Comparison

Personal blog or Medium?

A personal blog for the long term. Medium for quick distribution at launch.

Tool A

Personal blog

Competitor

Tool B

Medium

The writing platform with a built-in audience: publish, distribute, monetize.

Criterion by criterion

Criterion by criterion
Criterion	Personal blog	Medium
In my stack	No, competitor	Yes
My rating	No tool page on my site	4 out of 5
What it does better	You own your audience and your SEO, total customization	Built-in organic audience, your articles circulate without SEO or active marketing
What it does worse	Zero audience at the start, technical maintenance	You do not own your audience, Medium controls the distribution
Entry price	No tool page on my site	€0
Plan I would pick	No tool page on my site	Writer (Free) · €0
Works with	No tool page on my site	macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Browser, Zapier, Make
Where the opinion comes from	Compared from my Medium review	Based on my Medium review

Verdict

A personal blog for the long term. Medium for quick distribution at launch.

On Personal blog, written from my Medium review