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Pinboard vs Espial: catalog facts
Pinboard	Espial
Paid Costs $22 per year, with page archiving available for an additional yearly fee.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Web	Web, Self-hosted
No ads and no trackers Optional full-page archiving with full-text search	Multi-user support Simple SQLite storage
No free tier Archiving costs extra on top of the base fee	Requires running your own server Small project with a modest feature set
Web application, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Account needed	Account needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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