Writizzy vs Medium

Writizzy vs Medium

Medium hands you a built-in audience with zero setup; Writizzy hands you an audience, a domain, and a brand you actually own and can take anywhere.

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Updated June 2026

The verdict

It comes down to one question

Do you want to borrow an audience, or own one?

Medium

Built around its own network. Zero setup and instant reach, but you publish on medium.com, you can't export your followers, and the Partner Program decides your payout.

Writizzy

Built around an audience you own. Your domain, your subscriber list, real SEO, your own design, and 0% commission on the subscriptions you set.

Choose Medium if its built-in readership and zero setup are your priority. Choose Writizzy if you want to own your domain, your list, and your revenue.

At a glance
 
Writizzy
Medium
Where your content lives
Your own domain & platform
Medium's platform
Audience ownership
Your subscriber list, exportable
Followers you can't export
SEO equity
Builds your domain authority
Builds medium.com
Monetization
0% commission, your own Stripe
Partner Program, opaque payouts
Design & branding
Themes, colors, your brand
One uniform look
Built-in discovery
Growing discover feed + RSS
Large reader network
Self-select

Which one is right for you?

Pick the column that sounds like you.

Best for most writers

Choose Writizzy if…

You're building something you own

  • You want a home you own: your domain, your URLs, your SEO equity.
  • You want to build an email list you can take anywhere, not followers locked inside a platform.
  • You want to monetize on your terms and keep 100%, not depend on the Partner Program.
  • You care about design, branding, and a real blog built for search.
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Stay on Medium if…

Discovery is your growth engine

  • You want zero setup and a built-in audience from day one.
  • Medium's recommendation network is your main source of new readers.
  • You'd rather not manage a domain, a list, or any infrastructure.
  • You're writing for reach today, not to build an owned asset.

If that's you, Medium is a fine choice today.

The full breakdown

The dimensions that actually decide it

A clear bottom line on each, including where Medium comes out ahead.

SEO & discoverability

Short term vs long term

Give Medium its due: medium.com has enormous domain authority, so a new post can get indexed and rank in days, faster than a brand-new personal domain could. The catch is whose brand wins. Every ranking and backlink builds medium.com, not you, and you keep it only as long as Medium lets you. Writizzy publishes on your own domain with sitemaps, schema.org structured data, fast pages, and a post-publication SEO audit, so the authority is slower to build but compounds into an asset you own.

Bottom line: Short term, Medium's borrowed authority can rank you faster. Long term, Writizzy's SEO equity is yours, and it doesn't evaporate if Medium changes the rules.
See Writizzy's SEO tools

Design & your brand

Writizzy wins

Medium does let you map a custom domain (with a paid membership), but a custom domain only changes the URL: every Medium publication still uses the same fixed layout, with almost no control over colors, typography, or structure. Writizzy gives you a growing theme library with control over colors, typography, and dark mode, so the whole publication looks like you, not like a Medium page on a different URL.

Bottom line: If your brand matters, Writizzy wins on design control. A custom domain alone doesn't make a Medium publication look like yours.
Browse themes

Multilingual publishing

Writizzy wins

Writizzy translates any post into a ready-to-review draft in one click, with automatic hreflang and a reader-facing language switcher, so the same article can rank and be read in every language you publish. Medium has no multilingual support at all.

Bottom line: If you write, or want to write, in more than one language, Writizzy does natively what Medium simply can't.
How multilingual works

Cross-posting (POSSE)

Writizzy wins

Connect your social channels once, and Writizzy posts an announcement for every article you publish, automatically or with one-click approval, to Mastodon, Bluesky, Discord (and more). Medium keeps your work inside medium.com and its own feed.

Bottom line: Medium grows you inside its network. Writizzy helps you reach the audiences you own off-platform, too.
How cross-posting works

Community & discovery

Medium wins

Here Medium genuinely wins, and it's worth saying plainly. Its recommendation engine, topic feeds, and large reader base can put your writing in front of new readers with zero audience-building on your part. Writizzy has a growing discover feed and reaches readers through RSS and cross-posting, but nothing at Medium's scale yet.

