Medium vs MailerLite

Medium is a blogging platform that also allows any publication on Medium to start a newsletter and correspond with their subscribers directly in their inbox.

MailerLite is an email marketing platform with a ton of tools to make your life easier. You can create dynamic emails, landing page, signup forms, and sell digital products. And if you're growing a community you can offer subscriptions directly from your emails.

Feature Comparison

Medium and MailerLite both have great feature sets so the right tool for you really depends on your needs.

Features	Medium	MailerLite
💸 Paid Subscriptions Accept paid subscriptions	❌	✅
➗ Segmentation Create segments of subscribers	❌	✅
🤖 Automation Automate actions based on behaviors	❌	✅
📩 Embeddable Forms Embeddable subscription forms	❌	✅
📄 Landing Pages Create landing pages for your newsletter	✅	✅
🔌 3rd Party Integrations Connect to other services	❌	✅
🖊️ Visual Editor Drag and drop email editor	✅	✅
📝 Markdown Editor Write emails in markdown	❌	❌
👩‍💻 HTML Design emails with HTML text	❌	✅
⚒️ API Integrate with the platform's API	❌	✅
📈 Analytics Get data on your emails' performance	✅	✅
🌍 Custom Domain Use a custom domain for your page	❌	✅
🗣️ Referrals Setup a referral program	❌	❌
💽 Self Hosting Host on your own server	❌	❌
📢 Recommendations Recommend and be recommended by other newsletters	❌	❌