| Price from | $9/mo | $291.67/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 3 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 9.3 (#2) | 8.5 (#30) |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Maker | The Meridian site credits Ali Raza as its creator. | PubPub is a product of Knowledge Futures, which describes itself as an independent nonprofit founded in 2018 as a partnership between MIT Media Lab and MIT Press. |
| What it does | Meridian is a self-hosted blog engine combining publishing, memberships and newsletters. | PubPub is an open-source, community-led publishing platform for knowledge communities. |