Bottom line: If discovery with zero setup is your priority today, Medium has the edge. Just remember the reach is rented, and the algorithm owns it.
Side by side

Full feature comparison

Every line, for the thorough evaluator.

Feature
Writizzy
Medium
Writing & publishing
Blog posts
Built-in newsletter to a list you own
Emails followers, no list you own
Drafts & scheduled publishing
Tags
SEO tag pages
Topic tags only
Multilingual blogs + automatic translation
SEO & discoverability
SEO equity on your own domain
Ranks medium.com
SEO audit & health score
Design & customization
Multiple themes
Growing library
One design for everyone
Colors & typography control
Custom domain
Ownership & monetization
You set your own paid subscriptions
0% commission
Partner Program only
Own & export your subscriber list
Transparent, direct payouts
Opaque, algorithm-based
Community & discovery
Built-in reader network
Growing
Large audience
Auto cross-post to social networks
Comments & reactions
Switching is easy

Moving from Medium? We'll help

Four steps. Your posts and images transfer automatically; the whole move takes under 15 minutes.

1

Request your Medium export

In Medium, go to Settings → Security and apps → Download your information. Medium emails you a ZIP with all your posts within a few minutes.

2

Upload the ZIP to Writizzy

In Writizzy, go to Dashboard → Import and upload the ZIP. The importer parses your HTML posts and converts them to clean Markdown automatically.

Automatic
3

Review your formatting

Browse your imported posts to check formatting, embedded images, and code blocks. Medium-specific embeds may need a quick adjustment.

4

Connect your custom domain

Point your own domain at Writizzy for a branded, professional URL. No domain yet? Start free on yourname.writizzy.com.

What transfers, and what doesn't

Posts and articles
Drafts
Images and embedded media
Text formatting and structure
Tags
FollowersMedium doesn't export follower emails, so announce your move and invite them to re-subscribe
CommentsNot exportable from Medium
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What writers say about Writizzy

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This is EXACTLY what personal blogging needed.

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Easy to use. Straight to the point. You write and publish. That's it. Amazing work.

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Gave me the final push to write my first blog post. Incredibly intuitive, focusing only on the essentials without any clutter.

YyoannaNewsletter writer
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Totally removes the overwhelming side of current tools to focus on writing, while being at a great price.

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Good to know

Frequently asked questions

Can I get my Medium follower list?

No. Medium does not include follower email addresses in its data export. The best approach is to publish a final post on Medium announcing your move, with a direct link to your new Writizzy subscription page, and share it on social media. Many creators also add a link to their new site in their Medium bio. From then on, every subscriber you collect on Writizzy is yours and fully exportable.

Will I earn less without the Medium Partner Program?

It depends on how you monetize. The Partner Program pays you an opaque, algorithm-driven cut of member reading time that you don't control. On Writizzy you set your own paid subscriptions through your own Stripe account and keep 100% of what readers pay, with 0% platform commission. You trade Medium's passive, unpredictable payouts for direct revenue you own and can grow.

How well does Medium formatting transfer?

Standard formatting, headings, bold, italic, lists, blockquotes, images, and links, transfers cleanly. Medium-specific embeds (like embedded Medium posts or custom widgets) may need manual replacement. Code blocks and image captions are preserved. We recommend reviewing your most important posts after import to catch any edge cases.

Can I use a custom domain right away?

Yes. On Writizzy you can connect your own domain during or after import. If you already own one, just point your DNS to Writizzy; if not, your blog stays at yourname.writizzy.com until you add one. Medium supports custom domains too, but only with a paid membership, and your publication still lives inside Medium's fixed layout, the domain changes the URL, not the design control or audience ownership.

I write for a Medium publication, can I import those posts?

Your Medium export includes every post you authored, including those published under a publication. Posts written by other contributors are not in your export. If you manage a publication and want to migrate everything, each author exports and imports their own posts separately.

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