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title: "Savepad as a Cosmos alternative"
description: "How Savepad compares to Cosmos. Cosmos is visual inspiration you can search by colour and likeness. Savepad is a swipe file for every kind of reference."
source: https://savepad.app/compare/cosmos
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# Savepad as a Cosmos alternative

Cosmos looks great and it's built for finding new images. Search by colour or by what looks similar, keep collections, and you can even hide AI-generated images (respect). Savepad is less about finding new things, and more about keeping yours and finding them again.

[Join the waitlist](https://savepad.app/#waitlist) [Head to head](#head-to-head)

*Savepad and Cosmos, side by side*

## Where Cosmos wins

- **Something to browse.** Browse and search images other people collected. Savepad has no feed.
- **Similar-looking images.** Find images that look like this one. Savepad searches words, colours and where things came from.
- **Hide AI images.** Show, blur or hide AI-generated images. Good call.

## Where Savepad wins

- **Every kind of reference.** Pages, emails, sequences, PDFs, code, fonts, audio and places, right next to the images.
- **Search inside everything.** The text in images, and everything on pages, PDFs and emails.
- **Your own structure.** Spaces, folders, nested folders and tags, each one public or private.

## Head to head

| Feature | Cosmos | Savepad |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Feed to browse | Yes | No |
| Search by colour | Yes | Yes |
| Search by what looks similar | Yes | No |
| Emails, PDFs and pages | No | Yes |
| Search the text in images | No | Yes |
| Public pages | Yes | Yes |

Checked against [Cosmos’s website](https://www.cosmos.so) on 28 September 2026. Something out of date? [Let me know](mailto:r@savepad.app?subject=Savepad%20vs%20Cosmos) and I'll fix it.

## Which one is for you?

### Stay on Cosmos

If browsing and finding new images is what you use it for.

### Pick Savepad

If you need a library of references that are more than pictures.

### Moving over

Drop your saved images into Savepad as a folder. Colours and text get pulled out on the way in.

## FAQs

### Does Savepad search by similar images?

No. That needs AI, and Savepad doesn't use any. It searches words, colours, types and where things came from.

### Can I use Savepad and Cosmos together?

Sure. Lots of people keep Cosmos for what it's best at and use Savepad as their swipe file. You can export everything from Savepad whenever you like, so you're never locked in.

### Does Savepad use AI?

Nope. No summaries, no auto-tagging, and nothing gets sent to a model. If you want AI, connect your own over MCP.

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## Want in first?

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