forme takes 0% of what you earn. Beautiful editor. Encrypted drafts.
Email newsletters. Paid subscriptions, all yours.
Substack charges you 10% forever. Ghost takes 2-3 days of setup before you can write.
This is different.
Charged at signup · Full refund within 30 days · Cancel anytime · Export everything
Substack charges 10% forever. We charge $19 flat. Charged at signup — full refund within 30 days.
For independent publishers. Solo writers, bloggers, researchers, journalists, food bloggers.
For 2 to 8 person editorial teams. Share the work without sharing the risk.
Charged at signup · 30-day money-back guarantee · Cancel anytime · Export everything
Forme is live now. You can sign up today, import your archive, connect your domain, and publish. Stripe-powered paid subscriptions activate once our payment processing is fully configured — we'll notify you and it won't affect your free publishing setup in the meantime.
Upload your export and everything moves over — posts, slugs, subscribers, dates, and paid tiers. Old URLs redirect automatically. Most migrations take about 20 minutes. We also offer a fully assisted option if you'd rather not touch the settings.
Yes. Your posts export as Markdown or JSON. Your subscriber list exports as CSV. We provide standard open formats with no artificial friction. You own the data — leaving should take 10 minutes, not a lawyer.
Ghost self-hosted means you manage servers, updates, and security. Forme handles all of that. If you want control over infrastructure, Ghost self-hosted is genuinely good. If you want to write rather than maintain a stack, Forme is built for you — with encryption and security features Ghost doesn't offer.
You're charged at signup. If you change your mind within 30 days, request a full refund — no questions asked, no hoops, no pro-rating games. After 30 days you can cancel any time and keep access until the billing period ends.
Yes. Your publication is live on yourname.forme.press immediately. Connecting a custom domain takes about 2 minutes — we walk you through every DNS step. Most registrars work without any issues.
Never, unless you choose to. Forme has an opt-in contextual ad program for publishers who want it — you control it, you keep the revenue. We do not place ads in your content without your explicit setup and approval.
Your subscriber list exports as a CSV any time — before, during, or after. We'd give you advance notice and a clean export window. Your data never depends on our continued existence.
We never see your payment card details. Billing is processed by Stripe — they handle card storage and PCI compliance. We receive only a confirmation that your subscription is active. Your subscribers' payment data works the same way.
No. The editor works like any word processor. Domain connection is guided step-by-step. Import is a file upload. The encryption and security features are optional and designed to be usable by non-technical journalists. If you can use Substack, you can use Forme.
$19/month. Charged at signup. Full refund within 30 days, no questions asked.
No lock-in. Everything you build is yours.
Unlike Substack, which takes 10% of your revenue forever.
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