Pocket vs Google Keep

This means that Pocket is (currently) a total lock-in.
This is very sad, unfortunate and creates a no go decision for any seasoned user.
Too many bookmarking and tagging companies have stopped or have gone bankrupt these last years (e.g. Kippt, Spingpad, Delicious (to some extent), etc...). So, if you are going to invest a lot of your personal time and energy in curating your Internet findings (i.e. your bookmarks and tags), it is essential that a total, fair and open export (including all tags) functionality is provided. Personally tested the export "feature" and the resulting .html file that Pocket generates currently included only the URLs themselves, i.e. no save dates nor any of your personally curated tags, nor any other useful meta-data.
This is deplorable, because otherwise, Pocket is a very polished and well-functioning piece of multi-platform and multi-device software/app/web service, with a very easy and well-designed and implemented user interface...
Please fix this, Pocket !
These days of open and inter-operable web services, users are only attracted by valuable functionality, clean UX design and no lockins.

Although the pro version lets us search by tags, the search results unfortunately does not follow the time sequence of the saving of articles. Search results may show some old articles first, then a bunch of new articles, and then again old articles. It's so random and frustating.

I have been using Pocket pro for quite a long time primarily because it lets me have the permanent copy of a news (this feature is really useful in journalism). However, when I search tag wise for the old references, the absence of time-sequencing the search results really frustates me.

If the page title isn't correct/good for a link, there is no way for you to fix it.

A real bookmark tool has editable fields like title, url, folder, tags, notes. This saves webpages.

For example, imagine you accidentally created a tag "US" instead of "USA," and saved some articles under "US." The unfortunate part is even if you edit the tag and rename it "USA" , the previous tag name will always appear in the suggested tags: so when saving an article, if you type US in the tag box, you will see two suggestions "US" and "USA."

When importing bookmarks from Firefox, Pocket doesn't include the tags.

You have to be okay with Google analyzing and using your data in order to use Keep.

It can be difficult to organize notes because you can only create labels and not, for example, separate projects.

There are no folders in Keep that you can move notes into. It makes the user interface more cluttered, and navigation gets more difficult.

As Google is notorious for taking down services, you may end up with just a backup of your notes in XML format and a need to look for a substitute.

There is no way to revert changes or restore text you may have accidentally deleted (however, you can restore entire notes for up to 7 days after deletion).

There are some issues with synchronizing data including laggyness and returning old/deleted items.

No basic formatting like bold, italics. Makes it harder to do things like meeting notes. Keep is intended as a minimal and quick note taking app, but sadly for those that are looking for something more robust, the features are just not there.

There are no options to decrease the surface area of the notes to make it easier to get an overview. Compare this to something like the Apple Notes or Evernote UI, for example. You can't organize nor have a glance of what you have.

This application is proprietary, and thus cannot be modified or freely distributed.

Google Keep has slowly been introducing new features, but doesn't do a good job of helping you discover them.

You're required to have a Google account in order to use the app.

There is no option for changing the color theme (such as a dark theme) unless you use a 3rd party extension.

It does not integrate with Google Calendar or other Google Apps with the exception of "Google Now." Keep reminders can appear on Google Calendar, but you can not get reminders and use Tasks at the same time.

There is no integrated social media sharing if you directly want to post your note to Twitter, Facebook, etc.

With almost no formatting options whatsoever it's hard to actually use Keep for long-form notes.

You can share separate notes but not Projects, Wordspace, or Teams.

Cannot run on own servers as Keep will only run on Google's own servers. This increases the risks which are normally associated with handing over critical applications to a large (US) corporation.

Although the ability to collaborate on lists is advanced, Keep will not let you know when another person adds an item to a list you share.

Google's equivalent of groups are labels, which can't be shared. By comparison, Trello allows you to share boards with others. Trello also supports grouping through teams. Google Keep has no such concept.

Saving is delayed by a moment and the saving status UI is unclear. You can lose updates if you close the tab too quickly.

The keyboard closes and reloads between to-do list entries, so the first letters or words may be missed if you’re trying to quickly create a list.

Since nothing is stored locally on the phone, everything can go missing. Google can't recover any of it.

No BlackBerry support apart from web.

No Windows Mobile app, and it is unlikely to ever be produced.