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. 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 | ✅ | ❌ |
| 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 | ✅ | ❌ |
| Embeddable contact form | ✅ | ❌ |
| Open source | ✅ | ❌ |
| API | ✅ | ❌ |
| Premium version | $39/year | $99/year |