Pagecord vs WritePage
Pagecord
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| Figure | Pagecord | WritePage |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2.50/mo | $15/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 7 | 3 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 9.2 (#4) | 8.3 (#56) |
| Analytics | Premium analytics use no cookies, no tracking scripts and no personal data collection. | Built-in analytics report readership and identify patterns such as topics that attract more traffic. |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Custom domains | Premium supports using a custom domain for the site. | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The official Obsidian plugin can publish or update posts, supports YAML frontmatter, and uploads embedded local images automatically. | The product page says users do not need to connect Mailchimp or Google Analytics because newsletter and analytics features are built in. |
| Product | Pagecord is a blogging and personal-website platform with posts, pages, themes, newsletters, comments, analytics and custom domains. | WritePage is an all-in-one blogging platform with blog hosting, newsletter delivery, and analytics. |
| Paid from | 4 | 15 |
| Support | Human customer support is included with Premium. | WritePage lists [email protected] as its contact email and includes priority support with Studio. |
| Theme customization | custom code | basic |
Plans
Pagecord
- ClassicFree
- Premium$2.50 a month
- Supporter$50 a year
- ClassicFree
- Premium$4 a month
- Premium$39 a year
- Supporter$75 a year
In their own words
Pagecord
Pagecord is a platform for publishing a blog or personal website, with posts, pages, themes, newsletters, comments, analytics, and custom domains. You can write in its browser editor or on a phone, or publish by email and through Obsidian, iA Writer, Shortcuts, scripts, the CLI, and API. Its Obsidian plugin can publish or update posts, support YAML frontmatter, and upload embedded local images. Links to YouTube, Spotify, Bandcamp, and GitHub are automatically embedded, and every blog has a public RSS feed. Users can export a whole site, including images, as HTML or Markdown. The Classic plan includes one blog, unlimited posts and pages, and 20 image and audio uploads. Premium adds custom domains, site customization with custom CSS and HTML and JavaScript, analytics, moderated comments, and email newsletters for up to 250 subscribers. New accounts receive a 14-day Premium trial without a credit card. The interface supports English, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese. Pagecord is open source and its maker is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.