Ghost
UnclaimedOpen-source publishing platform for blogs
TL;DR - Ghost
- Ghost is an open-source publishing platform for professional blogs and newsletters
- It offers a beautiful editor, memberships, subscriptions, and newsletter functionality
- Free self-hosted, Ghost(Pro) from $9/month
Pricing: Free plan available
Best for: Growing teams
Score: 88/100
Pricing Plans
14-day free trialSelf-hosted
Free
Free forever
- Unlimited everything
- Full control
- Open source
Most Popular
Starter
$9/month
Creators
- 500 members
- Newsletters
- Memberships
Creator
$25/month
Growing
- 1K members
- Custom integrations
- Priority support
Team
$50/month
Teams
- 5K members
- Unlimited staff
- Advanced analytics
About Ghost
Ghost is a publishing platform for serious content creators. Clean writing experience, membership features, and newsletter capabilities—designed for professional publishers, not bloggers hobbyists.
The editor is focused. Memberships enable subscription businesses. The themes are publication-quality.
Publishers and newsletter operators wanting professional tools without WordPress complexity choose Ghost for serious publishing.
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Yes, Ghost is free and open source. Self-hosting is free; Ghost(Pro) managed hosting starts at $9/month.
Ghost(Pro) Starter costs $9/month (500 members), Creator $25/month (1,000 members), Team $50/month (1,000 members + team).
Ghost is a publishing platform for bloggers and newsletters. It's built for professional publishers with membership and subscription features.
Yes, Ghost has built-in membership and subscription features. Accept payments through Stripe and manage members natively.
Yes, Ghost includes native email newsletter sending. Create posts and send them as emails to subscribers.
Yes, Ghost is well-optimized for SEO with clean code, fast performance, and automatic structured data.
Ghost gives you full control and ownership. Substack is simpler with built-in network effects. Ghost for ownership; Substack for discovery.