HEY World is great if you live in HEY. Pagecord works from any inbox.
HEY World gets one thing very right: publishing from email feels natural. If HEY is already your home, that simplicity is lovely.
Pagecord keeps the email-to-blog magic but removes the inbox lock-in. Use Gmail, Fastmail, iCloud, Proton Mail, Outlook, or whatever you already have, then add pages, themes, custom domains, RSS, newsletters, analytics, and export.
Classic is free forever, with 20 free uploads included. Premium is $39/year.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Pagecord | HEY World |
|---|---|---|
| Create blog posts by email | ✅ | ✅ |
| Beautifully simple, mobile-friendly blog themes | ✅ | ✅ |
| Email newsletters | ✅ Weekly digest or per-post delivery |
✅ |
| Multiple blogs from one account (Premium includes 2) | ✅ | ❌ |
| RSS feeds | ✅ | ✅ |
| Use any email provider (Gmail, Yahoo, Fastmail, etc.) | ✅ | ❌ (HEY only) |
| Free version | ✅ | ❌ |
| Colour themes and fonts | ✅ | ❌ |
| Standalone pages (About, Now, Contact, etc.) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Custom home pages | ✅ | ❌ |
| Social links | ✅ | ❌ |
| Tags | ✅ | ❌ |
| Search your posts | ✅ | ❌ |
| Privacy-respecting analytics | ✅ | ❌ |
| Comments | ✅ Moderated, with spam filtering |
❌ |
| Post likes | ✅ | ❌ |
| Embed Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, YouTube, GitHub, Strava | ✅ | ❌ |
| Micro-blog posts without titles | ✅ | ❌ |
| Multi-language support | ✅ | ❌ |
| Full site HTML export | ✅ | ❌ |
| Custom domains | ✅ | ❌ |
| Custom CSS | ✅ | ❌ |
| Custom code | ✅ Your own HTML in the head and body of every page |
❌ |
| Embeddable contact form | ✅ | ❌ |
| Open source | ✅ | ❌ |
| API | ✅ | ❌ |
| Premium version | $39/year | $99/year |