| Price from | $9/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 6 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 9.3 (#2) | 8.3 (#53) |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in memberships | Yes | No |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Publishing | Its block-based editor stores content as structured JSON and supports posts, static pages, tags, full-text search, and RSS. | Reader-facing pages are server-rendered HTML, and blogs have RSS and Atom feeds. |
| Paid from | 9 | 5 |
| Support | The Self-Hosted plan includes community support, while the Managed Cloud plan lists priority support. | Pluma lists [email protected] as its contact for questions and bug reports. |
| What it does | Meridian is a self-hosted blog engine combining publishing, memberships and newsletters. | Pluma is a blogging platform with a block editor and a blog hosted at username.pluma.ink. |
