When comparing Wallabag vs Pinboard, the Slant community recommends Pinboard for most people. In the question“What are the best ways to organize bookmarks?” Pinboard is ranked 5th while Wallabag is ranked 13th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Optional server self hosting
Pro Open source
Pro Firefox and Chrome extensions available
Pro Tagging
Pro Offline article support
Pro Import content from other apps
It's possible to import content from other apps, i.e Pocket
Pro RSS reader compatible
Miniflux, Vienna, FreshRSS, Tiny Tiny RSS, Leed FeedReader, Fiery Feeds.
Pro epub/kobo integration
Integration within Kobo reader through simple hack allows epub creation of saved articles.
Pro An ad-free site with no third-party tracking
Pro Cheap
The standard account is $11/year. The pro account ($25/year) provides you:
- A permanent personal copy of every bookmark you save.
- Full-text search of all your bookmarks
- Dead link and error detection
Pro A searchable archive of all your tweets and favorites
Pro Easy tagging
Pro Excellent API
Pinboard has an API that gives you access to all features used in the webapp, so you can build scripts and apps that work against it very easily.
Pro Paid service
The service receives direct income from its customers so it is less likely to disappear overnight like so many free services, taking all your bookmarks with it.
Pro Easy download of all your data
Pro The ability to bookmark by email from your iPhone
Pro A way to save notes and other snippets of text as bookmarks
Pro Built-in sync of links and favorites from multiple Twitter accounts
Pro Built-in integration with Instapaper
Cons
Con Poor UI
UI is not as good as other apps in this category.
Con Paragraphs missing
Paragraphs within downloaded articles are missing.
Con Difficult to configure
Con Poor Text to Speech
Text to Speech frequently breaks and doesn't respond to speed change.
Con Paid service
Costs $11/year. Many features are available elsewhere for free.
Con Unresponsive support
Don't expect a response from their support email. Developer is very active on twitter, perhaps a tweet might work better.
Con Can't provide service paid for
I paid for an archival account for 5 years; as my subscription was about to end, there was no way to download my archive. The download button accomplished nothing, emails went unanswered, my post to the pinboard google support group was not approved, dm on twitter was unanswered. A public comment on twitter got me a reply that he'd "look into it", then nothing. $100+ down the drain! Save your money and look elsewhere.
