Pagecord
Pagecord is a blogging and personal-website platform for creating posts and pages, with themes, newsletters, comments, analytics and custom domains.
What Pagecord is
Pagecord is a blogging and personal-website platform for creating posts and pages, with themes, newsletters, comments, analytics and custom domains. Write in the built-in editor in a browser or on a phone, or publish by email and through Obsidian, iA Writer, Shortcuts, scripts, the CLI or API. The official Obsidian plugin can publish or update posts, use YAML frontmatter and upload embedded local images. Links from YouTube, Spotify, Bandcamp and GitHub are embedded automatically. The free Classic plan gives one blog unlimited posts and pages, plus 20 image and audio uploads. Premium adds custom domains, custom CSS and custom HTML and JavaScript, privacy-first page-view analytics, moderated comments and newsletters for up to 250 subscribers. Each blog has a public RSS feed, and the whole site can be exported with images in HTML or Markdown. New accounts receive a 14-day Premium trial without a credit card. Pagecord is open source and based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Good
- Free Classic allows unlimited posts and pages.
- Publishes through email, Obsidian, CLI and API.
- Exports the site with images as HTML or Markdown.
- Premium analytics use no cookies or tracking scripts.
- New accounts get a 14-day trial without a card.
Watch out
- Classic limits uploads to 20 across posts.
- Premium newsletters are limited to 250 subscribers.
- Custom domains are a Premium feature.
- API access is limited to 60 requests per minute per blog.
Who it suits
Pagecord suits writers who want to publish a personal site using an editor or connected writing tools. It also fits users who value site export, RSS, password protection or privacy-focused analytics.
Verdict
Pagecord combines a free blog with multiple publishing routes, site export and RSS. Check the upload allowance and Premium subscriber limit against your needs; paid plans start at $4/mo.
Plans and prices
From Pagecord's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Classic | Free | Free forever with unlimited posts and pages and 20 free uploads. · 1 blog · 20 uploads · Free forever |
| Premium | $2.50 a month | Includes everything in Classic plus premium features. · 250 email subscribers · 3 blogs · billed monthly |
| Supporter | $50 a year | For Pagecord super-fans who want to support the software. · Support for Pagecord's independent software · billed annually at $50/year |
| Classic | Free | unlimited posts and pages · 1 blog · 20 image/audio uploads · no expiry · FREE |
| Premium | $4 a month | 3 blogs · 250 email subscribers · custom domain · analytics · video · API · $4/mo |
| Premium | $39 a year | 3 blogs · 250 email subscribers · custom domain · analytics · video · API · $39 /year |
| Supporter | $75 a year | support independent software · $75/year |
The facts
Each one read from Pagecord's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI policy
- Customer content is not used to train AI models, Pagecord has no AI product features, and blogs block known AI-training crawlers by default.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Analytics
- Premium analytics use no cookies, no tracking scripts and no personal data collection.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Analytics privacy
- Premium includes privacy-first page-view analytics that can be turned off.checked 28 Sep 2026
- API limit
- The API allows 60 requests per minute per blog.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Blog analytics
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Comment moderation
- Premium comments require no reader account, await approval and are spam-filtered.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Comments
- Premium comments require approval before appearing and spam is filtered before reaching the owner.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Custom domain
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Custom domains
- Premium supports using a custom domain for the site.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Data hosting
- Pagecord runs on Hetzner servers in Falkenstein, Germany; blog posts use Ubicloud managed Postgres in the same region and uploads use Cloudflare R2 in Western Europe.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Email subscribers
- Premium includes up to 250 email subscribers, with larger allowances available for an additional fee.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Export
- Users can export their entire site, including images, in HTML or Markdown format.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The official Obsidian plugin can publish or update posts, supports YAML frontmatter, and uploads embedded local images automatically.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Language support
- The blog interface supports English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Media integrations
- YouTube, Spotify, Bandcamp and GitHub links are automatically embedded.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Newsletter limit
- Premium email newsletters include a 250-subscriber limit; more costs an additional fee.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Paid from
- 4checked 22 Sep 2026
- Password protection
- Blogs can be password protected so only shared readers can access them.checked 28 Sep 2026
The company
- Company location
- Pagecord Ltd is listed at an Edinburgh, Scotland address.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Company status
- Pagecord is bootstrapped, profitable, privacy-conscious and open source.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UKchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Free-plan upload limit
- Classic includes 20 uploads across posts, with images and audio counting toward the allowance.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Free tier limits
- Classic includes unlimited posts and pages, plus 20 free image and audio uploads.checked 28 Sep 2026
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