You Get More With TypePad Pro
No hidden fees. Total control. Find out why your blog is better on TypePad.
Wordpress and Blogger offer a basic blog for free, while TypePad Pro charges a subscription fee. Why? Because TypePad offers you more: professionally designed themes, control over your content, and ways to make money. Best of all, everything is included in one up-front fee. You really do get what you pay for.
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Control Your ContentShow details
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Unlimited storage |
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3GB at free level |
1GB |
Upload video |
Upload your own video or embed it from another site. Available at any account level |
Must be hosted by a third party or purchase a space upgrade for $20-$90 per blog annually |
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Upload audio |
Upload your own audio or embed it from another site. Available at any account level |
Must be hosted by a third party or purchase a space upgrade for $20-$90 per blog annually |
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Password protect your blog |
Share the password with as many people as you want |
Requires an upgrade to share the password with more than 35 people. “Unlimited Users” feature is $30 per year per blog |
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Complete integration with Feedburner |
Broadcast to your readers and track them on Feedburner |
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Easily connect to your social network profiles |
43Things, AIM, Bebo, Catster, del.icio.us, Digg, Dodgeball, Dogster, Dopplr, Facebook, Flickr, Goodreads, Hi5, ICQ, Jaiku, Last.FM, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, Ma.gnolia, MOG, MSN Messenger, Multiply, MySpace, Newsvine, Ning, Orkut, Pandora, Pownce, Reddit, Skype, SonicLiving, StumbleUpon, Tabblo, Technorati, Tribe, Twitter, Upcoming, Vox, Yahoo! Messenger, YouTube, Zooomr |
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Automatically update Facebook and Twitter with posts |
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3rd party integration required |
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Customize Your DesignShow details
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Use your own domain name |
Available at Plus level and above |
Requires an upgrade for $10 per year per blog |
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Choose from thousands of design layouts |
Over 3,000 professionally designed theme combinations, plus create your own with our design assistant |
Less than 75 theme combinations |
Less than 60 theme combinations |
Customize layouts and design |
Unlimited - Create pixel-perfect designs with Custom CSS options and Advanced Templates. Available at Pro level and above |
Requires a $15 per year per blog upgrade to customize CSS |
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Add JavaScript |
Integrate with 3rd party sites. Available at Plus level and above |
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Add widgets from a dedicated gallery |
TypePad has more than 400 widgets, including Digg and Flickr, and an API for developers to make their own |
Only 20 widgets, including a list of your own posts |
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Customize HTML |
Total control over your templates and CSS. Available at Pro level and above |
Requires “VIP” blog upgrade for $500 per month + $600 setup fee |
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Spam fighting service |
Open source, industry-leading TypePad Antispam service and a comprehensive spam fighting solution is included in every level of TypePad |
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Monetize your blog |
Typepad lets you make money from your own content |
Requires “VIP” blog upgrade for $500 per month + $600 setup fee |
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Choose your own ad network |
TypePad allows you to include ads from any ad network |
Requires “VIP” blog upgrade for $500 per month + $600 setup fee |
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Choose to display ads or not |
Typepad lets you decide |
$30 per year upgrade required to opt out of ads |
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Add money-making widgets |
TypePad has many widgets such as Paypal, or Amazon aStore that help you earn additional income |
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A self service knowledge base |
Maintained by professional support team |
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Professional support from real people |
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Optional priority support |
Available to all members at Premium and Business Class account levels |
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Comparisons based on features and prices in effect October 24, 2008
