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Long-form analysis from the TierGauge editorial team. Each post is anchored to live data from our spine: no fabricated numbers, methodology section on every entry. Pricing captured from each vendor's own pricing page on a weekly cadence.


  • Newsletter economics ·

    Newsletter platform take rates in 2026

    Substack keeps 10% of every paid subscription, forever. beehiiv, Ghost, Kit, and Buttondown keep 0%. Real math at $1k, $10k, and $50k MRR; and the three cases where the 10% is still the right call.

  • Pricing analysis ·

    State of SaaS Pricing: Marketing & Sales Tools, Q2 2026

    A read of 37 marketing and sales tools we track, plus 43 hand-written migration guides. Seven findings, real numbers, and a methodology that flags the things we did not measure.