Nova vs Substack
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Nova vs Substack.

Substack publishes a newsletter. Nova builds a creator business, with the newsletter as one piece of it.

Feature by feature

Where Nova lands vs Substack.

An honest read. Where Substack genuinely wins, we say so.

FeatureNovaSubstack
Full CRM with pipelines
Email marketing & automationBroadcasts only
SMS marketing
Sales funnels & landing pages
Courses / LMS
Community & membershipsChat only
Native payments & subscriptions10% take on paid
AI assistant (NOVA AI)
White-label / mobile app

Why teams switch from Substack to Nova.

Own your list and your payments

Your subscribers, your Stripe, your data. No 10% Substack cut on paid subs.

Sell more than a paid newsletter

Courses, cohorts, community, coaching and downloads, from the same audience.

Real automation and segmentation

Onboarding sequences, segment-specific broadcasts, drip courses, Substack doesn't do any of these.

Funnels and landing pages

Run paid ads into proper opt-in funnels instead of a single subscribe box.

9 clients and £93K booked in our first 120 days on Nova. The funnels and follow-up did the heavy lifting.

Marissa Romero

Coach

4x ROI in the first quarter. We replaced six tools and our team actually uses the one that's left.

Mo Elbarky

Consultant

We average 8 qualified enquiries per month now, fully automated end-to-end. We weren't doing 8 a quarter before.

Gbemi O.

Training Org Lead

Switching from Substack, your questions

Can you migrate my Substack subscribers?+

Yes, both free and paid lists come across, with tags for paid tier.

Will paid subscribers keep billing?+

Where Stripe is connected, paid subs continue. If you're on Substack-managed payments, we re-bill via your own Stripe at cutover.

Can I keep the Substack archive?+

We can import your archive into Nova's blog/email archive or 301 your Substack URL to Nova.

Book your free walkthrough

Pick a time that works for you.

30 minutes. No credit card. We'll show you Nova running on your kind of business and help you map out the move.

Leaving Substack?

Book your migration call.

30 minutes. We'll show you Nova running on your kind of business and map exactly how we move you off Substack.

Book a migration callNo credit card. 30-minute walkthrough. Free migration.
Book your free walkthrough

Pick a time that works for you.

30 minutes. No credit card. We'll show you Nova running on your kind of business and help you map out the move.