Substack
Articles for Creators

Substack charges 10% on paid subscriptions forever. Beehiiv charges 2.9% with growth tools and an ad network. But the real comparison runs deeper — discovery networks, automation depth, data ownership, and who each platform was actually built for. A complete breakdown including when neither is the right answer.

Substack's 10% fee costs you $6,000/year at $5,000/month in subscription revenue. A fair but complete comparison: pricing at every revenue tier, monetization features (where the gap is enormous), growth tools, and who should actually use which platform.