Publish free or paid newsletters without a fixed platform subscription.
About Substack
Substack is a publishing platform for free and paid newsletters. Writers can build a subscriber audience and send their publication without paying a fixed monthly platform subscription. Charging for access adds a revenue-based platform fee.
Substack takes 10% of paid subscription revenue. Payment processing and other applicable charges are separate from that share. A free publication can therefore have very different operating costs from a publication with the same audience that sells subscriptions.
Official details: support.substack.com ; support.substack.com
Pricing: Free publication hosting; Substack charges 10% of paid subscription revenue. Payment processing and other applicable fees are additional. Pricing checked October 26, 2026.
Pricing model: Freemium
Features
- Newsletter publishing
- Free subscriptions
- Paid subscriptions
- Subscriber management
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