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Summary
Write.as is a minimalist online publishing platform designed for focused writing and clean reading. It provides tools for individuals and teams to create blogs, journals, and newsletters, emphasizing privacy, ad-free content, and open web technologies for distribution. The platform offers various features for content creation, publishing, and audience reach, including rich text editing, custom domains, and email subscriptions.
Feature Matches11/13
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Must Have
4 of 5
Rich Text Editor
Distribution & Recommendation Engine
Membership & Monetization
Community Feedback Tools
Reader Engagement Metrics
Other
7 of 8
Publication Management
User Profiles & Following
Tags & Topics
Email Newsletter Integration
Mobile App Access
Social Sharing & Embedding
Search & Discovery
Audio Story Playback
PricingFreemium
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Free
$0.00 one time
- 1 personal blog
- 3-15 posts per day
- Unlimited views per month
- Markdown and MathJax support
- Web Monetization support
- Self-promoted blogs
- Open developer API
- Community support
- Plain text editor
- Write.as branding
- No rich text editor
- No custom domain
- No static pages
- No rich embeds
- No do-follow links
- No themes and code injection
- Cannot join Read Write.as community
- No password-protected blogs
- No private blogs
- No publishing via command-line or email
- No discount on desktop apps
- No newsletter subscribers
- No privacy-respecting analytics
- No collaborative blogs
- No team members
- No team photo hosting
- No user roles
- No post signatures
- No e-book export
- No priority support
Pro
$6.00 monthly
- Up to three blogs on write.as or your own domain
- RSS feed
- ActivityPub integration
- Micropayments
- Unlimited posts
- Unlimited social cross-posts
- Password-protected blogs
- Private blogs
- Publish to Read Write.as
- Rich text editing
- Email subscriptions (1-500 subscribers)
- Photo hosting with Snap.as
- Pinned pages
- Full design customization
- API access
- Command-line publishing
- Email publishing
- Custom domain with SSL
- Static pages
- Rich embeds
- Do-follow links
- Themes and code injection
- Join Read Write.as community
- Privacy-respecting analytics
- Discount on desktop apps (40% off)
- Email support on weekdays
- No collaborative blogs
- No team members
- No unlisted/public/private team blogs
- No user permissions
- File hosting with Attach.as (early access add-on)
- Submissions with Submit.as (add-on)
- Post Signature (one-time add-on)
- ePub export (one-time add-on)
- Extra personal blog (add-on)
- No extra team blog
- No priority support
Team
$25.00 monthly
- Everything in Pro
- One shared blog
- Asynchronous collaborative editing
- Team blog access
- Team photo hosting
- Five team members (1-5)
- User roles
- Post signatures (included)
- E-book export (included)
- Priority support
- Unlisted + Public team blogs
- Private + Password team blogs
- File hosting with Attach.as (early access add-on)
- Submissions with Submit.as (add-on)
- Extra personal blog (add-on)
- Extra team blog (add-on)
Enterprise
Custom
- Unlimited team members
- Unlimited team blogs
- Single sign-on
- Invoice billing
Rationale
Write.as is a strong match for the Medium concept. It offers a rich text editor, supports distribution via RSS and ActivityPub (fediverse), and has a membership model (Pro/Team plans). While it doesn't explicitly mention 'reader engagement metrics' in the same way Medium does, it focuses on providing a clean reading experience and tools for writers. It also offers community feedback tools (Remark.as, though a separate product in their suite, it's part of their ecosystem), publication management for teams, user profiles, tags/topics, email newsletter integration, mobile app access, and social sharing capabilities. The 'Read Write.as' community also acts as a discovery platform.
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