Compare New Tab Draft and Diigo: Which Extension is the Best?

	New Tab Draft	Diigo
	New Tab Draft transforms your new tab into a distraction-free writing space, perfect for quick notes and to-dos. It's simple, effective, and completely free, but lacks advanced features. New Tab Writing	Diigo is a handy tool for bookmarking, highlighting, and annotating web pages. It has many features, but its old design and limited highlight colors might make it less appealing. Highlighter Bookmark Manager
Key Features	Simple Note-Taking: Create, pin, and lock multiple notes directly on your new tab page. Local Storage: Ensures privacy by saving notes locally, not on the cloud. Customization: Options to customize font and background. Additional Tools: Includes calculations, auto-backup, and more. Privacy Protection: No data is uploaded to any server.	Highlighting: Works well and highlights are recreated on refresh. Notes: You can add notes to your highlights. Link Creation: Create links to your highlights, although this feature is not very reliable. Sidebar Outliner: Simple design but requires time to understand. Syncing: Highlights are synced across devices.
Our Rating	8.2	7.8
Total users	13,006	200,000
Total ratings	1,176	2,319
Average rating	4.7 ⭐	4.6 ⭐
Entry Level Price	Free	Free
Chrome	4.8 1.2K+ ratings 9.0K+Users	4.6 2.3K+ ratings 200.0K+Users
Edge	4.6 16 ratings 4.0K+Users	-
Firefox	-	-
Safari	-	-
Features	6.0 New Tab Draft offers basic note-taking functionality, local storage for privacy, and some customization options. However, it lacks advanced features like rich text formatting and cloud sync.	8.5 Diigo offers basic features for a highlighter and bookmarking tool. It works well and we were able to highlight most websites and they were recreated when revisiting them. The highlighter popup makes it easy to highlight text offering 4 colors. It looks like this: We would have wished to have more color options. Also, note-taking and the tagging functionality are working, but its design does not look appealing. The dashboard where your highlights are stored works well and gives you an overview of all your highlights.
Performance	8.5 The extension is fast and efficient, with minimal lag or performance issues.	8.0 Diigo performs well in terms of highlighting and syncing across devices. The fact that highlights are always synchronized can cause some loading delays. It's not as fast as other highlighters that use an offline-first approach, but it works reasonably well. However, the unreliable link creation feature and the simple sidebar outliner design need improvement.
Design	7.5 The design is simple and clean, with options for customization. However, it's not particularly aesthetic or modern.	7.0 The design fulfills its functionality. The design of Diigo is outdated and could use a modern refresh. The lack of a nice overview of all your highlights on the page itself means you have to open the dashboard on diigo.com instead. The dashboard on diigo.com is okay, but other highlighters like Web Highlights have a much nicer user interface.
Value for Money	8.5 As a completely free tool, it offers good value for those who need basic note-taking features. However, even though it's free, we don't see too much value in this tool. As there are similar free New Tab extensions out there, we can not give the highest rating.	8.0 The free version of Diigo offers basic features and is fine for most users. The paid plans are reasonably priced and similar to other highlighters. However, we think other highlighters offer more value for the same price.
Ease of Use	9.0 The tool is very straightforward with a minimal learning curve. Its simplicity is both a strength and a limitation.	7.8 Diigo is fairly easy to use, but the sidebar outliner takes some time to get used to. You can't see all your highlights on the page itself, so you have to go to the dashboard on diigo.com. We wish there was a sidebar to quickly access all our highlighted pages, like in the Web Highlights extension.
Security & Privacy	9.5 All notes are stored locally, ensuring high privacy. There are no concerns about data being uploaded to the cloud.	7.5 Diigo takes reasonable steps to protect user data. However, since you need an account and your data is stored in their database, absolute protection can't be guaranteed. We think a highlighter should work without needing to sign up, but this feature is missing in Diigo.
Conclusion	New Tab Draft is great for those who prefer a simple, no-frills note-taking tool. While it may not offer much beyond basic note-taking, its privacy features and ease of use make it a solid choice, especially since it's free. User reviews are very good with an average of 4.8 stars in the Chrome Web Store. Many users love its simplicity and effectiveness. However, it might not provide enough value for those looking for more advanced features. In our tests, we weren't fully convinced and found ourselves leaning toward more aesthetically pleasing New Tab Extensions that offer a few basic features.	Diigo is a handy tool for collecting stuff from the web, like bookmarks, highlights, and notes. It’s a good deal with its premium plans, but the old-fashioned design and limited highlight colors might be a turn-off. If you want something that looks nicer and offers more customization, check out alternatives like Web Highlights.
	Install New Tab Draft	Install Diigo
Our Recommendation	In our comparison between New Tab Draft and Diigo, New Tab Draft came out on top, scoring 8.2. Diigo is the most widely used, with over 200k users and 2k+ reviews, but New Tab Draft outperformed it in our review. We rate New Tab Draft and Diigo lower than users do. Notably, New Tab Draft has the highest user rating in the Chrome Web Store at 4.68, which is even higher than our rating of 8.2. In the end, the differences between these extensions are minimal, so your choice may come down to personal preference or specific features. Looking for the richest feature set? Diigo stands out with a rating of 8.5. On the other hand, New Tab Draft lags behind in this area with a rating of 6. Need top performance? New Tab Draft stands out with a rating of 8.5. On the other hand, Diigo lags behind in this area with a rating of 8. Design lovers, take note: New Tab Draft stands out with a rating of 7.5. On the other hand, Diigo lags behind in this area with a rating of 7. Want to get the most for your money? New Tab Draft stands out with a rating of 8.5. On the other hand, Diigo lags behind in this area with a rating of 8. If you hate complicated tools, New Tab Draft stands out with a rating of 9. On the other hand, Diigo lags behind in this area with a rating of 7.8. With privacy and security becoming ever more important, New Tab Draft stands out with a rating of 9.5. On the other hand, Diigo lags behind in this area with a rating of 7.5. If you want a quick recommendation, New Tab Draft is our top pick. But as always, the best choice depends on what matters most to you.