WordPress can do anything. Pagecord just does a blog.
If you want plugins, WooCommerce, complex themes, membership sites, or a whole CMS, WordPress is probably right. It earned its place because it can do almost anything.
Pagecord is for the smaller job: a personal blog, a homepage, RSS, email subscribers, and a custom domain — with nothing to maintain. It's deliberately less powerful, and that's exactly what makes it easier to keep writing.
Open source. Classic is free forever. Premium is $39/year.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Pagecord | WordPress |
|---|---|---|
| Free version | ✅ | ✅ |
| Rich text editor | ✅ | ✅ |
| Standalone pages | ✅ | ✅ |
| Custom home pages | ✅ | ✅ |
| Tags | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multi-language support | ✅ | ✅ |
| RSS feeds | ✅ | ✅ |
| Custom domains | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multiple blogs from one account (Premium includes 2) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Open source | ✅ | ✅ |
| Themes included | ✅ | ✅ (requires plugins) |
| Social links | ✅ | ✅ (requires plugins) |
| Email newsletters | ✅ Weekly digest or per-post delivery |
✅ (requires plugins) |
| Search your posts | ✅ | ✅ |
| Full site HTML export | ✅ | ❌ |
| Zero setup required | ✅ | ❌ |
| No maintenance or updates needed | ✅ | ❌ |
| Create blog posts by sending an email | ✅ | ❌ |
| Reply by email | ✅ | ❌ |
| Embeddable contact form | ✅ | ✅ (requires plugins) |
| API | ✅ | ✅ |