Paragraph vs Medium
Paragraph is the easiest way to create a newsletter designed for growth. Don't leave it up to algorithms to put your content in front of your readers - instead, truly own your audience.
See how Paragraph compares to Medium.
| Feature | Medium | Paragraph |
|---|---|---|
Fully customizable Customize your newsletter's look & feel with powerful theming. | Yes | Yes |
Detailed analytics Open rates, time-on-page and more. See how your content is performing. | Yes | Yes |
AI-powered writing Write better, faster, with built-in GPT4-powered writing assistance. | No | Yes |
Tags, categories & organization Keep your publication organized using a powerful tagging system. | Yes | Yes |
Custom domain Connect your own domain to Paragraph. | Yes | Yes |
Teams & roles Work with your team to create content. Assign roles to your team members. | Yes | Yes |
(Optional) permanent & uncensorable storage Not all content needs to be stored permanently. Choose to store content on or off of Arweave. | No | Yes |
| Feature | Medium | Paragraph |
|---|---|---|
Email workflows & automation Automatically email your readers using complex email workflows. | No | Yes |
Discovery & SEO Paragraph is built for discovery. We automatically optimize your content for search engines, and we feature content on our Discover pages automatically. | Yes | Yes |
Built-in referral rewards Paragraph incentivizes your readers to share your newsletter with their friends by rewarding them automatically with crypto. | No | Yes |
Powerful growth tools Subscribe popups, subscribe-on-scroll and more. Paragraph has all the tools you need to grow your newsletter's audience. | Yes | Yes |
| Feature | Medium | Paragraph |
|---|---|---|
Token-gated newsletters Gate content behind any NFT or ERC20 tokens. | No | Yes |
Off-platform benefits for your readers Our memberships are NFTs, accessible across the entire web3 ecosystem. | No | Yes |
Wallet & email newsletter delivery Send newsletters directly to your readers' wallets (or their emails). | No | Yes |
Social Integrations We're integrated with Farcaster, a decentralized social network. Tap into your Farcaster social graph automatically for increased distribution. | No | Yes |
Reader comments Engage with your fans, directly on Paragraph. | Yes | Yes |
| Feature | Medium | Paragraph |
|---|---|---|
Collectible posts Turn every post into a limited-edition collectible. Charge any price you want. | Yes | Yes |
Collectible memberships Turn subscribers into patrons by offering collectible memberships for your newsletter. | No | Yes |
Fiat recurring subscriptions Accept fiat-paid recurring subscriptions. | Yes | Yes |
Discounts & free trials Offer discounts and free trials to your readers to increase conversions. | Yes | Yes |