| Price from | $270/mo | $299/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 8.2 (#63) | 9.0 (#8) |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Editor | The service describes its posting screen as easy to use and supports inserting images and rich links that show a link’s title, introduction, and image. | Authors can compose visually or in Markdown, draft and schedule posts, send them for review, and restore saved revisions. |
| Founded | 1997 | 2025 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan | India and the United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Excite Blog is a blog service for writing about topics such as hobbies, diaries, cooking, lifestyle, and photography. | Inkwell is a free, open-source, self-hosted blogging platform built on .NET 10 for writers who care about typography and content ownership. |
| Post scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The service provides an official help center with categories for creating or stopping a blog, using it, and configuring settings. | The optional monthly support retainer includes priority bug triage, security patches within 48 hours, quarterly upgrades, private email, and scheduled office hours. |
