| Price from | $9/mo | Free |
| 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 | 1 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 9.3 (#2) | 7.5 (#95) |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License | Meridian is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. | Plume is licensed under the MIT License. |
| Publishing | Its block-based editor stores content as structured JSON and supports posts, static pages, tags, full-text search, and RSS. | The site says to place a Markdown file in the data/posts folder and run plume publish to publish it. |
| Support | The Self-Hosted plan includes community support, while the Managed Cloud plan lists priority support. | The project directs users to GitHub Discussions for general help and support and to GitHub Issues for bug reports. |
