Pinboard or Delicious?

Switch if you...

  • Find delicious too slow, particularly for adding bookmarks.
  • Prefer a simple user interface.
  • Want to be able post notes and other snippets of text.
  • Never want to see linkspam.
  • Want longer descriptions on your bookmarks.
  • Want to be able to download bookmarks for offline viewing.
  • Find yourself keeping lots of tabs open with things you want to read later.
  • Want to automatically bookmark your links and favorites from Twitter.
  • Want to keep an archive of your tweets and Twitter favorites.
  • Enjoy using Instapaper, Read It Later or Google Reader and want to automatically bookmark what you read there.
  • Want to post bookmarks by email from your iPhone or Blackberry.
  • Want to have private tags only you can see.
  • Want the option of making everything you bookmark private.
  • Prefer to get support directly from developers.
  • Want your links automatically de-shortened.
  • Want to be able to bookmark geographical locations.
  • Want to bulk edit all your bookmarks in one step.
  • Want to keep a copy of every bookmark you save (this costs $25/year).

Stay if you…

  • Like a more graphical UI.
  • Don't want to pay a signup fee (Pinboard costs around $6 to join).
  • Want to see thumbnails of your bookmarks.
  • Want to auto-post to Wordpress or Twitter from your account.
  • Are excited about integrating your bookmarks with other Yahoo services.
  • Want a Firefox plugin for bookmarking.
  • Rely on tag bundles to keep your tags organized.
  • Want to see who has you in their network.
  • Like to share URLs with others using 'for:' tags.
  • Want a more compact list view of your bookmarks.