Open Subscription Platforms
Newsletter and Blog platforms for you to publish your Blogs.
# Tools and Platforms
Here, you see all platforms that exist as open: Open Subscription Platforms, and which ones are not.
- Substack
- Ghost
- Medium
- Buttondown for Emails only
- Hashnode
- ConvertKit, Substack, etc., see more tools on E-Mail Automation
- Beehiiv
- Memberstack (What I use for my book)
- Gumroad
- Listmonk (Newsletter I use for mine)
- New once on top of AT Protocol. See below , mostly Micro Blogging Platforms
Others, self-made, are Static Site Generators (SSG), e.g. GoHugo where I build my second brain and website. Also, check out E-Mail Automation.
# Built on Top of AT Protocol
There’s new services that run on the open AT Protocol that Bluesky is running on. So own everything and can use your existing identity:
# Micro Blogging Platforms
More at Micro Blogging Platforms.
# Comparison
Great comparison by Open Subscription Platforms below.
# Open Platforms
| Platform | Product Features | Content Export | Email Export | Customer Export | Payment Export |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listmonk | Email Newsletter | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Substack | Email newsletters, Podcasts | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Ghost | Email newsletters, Websites+blogs | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Podia | Memberships+courses | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Memberful | Memberships for WordPress | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| WooCommerce | Ecommerce | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Memberstack | Memberships | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Revue | Email newsletters | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Pico Payments | Memberships | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Memberspace | Memberships | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
# Closed Platforms
| Platform | Product Features | Payment System | Content Export | Email Export | Customer Export | Payment Export |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beehiiv | Email newsletters | Stripe Connect | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Medium | Social network | Proprietary | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Patreon | Creator community | Proprietary | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
| ConvertKit | Email newsletters | Stripe Express | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Gumroad | Creator marketplace | PayPal Partners, Proprietary | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Twitch |
Video streaming platform | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
# Substack vs. Listmonk
See more on Listmonk.
Origin: Building an Independent Creator Business with Subscriptions