Snapshot
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- Ghost is an open-source publishing platform for building a website, publishing posts to web and email newsletter, and selling paid memberships and subscriptions.
More detail
- The Ghost Foundation, a non-profit, offers Ghost(Pro) as optional managed hosting for buyers who don't want to self-host.
- Best for
- Solo bloggers, independent publishers and content-marketing teams who want a branded site, email newsletters and paid member subscriptions in one system, especially those willing to use Ghost(Pro) managed hosting to avoid running infrastructure.
- Pricing
- Ghost core is free and open source; self-hosting costs are whatever your own server, CDN and email delivery run to (exact total unknown).
More detail
- Ghost(Pro) managed hosting is billed yearly in USD: Starter $18/mo (1 staff user, 1,000 members, default theme only, 5 MB per-file uploads), Publisher $29/mo (3 s
- Main limitation
- Buyers who need custom themes or paid subscriptions on a $18/mo Starter budget, who need very large media uploads, or who require layering their own CDN on top of Ghost(Pro).
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About
- Ghost is an open-source publishing platform for building a website, publishing posts to web and email newsletter, and selling paid memberships and subscriptions.
- The Ghost Foundation, a non-profit, offers Ghost(Pro) as optional managed hosting for buyers who don't want to self-host.
What it helps with
- Independent writers and publishers want to monetise content without handing over their brand, audience or domain to a cl
- Publishing to a website and to email newsletters usually means stitching together separate tools.
- Turning anonymous readers into signed-up or paying members requires custom signup and subscription plumbing.
- Publishers need to see who is paying and what they are reading without bolting on a separate analytics product.
- Growing a subscriber base needs offers and promotions, which creators often run manually.
- Developers want content they can serve headlessly through an API rather than a locked-in frontend.
Capabilities
A practical view of what is available and where limitations apply.
| Offering | Available | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Website building and custom branding | Yes | Site design settings on all Pro plans; custom and marketplace themes require Publisher or above, Starter is default theme only. |
| Email newsletters | Yes | Posts can be delivered by email newsletter, with audience segmentation and multiple newsletters by preference. |
| Paid subscriptions and memberships | Limited | Native free and paid monthly/yearly tiers exist, but the pricing page lists paid subscriptions as not included on the Starter plan. |
| Transaction fees charged by Ghost | Yes | Ghost takes 0% of subscription revenue on Publisher and above; payment-processor fees still apply, so total cost of accepting payments is above zero. |
| Native engagement analytics | Yes | Shows signups, paying members and reading behaviour; advanced analytics are listed for Publisher and above. |
| Offers and promotions | Yes | Discount-style promotions such as a percentage off for the first N subscribers. |
| Headless use via API | Yes | RESTful JSON API lets you use Ghost as a headless CMS with a custom frontend. |
| Automatic RSS feed | Yes | Available at /rss/ on any Ghost site and picked up by feed readers such as Feedly with no extra setup. |
| Large media uploads | Limited | Per-file upload limits are 5 MB on Starter, 100 MB on Publisher, 250 MB on Business and 1 GB on Custom; Ghost recommends YouTube or Dropbox for larger files. |
| Third-party CDN on top of Ghost(Pro) | No | Ghost help documentation states using other CDNs on top of Ghost(Pro) infrastructure is not supported. |
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