Write for a developer audience and pay only if you want the Pro extras. Hashnode is a blogging platform for developers. A free account gives you a blog with syntax highlighting in 25 languages, LaTeX, tables and embeds, or raw Markdown if you skip the editor. The home page also lists a custom domain, a GraphQL API, headless use and GitHub mirroring, but the Pro page lists those as Pro features, so the two pages disagree about what is free. Pro is $5 a month or $50 a year per seat and adds a custom domain, the GraphQL API, headless mode, AI editor tools, webhooks, GitHub backup, bulk Markdown import, branding removal and scheduled publishing. Growth is $34 a month and adds an AEO toolkit that tracks whether ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity cite your articles. G2 and Trustpilot ratings did not turn up, and the Capterra listing showed no rating in the excerpt I read.
Free tier quotas
Plan
Free blog; Pro is $5 a month or $50 a year per seat
Articles
Unlimited per publication, per the Pro page
Publications
1 on a free account; Pro raises the account limit to 10
Editor
Syntax highlighting in 25 languages, LaTeX, tables, embeds or raw Markdown
Import
Markdown import with tags, dates and canonical URLs, plus redirects (home page)
Address
hashnode.dev subdomain by default
Custom domain
Listed as free on the home page and as a Pro feature on the Pro page
GitHub mirroring
Listed on the home page; the Pro page lists GitHub backup as Pro
Last sniffed Oct 7, 2026. Always confirm on the official pricing page.
👍 Good boy
+A free blog with no article cap. The Pro page describes free publications as their own sites with unlimited articles.
+The editor is built for technical writing: syntax highlighting in 25 languages, LaTeX, tables and embeds, with raw Markdown as an alternative.
+Pro is cheap for one person. It costs $5 a month or $50 a year per seat and raises the account limit from 1 publication to 10.
+The API side is developer friendly. Pro lists a GraphQL API, headless mode and webhooks, and the foreword blog lists a Hashnode CLI and an MCP server announced on October 6 and September 29, 2026.
+Moving in and out is documented. The home page says you can import Markdown with tags, dates and canonical URLs intact, and Pro lists bulk Markdown import and GitHub backup of every post and draft.
+An r/opensource commenter said Hashnode let them connect a domain for free and that they get a steady flow of views from Google search. That thread is older, so check the current plan split.
+Growth adds an AEO score in the editor and daily citation tracking across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity for up to 10 questions.
👎 Watch out
−The free and Pro lines are unclear. The home page lists a custom domain, GraphQL API, headless use and GitHub mirroring, while the Pro page lists custom domain, GraphQL API access, headless mode and GitHub backup as Pro features. Check the live plan before you move.
−Free publications may lose off-topic posts. The Pro page lists protection from automoderation as a Pro feature and says Pro posts are shadow-banned instead of deleted, so free publications face automoderation removal.
−Branding stays on free publications. Removing the Powered by Hashnode footer, the floating Write button and the Hashnode logo is a Pro feature.
−Pro applies per publication and per seat. Upgrading one publication does not upgrade the other nine, which have to be upgraded separately.
−Growth costs $34 a month ($340 a year), about seven times Pro, and its citation tracking covers up to 10 questions. AI traffic tracking does not populate for headless publications.
−An r/Blogging commenter said that while Hashnode and Medium offer some built-in audience, they consider their own WordPress blog the far superior option. The excerpt is cut off, so I could not read their reasons.
−I found no G2 or Trustpilot ratings, and the Capterra listing showed no rating in the excerpt I read. Opinions here come from Reddit threads, which are search excerpts.
The catch
The home page and the Pro page disagree on what is free. The home page lists a custom domain, a GraphQL API, headless use and GitHub mirroring as features of the platform, and the Pro page lists custom domain, GraphQL API access, headless mode and GitHub backup as Pro features. Treat the Pro page as the paid list and confirm in your account before relying on a feature.
Pro is $5 a month or $50 a year per seat and applies per publication. Upgrading one publication raises the account limit from 1 to 10, with nine free publications beside it. Growth is $34 a month or $340 a year with $5 a month per extra seat.
Hashnode's /pricing address redirects to the home page, so the Pro page is the pricing source here. Card requirement and commercial use of the free plan are not stated in the pages I read.
What’s included
✓Syntax highlighting in 25 languages
✓LaTeX and tables
✓Embeds
✓Raw Markdown editing
✓Markdown import with canonical URLs and redirects
✓GraphQL API
✓Headless mode
✓Webhooks
✓GitHub backup
✓Custom domain
✓Scheduled publishing
✓AEO toolkit on Growth
Free tier value
Generosity
B
Estimated value
Free blog with unlimited articles; Pro $5 a month per seat
Feature parity
Pro adds domain, API, headless mode and webhooks per its page. The home page lists some as free.
Screenshots
Hashnode homepageHashnode Pro pricing page
Paid plans
Pro, $5 a month or $50 a year per seat
Custom domain, GraphQL API, headless mode, AI editor tools, webhooks, agent skill for the API, GitHub backup, bulk Markdown import, branding removal, scheduled publishing, automoderation protection and up to 10 publications.
Growth, $34 a month or $340 a year
Everything in Pro plus the AEO toolkit: AEO score, citation tracking for up to 10 questions, AI traffic tracking, FAQ blocks, Q&A rewrite, AI crawler controls with llms.txt and a freshness queue. Extra seats are $5 a month.
Common questions
Is Hashnode free?
You can start a blog for free. The Pro page lists free publications as their own sites with unlimited articles.
Is a custom domain free?
The home page lists a custom domain among its features, and the Pro page lists it as a Pro feature. Confirm in your account.
How much is Pro?
$5 a month or $50 a year per seat, which the page describes as 2 months free.
Can I run more than one publication?
Upgrading one publication raises your account limit from 1 to 10: one Pro publication plus nine free ones. Pro applies per publication.
Can I take my posts with me?
The home page says every post and draft mirrors to GitHub, and Pro lists GitHub backup as Markdown for full version history.
What is the Growth plan?
An AEO toolkit on top of Pro that tracks whether AI assistants cite your articles.
Change history
Checked October 22, 2026
Pro page lists Pro at $5 a month ($50 yearly) and Growth at $34 ($340 yearly). The /pricing address redirects to the home page.
