The best publishing platform, period. Beautiful editor. Email newsletters. Paid subscriptions with 0% revenue cut. Also the only one that's genuinely secure — not because of a policy, but because of how we built it.
No credit card required · Publish in 5 minutes · Export everything, anytime
Your subscriber list is your business. On most platforms it's also their database. Stored in their servers. Exposed when they get breached — and they do get breached. Your design is their template. Your revenue is shared. Your readers are the product.
There's a better arrangement.
Most publishers recover their first year of forme costs in the first month. Enter your numbers.
Write without fighting the interface. The editor handles rich content — images, pull quotes, video, code — without getting in the way. Newsletters go out on your schedule, to the people you choose, with your brand on every pixel. No Forme logo anywhere.
Your subscriber list exports as a CSV whenever you want it. Your content exports in open formats. Your revenue lands directly in your bank account. Your custom domain is yours whether you stay or go. We designed Forme to be easy to leave. That's what makes it worth staying.
When you encrypt a draft, it's locked before it leaves your browser. We receive a scrambled blob we can't open. Your subscriber payment relationships run through your own Stripe account — not ours. Not because of a policy. Because of how the math works.
Every other publishing platform stores your drafts in plain text.forme doesn't. Your drafts are encrypted before they leave your browser, using a key that lives on your device and nowhere else.
For most publishers, this is peace of mind. For some, it's more important than that. We built the architecture for everyone — because security that only works for people who can prove they need it isn't security at all.
See the full technical breakdown →Encryption key generated in your browser, stored locally. We don't have it. We couldn't open your drafts even if asked.
We store email addresses and subscription status. No payment data, location, reading history, or behavioral tracking.
Anyone can submit a tip from any browser — no account, no downloads, no Tor. It's encrypted before it leaves their device.
All image metadata stripped client-side before upload. GPS coordinates, device model, serial numbers — gone.
A cryptographically signed transparency statement. If we're silenced, the signature stops. Verifiable by anyone.
| Forme | Substack | Ghost | Beehiiv | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly platform cost | $19 | $0 | $15–199 | $0–109 |
| Revenue cut | 0% | 10% | 0% | 0% |
| Custom design | ✓ | Limited | ✓ | Limited |
| Draft encryption | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Subscriber data ownership | ✓ | Limited | ✓ | Limited |
| Anonymous tip intake | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No ad injection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Zero setup required | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Export everything, anytime | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Substack's 10% cut means a publisher earning $5,000/month pays more in platform fees than a forme team subscription. That's not a comparison — it's a different business model.
We don't have a free tier. $19/month means we work for you, not advertisers.
For independent publishers.
For 2–8 person editorial teams.
All plans include a 30-day free trial · No credit card required · Cancel anytime · Export everything
We know what's stopping you. The posts. The subscribers. The SEO. The readers who'll notice if something breaks. We've thought through every step.
For publications with more than 1,000 subscribers, our team handles the full migration. Email us before you start.
Upload your Substack export ZIP. Your posts arrive with dates, slugs, and formatting intact. Subscriber CSV imports automatically. Ghost JSON works too.
Point your domain to Forme. We walk you through it step by step. Old URLs redirect automatically — nothing breaks for your readers.
Send yourself a test newsletter. Check a post. When it looks right, you're done. Your publication is live on Forme.
30 days, fully featured, no credit card required. Move an existing publication or start fresh. Either way, everything you build is yours.
Questions? hello@forme.press