| Price from | $299/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 2 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 9.0 (#8) | 8.3 (#50) |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The documentation describes SMTP email configuration, including a default port of 587 with STARTTLS. | The hosted group product lists connections to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Foursquare, Soundcloud, LinkedIn, and webhooks. |
| Privacy | The maker says Inkwell makes no outbound connections to third-party services and sends no telemetry; self-hosting keeps data on the operator’s server. | The feature list says users can make their site private for personal thoughts or private group discussion. |
| Purpose | Inkwell is a free, open-source, self-hosted blogging platform built on .NET 10 for writers who care about typography and content ownership. | Known lets any number of users publish posts, status updates, photographs, and other content to a shared site. |
| Support | The optional monthly support retainer includes priority bug triage, security patches within 48 hours, quarterly upgrades, private email, and scheduled office hours. | Known's guides direct self-hosted users to the developer mailing list, GitHub comments, or the #knownchat IRC channel. |
| Theme customization | custom code | custom code |