| Price from | — | $9/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 7.1 (#116) | 9.3 (#2) |
| API | Habr states that its public API is closed for reconstruction and that it will announce when it becomes available again. | Meridian exposes a REST API and a GraphQL endpoint, with GraphQL available in development mode. |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Maker | The company site identifies Habr Blockchain Publishing Ltd. at an office address in Nicosia, Cyprus. | The Meridian site credits Ali Raza as its creator. |
| Product | Habr is a community-built media platform and knowledge hub where professionals share experience and connect with peers. | Meridian is a self-hosted blog engine with memberships and newsletters built in. |
| Publishing | Authors can create articles, translations, news, and posts, format publications with HTML or Markdown, and add polls and LaTeX formulas. | Its block-based editor stores content as structured JSON and supports posts, static pages, tags, full-text search, and RSS. |
| Support | Habr's company site lists [email protected] for questions. | The Self-Hosted plan includes community support, while the Managed Cloud plan lists priority support. |
