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Mataroa vs Bear Blog: catalog facts
Mataroa	Bear Blog
Freemium Free for most features; premium with custom domain and post by email costs $9 per year.	Free Free to sign up and publish, according to the homepage.
Web, Self-hosted	Web
No ads, tracking cookies or email needed to sign up Easy export, including EPUB and monthly auto-exports	Very small pages with no trackers or ads RSS and Atom feeds
Custom domains require the premium plan Deliberately minimal design and features	Deliberately minimal design and features Hosted only, so you depend on the service
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Hosted service
Open source	Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
Account needed	Account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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