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The Watermarkly alternative

Obsydian vs Watermarkly

Visible watermarks, invisible watermarks, metadata scrubbing — and a page to share it all.

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Overview

What is Watermarkly?

Watermarkly is a popular browser-based tool for adding visible watermarks — text or logo — to photos in bulk, with handy extras like crop, resize and compress. Processing happens in your browser, which is great for privacy. But it's a focused utility: it stamps visible marks on images and stops there — no invisible watermarks, no video, no metadata stripping, and no page for your audience.

CategoryContent protection
BackgroundWeb-based watermarking tool
TaglineBrowser-based photo watermarking

We're biased — but honest.

Watermarkly does one thing well: visible watermarks on photos, in your browser. Obsydian covers the whole protection workflow a creator actually needs — visible watermarks plus an invisible steganographic layer that survives screenshots, automatic EXIF/GPS removal on every image, an on-device video scrubber, and a link-in-bio page to publish from. One tool instead of a utility you bolt onto everything else.

Side by side

Obsydian vs Watermarkly, feature by feature

FeatureObsydianWatermarkly
Visible watermarkingText, tile, edge-frame & motionYes
Invisible (steganographic) watermarkYes — LSB stego
Batch / bulk watermarkingYes
Automatic EXIF / GPS removalAlways on
Video supportOn-device metadata scrubber
Link-in-bio page includedYes — full profile
Built for creators (not a generic utility)Yes — creator-firstGeneric utility
PricingFree · £9 · £19Free / ~$4 mo

Comparison reflects each provider's publicly listed plans and features as of June 2026. Details change — check each provider for the latest.

Pricing

Watermarkly pricing vs Obsydian

Watermarkly
  • Free$0Limited images per session
  • Premiumfrom ~$4/moHigher limits, saved templates
  • Lifetimeone-time option
Obsydian
  • Free£0Unlimited links · 10 protected files/mo · always-on scrubbing
  • Studio£9/moUnlimited watermarking · invisible watermark · analytics
  • Black£19/mo5 profiles · custom domain · priority support · vault (closed beta)
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Comparison reflects each provider's publicly listed plans and features as of June 2026. Details change — check each provider for the latest.

The honest take

Watermarkly: pros & cons

What Watermarkly does well

  • Processes in your browser — photos aren't uploaded to a server
  • Easy bulk visible watermarking (text or logo)
  • Extra photo tools — crop, resize, compress
  • No account needed to try it

Where it falls short

  • Visible watermarks only — no invisible / steganographic layer
  • Images only — no video
  • No automatic EXIF / GPS metadata removal
  • A utility, not a creator platform — no page, links or analytics

Choose Obsydian if…

  • You want an invisible watermark that survives screenshots, not just a visible stamp
  • You want EXIF/GPS stripped automatically and your video metadata scrubbed too
  • You want protection and your link-in-bio page in one place
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Stick with Watermarkly if…

  • You only need to slap a visible logo on a batch of photos and nothing else
  • You specifically want zero-account, in-browser-only processing
Questions

Obsydian vs Watermarkly, answered

Is Watermarkly free?
Watermarkly has a free tier with per-session image limits, plus Premium (from roughly $4/mo) and a lifetime option. Obsydian is free to start too, and its paid tiers (£9 / £19) add unlimited watermarking, invisible watermarks and a full creator page.
Does Obsydian watermark in bulk like Watermarkly?
Yes — Obsydian supports batch watermarking, plus visible styles (text, tile, edge-frame, motion) and an invisible steganographic watermark Watermarkly doesn't offer.
What does Obsydian add over Watermarkly?
An invisible (steganographic) watermark, always-on EXIF/GPS removal, an on-device video metadata scrubber, and a link-in-bio page with analytics — a whole protection workflow, not just visible stamps.
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