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Etch Studio: a proprietary locked-in app
Locked in their app. Pay monthly to edit. Leave with a ZIP of compiled files only.
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Is Etch Studio included in the Etch lifetime deal?
No — confirmed on stream. LTD covers the WordPress plugin only.
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If you don't need WordPress, what is Etch Studio actually selling?
Geary's pitch reframes the product — and the comparison set that follows.
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EtchWP vs Etch Studio: what's actually different?
Same Svelte UI; the split is where data lives and who runs the backend.
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Money and entitlement
Money and entitlement
How much does Etch Studio cost?
Public checkout showed $49/month when last reviewed on 2026-09-22; no separate LTD price published on that page.
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What EtchWP backers were actually promised
Collaborative pre-sale, Era 4, investment-in-vision — then a separate Studio subscription.
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Ownership and lock-in
Ownership and lock-in
Architecture and alternatives
Architecture and alternatives
Can you self-host Etch Studio?
Not currently — Geary said self-host is possible but unknown; hosted was chosen as controlled.
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The version of Etch Studio that would have kept everyone: one app, three backends
Analysis: one Svelte canvas with adapter-based backends — the path they skipped.
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