Comparison

Dev.to or Medium?

Dev.to for very technical articles. Medium for broader content.

Tool A

Dev.to

Competitor

Tool B

Medium

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

Criterion by criterion

Criterion by criterion
Criterion	Dev.to	Medium
In my stack	No, competitor	Yes
My rating	No tool page on my site	4 out of 5
What it does better	More engaged dev community, free for readers, no paywall	Built-in organic audience, your articles circulate without SEO or active marketing
What it does worse	More technical and niche audience, less topic diversity	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

Dev.to for very technical articles. Medium for broader content.

On Dev.to, written from my Medium review