SimilarSiteSearch

substack.com

Substack

Who runs Substack, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest newsletter publishing platform alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Ghost

Measured from Substack’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.

We’ll send a link to confirm. Your address is only used for these alerts.

Visit Substack

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Substack

Substack substack.com

Substack is the app for independent voices: a free newsletter, video, and podcast hosting platform with paid subscriptions built in.

Wikidata: American online newsletter platform

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Substack tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 16 alternatives below has fewer; 11 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool

  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Substack

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Substack, thumbs down if it isn’t.

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

1 of the 60 sites closest to Substack matches.

  1. 01
    GitBook gitbook.com English Free plan 6 trackers

    The knowledge layer for AI | GitBook

    GitBook is a knowledge platform that connects your docs, product and users, answers user questions, and identifies knowledge gaps. Docs-as-code support & AI insights included.

    Compare GitBook with Substack →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Substack’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Substack uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

What changed

Price and policy history →

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Substack adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack and search numbers · 9 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
39 ms

Built with

Fonts
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:mail.zende…
CDN
Languages & backends
  • Express header x-powered-by: Express
Email hosting
  • Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:mail.zende…
Email delivery
  • Mailgun TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:mail.zende…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)