Lede vs Pagecord
Lede
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Pagecord
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| Figure | Lede | Pagecord |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $500/mo | $2.50/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 7 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 7.4 (#102) | 9.2 (#4) |
| Analytics | Lede’s in-house Beacon analytics provides reporting on content conversion, engagement, and subscriber cohorts; the company says it does not sell audience data. | Premium analytics use no cookies, no tracking scripts and no personal data collection. |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | Lede lists Stripe for payment processing, optional Coral-powered community commenting, and Beehiiv for newsletters and segmentation. | The official Obsidian plugin can publish or update posts, supports YAML frontmatter, and uploads embedded local images automatically. |
| Product | Lede packages digital technologies and best practices for independent publishers and news organizations serving their communities. | Pagecord is a blogging and personal-website platform with posts, pages, themes, newsletters, comments, analytics and custom domains. |
| Paid from | 500 | 4 |
| Support | All plans include personal support, and data migration, design assistance, content strategy, and audience development consulting are available as needed through Alley. | Human customer support is included with Premium. |
Plans
Lede
- Basic$500 a month
- PremiumPrice not published
- EnterprisePrice not published
- CustomPrice not published
- Lede$500 a month
Pagecord
- ClassicFree
- Premium$2.50 a month
- Supporter$50 a year
- ClassicFree
- Premium$4 a month
- Premium$39 a year
- Supporter$75 a year
In their own words
Pagecord
Pagecord is a platform for publishing a blog or personal website, with posts, pages, themes, newsletters, comments, analytics, and custom domains. You can write in its browser editor or on a phone, or publish by email and through Obsidian, iA Writer, Shortcuts, scripts, the CLI, and API. Its Obsidian plugin can publish or update posts, support YAML frontmatter, and upload embedded local images. Links to YouTube, Spotify, Bandcamp, and GitHub are automatically embedded, and every blog has a public RSS feed. Users can export a whole site, including images, as HTML or Markdown. The Classic plan includes one blog, unlimited posts and pages, and 20 image and audio uploads. Premium adds custom domains, site customization with custom CSS and HTML and JavaScript, analytics, moderated comments, and email newsletters for up to 250 subscribers. New accounts receive a 14-day Premium trial without a credit card. The interface supports English, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese. Pagecord is open source and its maker is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.