Write.as
by Write.as · Distraction-free blogging with RSS, email and fediverse publishing
BenchRank score
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Overview
Write.as is a pared-down blogging platform that opens on an editor screen, with Markdown or rich text input and drafts saved to your browser. Published posts reach readers via the web, RSS, email subscriptions and ActivityPub, and paid plans add custom domains, themes and up to three blogs. Work can be exported or self-hosted with WriteFreely, the open source software behind it.
- Best for
- Individual writers and small teams wanting an ad-free blog or newsletter rather than a CMS.
- Pricing
- A $0 Free plan is listed but closed for now; Pro starts at $6 per month and Team at $25 per month, both billed yearly, with Enterprise by enquiry.
- Runs on
- WebAndroidBrowser extensionSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Markdown or rich text editing, with no ads for writers or readers
- Custom domain with SSL, themes and code injection on paid plans
- RSS, email subscriptions and ActivityPub federation included
- Export posts or self-host with the open source WriteFreely
Trade-offs
- The Free plan is marked 'Closed for now', so paid tiers are the way in
- Not a CMS: no e-commerce or complex site building
- Team plan caps at five members; more needs an Enterprise deal
- Cancelling disables custom domains and designs, not just billing
How Write.as markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Write.as’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“write.as”
- Angle: Simplicity / ease
- Hero: Typography only
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Write.as’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Customer sentiment
Third-party ratings, shrunk toward the catalogue mean by review volume and corroborated across independent sources.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
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Where this comes from
The Write.as pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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