Commerce · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Substack

Subscription publishing made simple

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Substack launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Reader for Substack▲82
An un-official Substack reader for mobile
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
Substack▲235
Paid email newsletters made simple
2018 · substack.com · its alternatives →
3
Unstack▲611
The world's fastest free all-in-one website builder
2020 · elasticpath.com · its alternatives →
4
Ghost 4.0▲1,100
Newsletters, memberships, subscriptions - all in one place
2021 · ghost.org · its alternatives →
5
Unstack Payments▲259
eCommerce landing pages and membership sites
2021 · elasticpath.com · its alternatives →
6
Substack App for iOS▲163
The home for great writing
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
7
The New Substack Video▲215
New tools for publishing video posts
2023 · on.substack.com · its alternatives →
8
Swapstack▲251
A marketplace connecting newsletters & brands
2021 · swapstack.co · its alternatives →
9
Substack Reader 2.0▲148
Discover and discuss great writing on Substack
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10SS
SubStats – Substack Newsletter Leaderboard▲18
2020 · substats.actionably.com · its alternatives →
11
Substage▲183
Hey all! I’m a solo indie dev and I’ve been working on Substage – a Mac app that docks under your Finder window and lets you interact with your files using natural language. Stuff like: • Convert to webp • zip these up • Author of this PDF? • Download this file: • Is this really a PNG? • What's 5 foot 9 in cm? • Open in TextMate Substage converts your prompt into a Terminal command using an LLM (GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, or your own local model), runs it, and summarises the output. If it detects something risky, it’ll pause for confirmation before running. Commands run locally on your…
2025 · selkie.design · its alternatives →
12
Subbly▲142
Start and run a subscription box business, quickly & easily!
2014 · subbly.co · its alternatives →
13
FreeStack▲488
Free tools & resources for designers
2016 · freestack.co.uk · its alternatives →
14
Substack Notes▲136
A new way for writers to share their thoughts.
2023 · on.substack.com · its alternatives →
15
Snorkel for Substack▲85
Give your Substack a proper home at your own domain.
2020 · its alternatives →
16
Substack Reader▲173
Substacks RSS Reader for their newsletters
2020 · substack.com · its alternatives →
17
Substly▲94
Gather your subscriptions, people and cost in one platform.
2020 · substly.com · its alternatives →
18
Warestack▲444
Agentic guardrails for safe releases
2025 · warestack.com · its alternatives →
19
Supscrib▲185
The new way of subscribing to newsletters
2018 · supscrib.com · its alternatives →
20
Subo▲322
Privacy-first subscription tracker with a clean design
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
Typejust▲157
An alternative for Ghost and Substack
2022 · typejust.com · its alternatives →
22
IndiePubStack▲10
Open-source self-hosting Substack alternative for developers
2025 · its alternatives →
23WJ
We just launched our MVP, a new RSS Reader▲153
Find information, resources and relevant links for subpug.com. This domain may be for sale.
2011 · subpug.com · its alternatives →
24PI
Printstack – I'll print and post your Substacks to you▲13
I've been turning individual Substacks into books -- actual paperbacks and hardbacks that you can put on your shelf -- for a little time now. (See the homepage.) So when a friend pointed me towards a tweet about doing it weekly across all a person's subscriptions, it seemed like a reasonable thing to test. I know where a few of the beartraps on the route from Substack to paper are. Do share feedback and thoughts.
2025 · printstack.net · its alternatives →

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