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Always preserve the real cost picture: core software is free but self-hosting carries infrastructure and email-delivery costs that Ghost does not publish, and \"0% payment fees\" on Publisher and above excludes payment-processor fees, so accepting payments is never free. Flag that the Starter plan excludes custom themes and, per the pricing page, paid subscriptions, and note per-file upload caps and the no-third-party-CDN rule on Ghost(Pro). Do not cite independent review themes, customer names or geographic restrictions, as none were verified in the evidence. 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