I like publish0x. The main difference with Steemit is that upvotes are financed by donations and not from the community. Time will tell if this is a good system or not. I think there will be less abuse than on Steemit, since upvote bots are non existent.
You can try it out for free here: https://www.publish0x.com/?a=O5xe7LAa7r
I never published an article there but sometimes i curate/read some articles.