Masthead vs Meridian
Masthead
masthead.site
Meridian
meridian.blogSide by side
| Figure | Masthead | Meridian |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €5/mo | $9/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 8.0 (#69) | 9.3 (#2) |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Product | Masthead is a publishing platform where a website's theme defines both its appearance and the editing experience. | Meridian is a self-hosted blog engine with memberships and newsletters built in. |
| Publishing | Site owners can write posts and pages in Markdown or HTML and publish them on a Masthead subdomain or custom domain. | Its block-based editor stores content as structured JSON and supports posts, static pages, tags, full-text search, and RSS. |