| Price from | $299/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 1 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 9.0 (#8) | 7.5 (#95) |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The documentation describes SMTP email configuration, including a default port of 587 with STARTTLS. | Full-text search is powered by YetiSearch, and syntax highlighting is powered by Shiki. |
| Purpose | Inkwell is a free, open-source, self-hosted blogging platform built on .NET 10 for writers who care about typography and content ownership. | Plume is a self-hosted, flat-file publishing platform for the independent web. |
| Support | The optional monthly support retainer includes priority bug triage, security patches within 48 hours, quarterly upgrades, private email, and scheduled office hours. | The project directs users to GitHub Discussions for general help and support and to GitHub Issues for bug reports. |
| Theme customization | custom code | custom code |
| Themes | Inkwell provides 20 editorial Layouts and 16 colour Presets that can be changed without a rebuild or migration. | Light and dark themes switch automatically to match readers’ system preferences. |
