Free blog platforms compared
Outrank Blogs vs Blogger
Blogger is Google’s free blogging service and still one of the few free platforms that lets you use your own domain. Outrank Blogs is a newer free option built for business blogs: modern templates, SEO set up for you, email sign-ups, and a blog that can live in a subfolder of your website.
Side by side
Free plans compared
Based on both products’ public pages. Last checked October 2026.
| Feature | Outrank Blogs | Blogger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free up to 10,000 visits a month. Autopilot plan $99/month | Free |
| Address on the free plan | yourbrand.outrankblog.com, not indexed by search engines until you connect your own domain | yourname.blogspot.com, indexed by search engines |
| Your own domain | Free: blog.yourbrand.com or a domain used only for the blog | Free; you only pay for the domain |
| Blog in a subfolder (yourbrand.com/blog) | Free, with Next.js, Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare or nginx | Not available |
| Ads on the free plan | No ads. A small “Published with Outrank” badge in the footer | No platform ads; you can add AdSense yourself |
| SEO controls | Sitemap, RSS, structured data, canonical tags, 301 redirects, IndexNow and llms.txt, set up for you | Basic: search description, custom robots.txt and custom redirects |
| Email subscribers | Sign-up forms, subscriber list, CSV export and webhooks. You send emails from your own email tool | No built-in email subscriptions since FeedBurner stopped sending emails in 2021 |
| Analytics | Built-in analytics without cookies, plus Google Analytics 4 or Tag Manager | Basic stats, plus Google Analytics |
| Free plan limits | 10,000 visits a month. Two months in a row over it pauses new posts; the blog stays online | Design changes beyond the built-in options mean editing theme HTML |
Honest take
Where each one is better
Where Outrank Blogs is better
- Your blog can live at yourbrand.com/blog, so posts build your main website’s authority
- Email sign-up forms and a subscriber list you can export
- Sitemap, structured data, IndexNow and llms.txt set up without touching code
- Modern templates with dark mode, built for phones first
- Outrank can write and publish SEO articles for you when you want to grow faster
Where Blogger is better
- No visit limit at all
- Free blogspot.com addresses are indexed by search engines; Outrank Blogs’ free addresses are not
- Built-in AdSense monetization
- Run by Google for more than twenty years
Choose Outrank Blogs if
- The blog exists to bring customers to your business website
- You want the blog in a subfolder of your site
- You want to collect email subscribers
Choose Blogger if
- You write a personal or hobby blog and do not need your own domain
- You expect more than 10,000 visits a month and want to stay free
- You plan to earn from AdSense on the blog itself
Switching
How to move from Blogger
- 1Create your free blog and pick a template. It takes about a minute.
- 2Bring your posts over: paste them into the editor, or let Outrank write new ones for you.
- 3Connect your own domain or a subfolder of your website for free.
- 4If your old blog was on your own domain, add redirects from the old post URLs in Settings → Redirects, so links and rankings follow.
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FAQ
Outrank Blogs vs Blogger: questions
Short answers to what people ask most.
Is Outrank Blogs really free like Blogger?
Yes. Hosting, templates, your own domain and analytics are free up to 10,000 visits a month, with no credit card. Blogger has no visit limit; Outrank Blogs asks you to upgrade only if you stay over the limit two months in a row.
Can I use my own domain on both?
Yes. Blogger lets you connect a custom domain for free, and so does Outrank Blogs. Outrank Blogs can also run in a subfolder like yourbrand.com/blog, which Blogger cannot.
Can I move my Blogger posts to Outrank Blogs?
Yes. Add your posts in the editor, connect your domain, then add redirects from your old post URLs in the blog settings so existing links keep working.
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