Ameba Blog vs Hyvor Blogs

Ameba Blog is a blogging service within Ameba, a media service that also includes entertainment news, manga, and fortune-telling content. It lets users schedule posts, run built-in memberships, and view blog analytics. Writing tools offer more than 240 types of decoration, and the official blog genres span more than 150 categories, from everyday interests and hobbies to work and fan blogs. Ameba Pick lets bloggers feature items in articles and earn rewards; listed options include Amazon, Rakuten Market, and Hot Pepper Beauty. Free accounts can upload GIF, JPG, or PNG images up to 3MB each and have a 1TB image folder. App submissions allow up to 15 images per article, selected from the posting device. The service runs on web, Android, and iOS, with custom-code theme customization. Registration and posting are free. Plus costs ¥980 a month; Light costs ¥1,490 a month and removes ads, adds customization features, and includes online lesson archive videos. First-time users can try paid plans for 30 days.

Hyvor Blogs is an open-source platform for creating and managing blogs, with hosted and self-hosted options. Blogs can use a custom domain, a sub-directory, or a headless frontend; custom domains receive free TLS certificates. Users can select a theme or build one with HTML and CSS. Built-in tools include scheduling, SEO metadata, social cards, generated sitemaps and robots.txt, and link analysis. Teams can edit posts in real time with live cursors and suggestion mode, and content can be translated, including RTL layouts. APIs and webhooks support developer workflows. Every plan includes Hyvor Talk for comments and Hyvor Post for newsletters, with monthly allowances varying by plan. The built-in AI agent can generate content, translate posts, and suggest improvements. Hyvor says users own and can export their content in one click, and that blogs have no ads or third-party trackers. Paid Personal pricing is €5 a month, billed annually at €50/year; a 14-day trial includes all features. The free Open-Source plan is self-hosted under AGPLv3; self-hosting requires Docker, PostgreSQL, and an OIDC provider.