Meridian vs Tistory
Meridian
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| Figure | Meridian | Tistory |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 9.3 (#2) | 8.8 (#15) |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Maker | The Meridian site credits Ali Raza as its creator. | A 2025 notice says Tistory moved under AXZ on December 1, 2025; it lists the company’s address in Bundang-gu, Seongnam, South Korea. |
| Product | Meridian is a self-hosted blog engine with memberships and newsletters built in. | Tistory is a creator platform for making blogs, portfolios, and websites. |
| Publishing | Its block-based editor stores content as structured JSON and supports posts, static pages, tags, full-text search, and RSS. | Members can create blogs, publish content, read public posts, and comment on other members’ content. |
| Support | The Self-Hosted plan includes community support, while the Managed Cloud plan lists priority support. | Daum Customer Center offers web inquiries and a KakaoTalk chatbot available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year; 상담톡 is listed for weekdays 10:00–18:30. |
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In their own words
Tistory
Tistory is a platform for creating blogs, portfolios, and websites. Members can publish posts, read public posts, and comment on other members’ content. Blogs can use Tistory or user-created skins, and skins apply Tistory data to a design; users can also customize their sites with custom code and connect a custom domain. Posting can be scheduled, and blog analytics are available. Team blogs support owner, administrator, editor, and author roles, while plugins can add functions beyond built-in features. The service runs on web, iOS, and Android, and sign-in uses a Kakao account. The Android app supports writing and editing posts with photos and videos, spell check, feed subscriptions, and search across blogs and posts; it requires Android 8.0 or later. Tistory is free, with no usage limits stated on the listed pages. Direct video uploads ended on February 23, 2026, so users need to embed videos hosted elsewhere, such as YouTube. Tistory may place ads. New Kakao AdFit connections are closed, while Google AdSense, Dable, and Tenping remain available for connection.