Medium vs. Quora Blogs

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Medium
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Medium is a blogging and web publishing platform from the company of the same name in San Francisco, California.
$5
per month
Quora Blogs
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Quora headquartered in Mountain View, California now offers Blogs on Quora to replace their previous Board system, providing site users with a blogging platform.N/A
Pricing
MediumQuora Blogs
Editions & Modules
Medium Member - monthly
$5
per month
Friend of Medium - monthly
$15
per month
Medium Member - annually
$60
per year
Friend of Medium - annually
$150
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MediumQuora Blogs
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
MediumQuora Blogs
Considered Both Products
Medium
Chose Medium
WordPress and LinkedIn Publishing Platform
Chose Medium
Medium is easy to use. It is easy to add highlights and emphasis in paragraphs. It is easy to add images and videos anywhere in your articles. It makes article writing fun and easy to share. Other products were more cumbersome and awkward to use or were more expensive to operate.
Chose Medium
Medium is yet another "medium" in the world of creating content. Like Google's Blogger and Quora, it is free to publish. Medium feels a bit more sophisticated than the others and, due to the look, feel and reach, helps you show up professionally in the field. With a fresh …
Chose Medium
There are a handful of other blogging platforms available. The biggest difference between Medium and others is how streamlined it is. It's straight to the point and is excellent at showing related content, be it your own or another users. There's no new design to navigate …
Chose Medium
Medium was recommended by a friend and mentor for its large reach. Because of the promise that it would be easier to get exposure on Medium than other blogging websites, I decided to use it. I haven't used other blogging platforms, but the promise seems to have been kept. I …
Quora Blogs
Chose Quora Blogs
Quora and Medium are both a great, free avenue to produce content and engage with your audience. Quora is more born from a Q&A site which attracts an audience that is searching for answers. The medium tends to attract people looking to add to the conversation. Overall, I think …
Chose Quora Blogs
I have used Stack Overflow for my technical questions but for general knowledge about anything, Quora is great.
Chose Quora Blogs
I chose the Quora because here I get the most up-to-date information. I can subscribe to interesting topics for me and always get answers to email. Also Quora let me ask any question and get the answers from the professionals. It's been a long time, but I still use Quora. I …
Chose Quora Blogs
People express their views openly, they have no restrictions like maintaining a professional etiquette or having a 280 characters limit.
It is very easy to communicate with the users, checking out social profiles and validating them yourself. The up-voting and down-voting …
Chose Quora Blogs
Quora Blogs scores high on Social Media Interaction. Although I would rate Medium.com lowest in social interaction. But, high on full proof content. Quora Blogs is a lot more expressive, gives you freedom in any case. Medium doesn't have that liberty because content should be …
Chose Quora Blogs
Quora Blogs is personalized, authentic and updated on your topics. One can easily use Quora Blogs before the apps mentioned. It is much more interactive than other apps. People show social profiles rather than professional. Content written is very informal unlike too formal on …
Chose Quora Blogs
Blogging in Quora is more easy and easily getting answers of your queries for the topics one needed. Less fake users.
Chose Quora Blogs
More fake users are there on Facebook, Twitter etc., than on Quora. Quora Blog is used for topics related to my domain.
Chose Quora Blogs
In comparison to Blogger, Quora Blogs has its perks. However, I think for any serious blogging I would find myself going elsewhere just for the added features that seem to be missing from Quora such as widgets and advanced customization.
Best Alternatives
MediumQuora Blogs
Small Businesses
Duda
Duda
Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium
Medium
Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
WordPress
WordPress
Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium
Medium
Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Quora Blogs
Quora Blogs
Score 8.7 out of 10

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User Ratings
MediumQuora Blogs
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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8.0
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Usability
9.0
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-
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Support Rating
9.5
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MediumQuora Blogs
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are vanity publishing and just want to see your stuff on the web, it is very, VERY easy to get involved with. Of course, your writing is not likely to stand out if you don't have a clear plan. The more I use it, the more I like it. The user interface is extremely well-done. I kinda wish my WordPress-based blogs had editors that were that easy to use.
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Quora Blogs are great for businesses that are looking for new audiences and new subjects to talk about. It's especially great for users of Quora Answers as they can integrate those with their blogs to help generate far more content than most. Plus, the social settings help get you seen, liked and subscribed.
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Pros
  • User-friendly interface and editing features
  • Easy to categorize articles to ensure they are found
  • Change tracker helps review changes before article is published.
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  • I like a lot of interesting topics, I have signed many of them.
  • I also like that I can help people. I often go to the questions tab and answer them.
  • Quora can help you find answers to any questions.
  • I share my experience.
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Cons
  • It can be harder to get your content seen as medium is a popular platform.
  • It is still early days for us to track back success (traffic, rank etc) from posting to medium regularly. I hear tracking success outside vanity metrics can be hard for others too.
  • I am yet to figure out how to create and add to magazines - these have the potential to be a good audience booster, but not too clear.
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  • No widgets
  • Very little in the way of customization
  • Blogging seems to be a secondary feature to the Q&A features of the site.
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Usability
By comparison, most online editors are clunky. The Medium editor is amazingly powerful and still easy to use.
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Support Rating
We found the support desk of Medium to be really good. They are very focussed on customer service and are willing to go all out to help in every way they can. They are fast to respond and they are also very knowledgable at what they do. They know the importance of being customer-focused.
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Quora has an amazing community that gives you the support you need if you are actively contributing in a helpful way. Content is short and concise and gets right to the matter at hand. My team has found it useful in showing up as an expert in our industry by answering the questions that are being asked out there.
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Implementation Rating
Medium is dirt easy to use. The hard part is figuring out if it is worth the effort to include it as part of our content-marketing strategy.
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Alternatives Considered
Medium is easy to use. It is easy to add highlights and emphasis in paragraphs. It is easy to add images and videos anywhere in your articles. It makes article writing fun and easy to share. Other products were more cumbersome and awkward to use or were more expensive to operate.
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Quora Blogs scores high on Social Media Interaction. Although I would rate Medium.com lowest in social interaction. But, high on full proof content. Quora Blogs is a lot more expressive, gives you freedom in any case. Medium doesn't have that liberty because content should be more Academic on Medium whereas LinkedIn never had that transparency due to maintenance of a professional aura.
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Return on Investment
  • Making enough money to pay back the monthly subscription fee takes a long time to reach that level.
  • I've gotten a lot more recognition for being an SME in many areas and have received more interest professionally.
  • Writing enough articles that are also high enough quality to attract followers takes a lot of time out of my weeks.
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  • Positive: Gives induction program for new batches an easy module
  • Positive: Reduced Induction Time
  • Negative: Too much wastage of time. New employees invest too much time.
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