| Price from | $9/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 9.3 (#2) | 8.6 (#23) |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in memberships | Yes | No |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Product | Meridian is a self-hosted blog engine with memberships and newsletters built in. | Publii is a free, open-source desktop CMS that builds static websites locally on your computer. |
| Publishing | Its block-based editor stores content as structured JSON and supports posts, static pages, tags, full-text search, and RSS. | Publii can publish to GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, Netlify, Amazon S3, Google Cloud, FTP, SFTP, or through manual deployment. |
| Support | The Self-Hosted plan includes community support, while the Managed Cloud plan lists priority support. | Publii offers user and developer documentation, a community forum, and dedicated premium support for paid products. |
