
Free and Premium, line by line
Premium adds destinations. It does not unlock tools, raise limits or remove anything from the free plan.
| Feature | Free$0 | Premium$4.99/month |
|---|---|---|
| All 10 annotation tools | ||
| Unlimited annotations, on any number of pages | ||
| Saved in your browser, still there when you come back | ||
| 5 colors and 4 brush sizes | ||
| A keyboard shortcut for every tool | ||
| Undo and redo, as far back as you need | ||
| Screenshot the viewport, the full page or just the area you pick | ||
| Download as PNG or copy straight to the clipboard | ||
| Bring annotations back from a JSON file | ||
| Export your annotations as JSON | ||
| Send annotated screenshots straight to Slack | ||
| Every new destination as it ships | ||
| Priority support | ||
| Account | Not needed | Google sign-in |
One plan, every browser
Free and Premium work the same on Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Brave. One subscription covers every browser you sign in to.
Billing questions
Is Highlite free to use?
Yes — annotating is free, with no sign-up and no credit card. The free plan includes all 10 annotation tools, unlimited annotations, every color and brush size, undo and redo, and screenshots you can download as PNG or copy to your clipboard. There is also an optional Premium plan for the features that send your annotations somewhere else.
What does Premium add?
Premium costs $4.99/month or $49.99/year. On top of everything in the free plan, it adds: Export your annotations as JSON; Send annotated screenshots straight to Slack; Every new destination as it ships; Priority support. Annotating a page stays free — Premium only covers what happens afterwards, when you export or send what you annotated.
Do I need an account to use Highlite?
Not for the free plan: install the extension and start annotating, with no sign-up and no email. Premium needs a Highlite account, created with Google sign-in, because the subscription has to belong to someone. Your annotations still stay in your browser — the account only carries the subscription.
Can I cancel Premium anytime?
Yes. Cancel from your billing page whenever you want: Premium stays active until the end of the period you already paid for, then your account goes back to the free plan. Nothing is deleted — your annotations live in your browser, not on our servers, and every annotation tool stays available for free.
Can I export my annotations?
Two ways, and they are not the same thing. A screenshot of the annotated page — viewport, full page or selected area, downloaded as PNG or copied to your clipboard — is free. Exporting the annotations as a JSON file, which you can re-import later to put them back on the page, is a Premium feature. Importing a JSON file is free, so anyone can open a file a Premium user sent them.
Can I sync my annotations across multiple devices?
No, and Premium doesn't change that: Highlite stores annotations locally in your browser, with no cloud copy to sync from. To move annotations to another device, export them as JSON with Premium and import the file there.
More answers in the full FAQ. Updated September 27, 2026.
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