| Price from | $5/mo | $9/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 8.5 (#32) | 9.3 (#2) |
| API | The Pro API supports creating, reading, listing, and updating posts, pages, and categories; it cannot delete content. | 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 |
| Product | Lykhari describes itself as a simple blogging platform. | Meridian is a self-hosted blog engine with memberships and newsletters built in. |
| Publishing | Users can schedule posts by setting a future publish date and time. | Its block-based editor stores content as structured JSON and supports posts, static pages, tags, full-text search, and RSS. |
| Paid from | 5 | 9 |
| Support | The maker invites users to contact Kashif by email at [email protected]. | The Self-Hosted plan includes community support, while the Managed Cloud plan lists priority support. |
