Medium vs MailPoet

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.

MailPoet is a newsletter plugin for WordPress trusted by 300,000 websites. Send newsletters, post notifications and email marketing automation for WooCommerce.

Feature Comparison

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

Features	Medium	MailPoet
💸 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	❌	❌