Platform to publish newsletters, podcasts and video and sell paid subscriptions
Substack is a platform to publish a newsletter, a podcast and video in one place and to sell paid subscriptions to them. Every post can go out as an email and also lives on the web. It also has Notes (a short-form social feed), comments, chat threads, direct messages, live video streaming and a recording studio that works in the browser or on mobile.
Readers find new publications through recommendations, Notes, leaderboards and an explore page. Podcasts are hosted for free and sent to Apple Podcasts and Spotify; video can be sent to YouTube and LinkedIn. Payments run through Stripe, with monthly and annual plans, free trials, gift and group subscriptions. You can use your own domain, import posts and subscribers from other platforms and export your data at any time.
It runs in the cloud, on the web and in iOS and Android apps. It is free to start, with no monthly fees. When you turn on paid subscriptions, Substack takes 10% and you keep 90%, before Stripe card fees.
Writers, journalists, podcasters, video creators, experts and educators who want to build a paid subscriber base, from solo creators to media companies that run a full newsroom. Readers use its apps to read, listen and watch.
Sends every post as an email, hosts podcasts for free and sends them to Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and lets you import and export subscribers.
Sends every post as an email, hosts podcasts and video, and has iOS and Android apps; Ko-fi lists only a web page.
Open-source platform for blogs, newsletters and paid memberships
Open source under the MIT licence and can be self-hosted; Ghost takes 0% of payments, while Substack takes 10% of paid subscriptions.
Creator page for tips, memberships, shop sales and commissions
Takes 0% on tips and sells physical products and commissions; Substack takes 10% of paid subscriptions.
Open-source software for building websites and blogs and publishing content
Open-source software you host yourself, with themes and plugins; Substack is a hosted platform that takes 10% of paid subscriptions.
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