Comparing Mataroa with other platforms
In this matrix we compare some of the features of various hosted blogging platforms.
This is not a comprehensive list. It’s a selection to highlight the differences that we think are interesting.
| Mataroa | Substack | WordPress | Medium | Ghost | Write.as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core blogging features | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | (debatable) | (via integrations) | |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Newsletter | ✓ | ✓ | (via plugins) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Paid subscribers | ✓ | (via plugins) | ✓ | |||
| Ad revenue for author1 | ✓ | (via integrations) | ||||
| Themes2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Extensions2 | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Redirect to new domain3 | ✓ | |||||
| Recurring auto-export3 | ✓ | (via plugins) | (via integrations) | |||
| Export for self-hosting3 | ✓ | (via plugins) | (via integrations) |
- We never plan to support anything related to ads.
- Having no themes or extensions is part of our minimalism philosophy.
- We have a strong commitment to vendor independence, by offering three features that make leaving mataroa possible, easy, and risk-free.