Mataroa
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Mataroa, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Mataroa's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Most features · no custom domain · no post by email |
| Premium | $9 a year | All features · Billed immediately for one year, then automatically billed yearly unless cancelled |
The facts
Each one read from Mataroa's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Advertising and tracking
- Mataroa says it has no ads, does not track user or visitor behavior, and uses no analytics or tracking cookies.checked 11 Oct 2026
- API
- The API supports programmatic blog updates, including creating, retrieving, editing, and deleting posts and pages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Blog analytics
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Comments
- Blog authors can review, approve, and delete comments, while the platform says its spam prevention support is limited.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Custom domain
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Custom domains
- Premium includes one custom domain with managed TLS, and the service does not automatically redirect a bare domain to its www version.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- Mataroa says it does not share user data with third parties except the payment processor, Stripe, which receives card details and may collect IP addresses and browser user agents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Users can export a blog as Markdown, EPUB, a printable page, Zola files, or Hugo files, and can redirect a retiring blog to a new domain.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Images
- Image hosting allows files up to 1 MB, up to 100 MB total per account, up to 1,000 images, and 100 GB of bandwidth per year.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Mataroa is a minimalist blogging platform for publishing text with fewer distractions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security and infrastructure
- Mataroa says passwords are hashed, TLS 1.2 and 1.3 are required in transit, backups are taken daily and kept for 20 days, and data is not encrypted at rest.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Subscriptions
- Readers can subscribe to blogs through RSS or email newsletters.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can contact support by email, and the site says dissatisfied users can request a refund by email.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Technical limits
- The stated soft limits are 15,000 newsletter subscribers and 10,000 posts; monthly bandwidth is limited to 20 TB.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- Mataroa says it is intended for people who want a minimal blog or who find writing difficult and prefer fewer design choices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Writing
- Posts are written in Markdown, and blogs are hosted at a Mataroa subdomain or a user's own domain.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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