Summary
Ask questionsWrite.as is a minimalist blogging and publishing platform designed for focused writing and easy content distribution. It provides tools for individual writers and teams to create ad-free blogs, journals, and newsletters, with an emphasis on privacy and independence from large platforms. Users can publish content to the web, social media, and subscribers, and customize their online presence.
Features10/13
See allMust Have
3 of 5
Rich Text Editor
Membership & Monetization
Community Feedback Tools
Distribution & Recommendation Engine
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
PricingSubscription
See allFree
- Personal blogs: 1
- Posts per day: 3
- Views per month: Unlimited
- Markdown and MathJax support
- Web Monetization support
- Self-promoted blogs
- RSS feed
- ActivityPub federation
- Community support
- Plain text editor
- Write.as branding
Pro
- Personal blogs: 3
- Posts per day: Unlimited
- Views per month: Unlimited
- Markdown and MathJax support
- Web Monetization support
- Rich text editor
- Custom domain, with SSL
- Static pages
- Rich embeds
- Do-follow links
- Themes and code injection
- Self-promoted blogs
- Join Read Write.as community
- Password-protected blogs
- Private blogs
- Open developer API
- Publish via command-line
- Publish via email
- Newsletter subscribers: 1 – 500
- RSS feed
- ActivityPub federation
- Privacy-respecting analytics
- Photo hosting with Snap.as
- Community support
- Email support on weekdays
Team
- Personal blogs: 1
- Collaborative blogs: 1
- Posts per day: Unlimited
- Views per month: Unlimited
- Markdown and MathJax support
- Web Monetization support
- Rich text editor
- Custom domain, with SSL
- Static pages
- Rich embeds
- Do-follow links
- Themes and code injection
- Self-promoted blogs
- Join Read Write.as community
- Password-protected blogs
- Private blogs
- Open developer API
- Publish via command-line
- Publish via email
- Newsletter subscribers: 500+
- RSS feed
- ActivityPub federation
- Privacy-respecting analytics
- Team members: 1 – 5
- Unlisted + Public team blogs
- Private + Password team blogs
- User permissions
- Photo hosting with Snap.as
- Community support
- Email support on weekdays
- Priority support
Enterprise
- Unlimited team members
- Unlimited team blogs
- Single sign-on
- Invoice billing
Rationale
Write.as is a blogging platform that focuses on distraction-free writing and easy publishing, aligning well with the core concept of an online publishing platform. It offers a rich text editor, various monetization options through its 'Pro' and 'Team' plans, and features for community interaction like comments (Remark.as, though a separate product in their suite, is mentioned as part of their offering for starting conversations around blogs). It also supports publication management for teams, user profiles, tags, email newsletters, and social sharing. While it doesn't explicitly detail an algorithmic recommendation engine like Medium, it does have features for discovery through its 'Read Write.as' community and ActivityPub integration, which facilitates content distribution. The absence of explicit reader engagement metrics beyond basic views and the lack of a strong algorithmic recommendation engine are the main reasons for not having a perfect confidence score.
