Nashra vs Substack.
Your domain, your list, your brand. No revenue cut.
Substack is a network you publish on. Nashra is a tool you publish from. Same craft, different ownership — and very different math at scale.
One post, two surfaces. Visual automations. Magic Links. AI that reads your data, not your voice.
SubstackA network — and the trade-offs that come with one.
Which one fits you,
in two sentences.
you want your domain on the URL, your brand in the inbox, no revenue share, real automations, and tagging your readers actually means something.
Start freediscovery from inside the Substack network and Notes is your primary growth lever, and you're fine paying 10% for it.
That's a real call. We'll respect it.Four things that don't translate
across to Substack.
Your domain, not theirs
On Nashra Publisher the blog runs at yourdomain.com and the email goes from you@yourdomain.com. On Substack you live at substack.com/you. When you leave, you take the URL. That changes the math.
Keep 100% of paid subscriptions
Substack takes 10% of every paid subscription, every month, forever. Nashra takes 0% — you pay a flat fee for the platform, and the revenue is yours. At $1K MRR that's $1.2K a year you keep.
Welcome flows, drip series, re-engage sequences
Substack has none of this. Nashra ships a visual flow builder with three triggers (subscribe, tag added, tag removed), conditional branches, waits, and field updates. The thing every other email tool has had for a decade.
Tags, segments, fields, lead magnets
Substack treats every subscriber as an undifferentiated row. Nashra lets you tag, segment, store custom fields, and route Magic Links to specific tags — the basics of running a list.
Every line item.
No fine print.
The honest counter.
What they do better.
Comparison pages that pretend the other tool has no strengths waste your time. Here's where Substack wins.
If readers find you through other Substack publications and Notes, that's a real flywheel Nashra doesn't replicate. Substack's strength is its graph, not its tools.
Built-in micro-posting that drives traffic back to publications. Nashra has nothing like it.
Substack's app surfaces your editions inside a feed people already check. Nashra's editions land in regular inboxes.
Substack costs nothing until you turn on paid subscriptions. Nashra is also free up to 500 subs forever — but if you stay under 500 and never want automations, Substack is cheaper.
Pay for the list,
not the platform.
SubstackWe move it for you. Free.
Export your list and your archive from Substack. We set up the domain, port the posts, redirect old URLs, and check the first send before it goes out. Free white-glove on Publisher.
Switching from Substack.
The honest answers. If something here doesn't address it, write to us — a real person on the team will reply, usually the same day.
Can I bring my Substack list and posts?
Yes. Export the CSV and the post archive from Substack — both come with you. Publisher includes a free white-glove migration where we set up the domain, port the archive, and redirect old URLs.
What about my Substack URL?
We can 301-redirect from yourname.substack.com to your new domain (we'll guide you through it). Subscribers come with you regardless — they're yours.
What does the 10% Substack cut actually cost?
On a $1K MRR paid newsletter, $100/mo every month — about $1,200 a year. As you grow, the cut compounds. Nashra is flat-rate; the difference is yours.
What about paid subscriptions on Nashra?
On the roadmap. When it ships, the model will be flat-rate, like the rest of Nashra. No cut on what your readers pay you.
Will I lose Substack's discovery network?
Yes — that's the honest tradeoff. You gain ownership of the URL, the brand, the design, the data, and 100% of revenue. Most growth on Substack still comes from outside the network anyway, but if Notes is your primary engine, weigh that.
Try it for a week.Decide for yourself.
Free up to 500 subscribers, forever. Credit card required only for sending emails. Bring your list, your domain, your archive. Take them with you whenever you want.
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