| Price from | $9/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 9.3 (#2) | 8.0 (#71) |
| Deployment | The product can be deployed with Docker or on Railway, Fly.io, or Render, and requires PostgreSQL 16 with Redis optional for caching. | The README documents hosting with Docker and Docker Compose or manual installation using Node.js and PostgreSQL. |
| License | Meridian is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. | The repository states that OpenQuill is open source under the MIT license. |
| Maker identity | The site credits Ali Raza as creator, and his personal site describes him as a software architect and builder. | GitHub identifies the maintainer as Zachary Lopez under the username ZachLTech. |
| Maker profile | Ali Raza's personal site identifies him by name but provides no Meridian headquarters or founding year. | The maintainer profile lists 60 public repositories, 46 followers and 112 accounts followed. |
| Repository activity | The public GitHub repository shows seven commits, zero stars, zero watchers and one fork. | The GitHub repository shows 61 commits, zero issues, zero pull requests and zero forks at the time checked. |
| Support | The Self-Hosted plan includes community support, while the Managed Cloud plan lists priority support. | The README directs users to GitHub issues for bugs and feature requests. |
| What it does | Meridian is a self-hosted blog engine combining publishing, memberships and newsletters. | OpenQuill is a self-hosted blogging platform for developers and writers that supports multiple users managing separate blogs. |
