| Price from | Free | $9/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 8.3 (#50) | 9.3 (#2) |
| API | Known documentation says every page is also an API endpoint and describes API calls authenticated with an HMAC signature using the user's API key. | Meridian exposes a REST API and a GraphQL endpoint, with GraphQL available in development mode. |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Publishing | The product supports photos, notes, stories, songs, hashtags, and an HTML or rich-text editor. | Its block-based editor stores content as structured JSON and supports posts, static pages, tags, full-text search, and RSS. |
| Support | Known's guides direct self-hosted users to the developer mailing list, GitHub comments, or the #knownchat IRC channel. | The Self-Hosted plan includes community support, while the Managed Cloud plan lists priority support. |
