| Price from | $9/mo | $15/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 | 3 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 9.3 (#2) | 8.3 (#56) |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Product | Meridian is a self-hosted blog engine with memberships and newsletters built in. | WritePage is an all-in-one blogging platform with blog hosting, newsletter delivery, and analytics. |
| Publishing | Its block-based editor stores content as structured JSON and supports posts, static pages, tags, full-text search, and RSS. | Users can publish a post and email it to newsletter subscribers from the same platform. |
| Paid from | 9 | 15 |
| Support | The Self-Hosted plan includes community support, while the Managed Cloud plan lists priority support. | WritePage lists [email protected] as its contact email and includes priority support with Studio. |