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Medium vs Substack
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
Substack
Publish a paid newsletter with the Substack social layer.
Newsletters & EmailFreemium · 10% of paid subscriptions
At a glanceMediumSubstack
At a glance
- Pricing
- Medium—
- Substack10% of paid subscriptions
- Pricing model
- Medium—
- SubstackFreemium
- Founded
- Medium—
- Substack2017
- Location
- Medium—
- SubstackSan Francisco, USA
- Bootstrapped
- Medium—
- Substack—
- Open source
- Medium—
- Substack—
- Category
- MediumNewsletters & Email
- SubstackNewsletters & Email
- Indie alternatives
- Medium6
- Substack5
- Founders
- Medium—
- SubstackChris Best, Hamish McKenzie, Jairaj Sethi
Key differences
Category
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Indie alternatives
Medium has 6 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Substack has 5.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
Founder of Medium
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