Direct Webstore
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I am able to to put Title, Description and Keyword in Products using yoast. I haven't noticed it slowing down any of the sites I created either. Also creates a robot.txt file in a single click, sitemaps with a click, htaccess control and I don't think I would actually want description or keyword generation as I'd rather write rich, unique content/keywords. Honestly I think its just a matter of personal preference more than anything as they both seem to get the job done.
The main problem with YOAST is that it does not work with Woocommerce product descriptions without a paid addon. Which for an eCommerce site is a big minus. YOAST is designed for Blog sites. That's why I switched to it's number 1 competitor, Woo friendly, All in One SEO. There's really no better choice for an eCommerce site between it and Yoast. It also handles, site maps, robots.txt, htaccess, Open Graph tags, bad bots blocker and a couple of other goodies.
Keyword and description generation are based on the content of the article/product descriptions so are completley relevant and give a great time saving head start. It can also be disabled in the settings. But editing pre-existing content is way faster than writing from scratch.