Substack vs TeXstudio
Substack
substack.comTeXstudio
texstudio.orgSide by side
| Figure | Substack | TeXstudio |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Writing Apps | 9.4 (#4) | 8.1 (#56) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Official integrations include RSS, podcast distribution to Apple and Spotify, Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, X and Facebook pixels, Google site verification, YouTube and LinkedIn account connections. | The setup can automatically detect MikTeX, TeX Live, Ghostscript and Standardlatex, and it supports SVN. |
| Purpose | Substack is a publishing platform for writers, creators, and subscribers. | TeXstudio is an integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents. |
| Support | Substack directs users to its Help Center for FAQs and walkthroughs and handles subscriber support questions on behalf of writers. | Feature requests, bug reports and questions can be submitted through the GitHub issue tracker. |
Plans
Substack
- Free publishingFree
- Free to startFree
- Custom domain$50, paid once
- Paid subscriptionsPrice not published
In their own words
Substack
Substack is a publishing platform for writers, creators, and subscribers, bringing posts, newsletters, podcasts, video, live streams, and pages into one publishing flow. Its editor supports scheduling, autosaved drafts, version history, templates, SEO metadata, and headline A/B testing. Creators can offer free or paid posts, subscriptions, trials, gifts, and group plans. Discovery tools include recommendations, Notes, leaderboards, referrals, and search; audience segmentation and email automation are also available. Podcast episodes can be distributed automatically to Apple Podcasts and Spotify, while video can go automatically to YouTube and LinkedIn. Publishing is free. When creators enable paid subscriptions, Substack keeps 10% of subscription revenue, and Stripe charges payment processing fees. Creators own their intellectual property and mailing list and can export their data. Substack serves writers, journalists, podcasters, video creators, experts, educators, and media companies. It is available on the web, Android, and iOS. Substack directs users to its Help Center and handles subscriber support questions on behalf of writers.
TeXstudio
TeXstudio is a desktop writing environment for creating LaTeX documents on Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is free under the GPL v2, which allows users to use and modify it. Editing tools include multi-cursors, auto-completion, more than 1,000 mathematical symbols, bookmarks, link overlays, assistants, image drag and drop, and table formatting. For reviewing documents, it provides structure view, code folding, syntax highlighting, spellchecking, grammar and reference checking, and displays for LaTeX errors and warnings. Its build system supports LaTeX compilers, index, bibliography and glossary tools, Latexmk, detection of multiple runs, and custom program execution. An integrated PDF viewer offers near word-level syncing, plus live previews for formulas and code. Setup can detect MikTeX, TeX Live, Ghostscript, and Standardlatex, and the program supports SVN. Collaborative editing through teamtype is available on OSX and Linux. On Windows 11, the Visual Studio runtime is required; there is no release for macOS 10.x, though compilation from source or with Homebrew is possible.