When comparing toby vs start.me, the Slant community recommends toby for most people. In the question“What are the best ways to organize bookmarks?” toby is ranked 14th while start.me is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose toby is:
Create an account and sync your tabs cross-platform.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Syncs your tabs cross-platform
Create an account and sync your tabs cross-platform.
Pro Clear the clutter
Pro Pause and resume work
Pro Great to have bookmarks, feeds and notes in one place
Start.me offers a great tool to stay organized and productive because it allows all bookmarks, news feeds and notes to be available in one place.
Pro Beautiful & Customizable Interface
It has a very nice and customizable interface + you can get your bookmarks online anyware.
Cons
Con Cannot export to file
Con Cannot reorder lists or collapse lists of tabs
Con Requires account sign-up for advanced features
Con Cannot import from an older tabs manager
It would be great if Toby allowed a mechanism to import tabs from other tools like OneTab.
Con No longer able to meet security standards for Google Sign-In
Start.me used to have an e-mail widget which gave you quick access to your Gmail account(s) along with all your other bookmarks, but it requires a security assessment so that Google can ensure that they do not misuse user data obtained using restricted scopes per the Google API policy. As of 2020, they no longer meet that standard and the e-mail widget has been removed altogether.
Con Should sell itself as a start page because they are not just a bookmark service
Be careful if you Curate Bookmarks or even just have a bunch. You can upload and export bookmarks now, the upload limit is raised. Still, you need an internet connection.
Con Development could be faster
There's a lot to like about this product, but you need patience to see new widgets.