What people say about Ghost
It has now been one year since I quit my full-time job to go all in on Tangle. Today, we have [75,000] paying subscribers. That’s roughly [$4M] in gross yearly revenue ... it’s the best paying job I’ve ever had.
Moving Webworm to Ghost has been the best decision I made all year. Not only for me, but for my readers. I had a 75-year old guy write in telling me how smooth it all was, which said it all.
Our experience migrating to Ghost was flawless. And considering that we were starting with nearly two decades of content from a somewhat obscure platform, what the Ghost team did was nothing short of absolute magic. Now that we're fully up and running here, I can say it's been our most successful year yet, and I only wished we'd done it sooner.
Moving Drowned in Sound to the Ghost platform has been such a great decision. After most of our 25 years spent on a custom made CMS and trying various publishing and newsletter services (including ones we left for ethical reasons), this is the first place that has felt like being where of the future of the internet is headed.
We power 15 communities with Ghost, it's proven to be the best membership platform on the planet.
It's been over a month since we've moved to Ghost and already we've seen a dramatic uptick in traffic, newsletter sign-ups and revenue. Ghost is so much easier to use, ideal for publications, and provides tools that would have been difficult or impossible to manage at our old site.
Ghost just does things right. It builds tools and features I need, it's priced fairly and the concierge service is fantastic. I wouldn't use anything else.
Ghost gives us a clean, fast, independent newsroom where our polling and analysis reach readers without noise. It is the ideal home for TIPP Insights.
Ghost makes independent hyperlocal news publishing feasible. Full stop.
My initial take on Ghost was that it was much more cost effective, easier to use, reliable and would make publishing fun instead of a chore. Over the past two years on the platform, it has exceeded those expectations.
Ghost was a natural choice for us – a high quality platform with all the right incentives built in for good writing and good community.
Right now, using Ghost feels like a glimpse into the future of publishing, where we've wrestled our audience relationship back from the major platforms, thanks to the social web work they've done. I've been with Ghost since the Kickstarter, but it's never been a more exciting time to use it.
We've been using Ghost for years now and I can't imagine using a different publishing platform. It's effortless to use and manage our company blog.
We're so excited to be on Ghost, the tools at our disposal and the insights we get on our subscriber base are making a huge difference to our business.
As a diplomat and a politician I defend democracy and I fight for freedom from tyranny. Ghost was therefore the natural choice of publishing platform for my work.
As a developer, it's easy to spend a lot of time building your perfect blog. In reality, you lose a lot of time and forget about what's important, which is "writing". No more thinking, use Ghost.
We love Ghost! It's so much easier, cleaner and quicker than the competition! Best of all, we have UNLIMITED email sends. And since we're publishing 6-7+ articles a day on Broadband Breakfast using Ghost, we like the email-focused-attention that Ghost designers have thought through!
It has been one year since we moved from Substack to Ghost and I wish I had done it sooner. I cannot recommend Ghost enough to people who are considering a switch or site development. Easily the best business decision I've made for my small independent media outlet.
There isn't a better platform than Ghost, especially if you or your business publishes content. It's beautiful, clean, and functional, allowing writers like me to focus on our craft instead of managing our platforms.
I love everything about Ghost. It’s minimalist but powerful. Since migrating, our publishing has become faster, simpler, and more effective. It’s taken away the headache of managing multiple channels and freed us to focus on delivering valuable insights on global politics while growing The Geopolitical Desk.
The transition to Ghost has been amazing. It’s given me complete creative control, faster publishing, and a seamless way to connect our stories, podcasts, and newsletters all in one place. It finally feels like our platform reflects the spirit of Causeartist.
After celebrating twenty years as an independent gaming and gaming culture site, we knew we needed a new platform to lay the groundwork for our next twenty years. Ghost is shaping up to be one of our best decisions for the site in years.
Before Ghost we wrestled with slow pages and a clunky editor. After migrating our site and newsletters to Ghost, editorial workflow became faster, pages load quicker, and our monthly subscribers are increasing. Ghost gave us a reliable platform so we could focus on content and audience growth.
It just works. I've been self-hosting Ghost for a while now, but life has got busy, and this website is so important to me that I just don't want to deal with the hassle of self-hosting it. I just want it to be up and work, and the Ghost platform works.
I left the newspaper business after 43 years to hang out my own shingle. Before making the leap, I did a lot of research. I feel fortunate — and I somehow look smart — to have landed on Ghost. Its ease of use have unburdened me to grow with my subscribers. Love the clean look.
Switching to Ghost gave us the freedom to focus entirely on our artists and audience. We cut the noise, kept our independence, and built a space that feels personal, fast, and global at the same time. It’s not just a platform – it’s the backbone of how Munchies Art Club connects art lovers, artists and art collectors worldwide.
Ghost gives us total creative freedom without sacrificing speed or SEO. It’s the perfect platform for publishers who care about both performance and storytelling.
As volunteer journalists in Cork, Ireland, Ghost empowers us to run a professional news operation on a shoestring. The members feature helps fund our work while keeping emergency alerts free. We've gone from Wordpress to Cork's trusted source for breaking safety news - all powered by Ghost.
Adopting Ghost as our community and publishing platform has been a huge upgrade. For years we maintained a built-in-house publishing platform, which took our time away from producing new content for our community. We've now grown to 3000+ subscribers and counting!
As a rapidly-growing music publication, we needed a platform that could handle a lot of media quickly and efficiently, and look amazing doing it. Switching to Ghost drastically improved our functionality, website speed, and even our monthly cost. I can't recommend Ghost enough!
I needed a platform that prioritized clean design, speed, and simplicity. Ghost delivered on all of that and more. Our site loads faster, looks better on mobile, and feels more professional all around. If you're running a media brand and want a platform that's built for content creators, Ghost is the way to go.
Life is so much better on Ghost. As someone who has moved from Wordpress to Substack to Beehiiv and back to Substack, and now to Ghost... I can tell you I'm not ever moving again. I can also tell you that moving to Ghost was the smoothest process of them all, with the concierge service taking care of everything and ensuring all my content and members came over seamlessly. I love the platform and can't recommend it enough.
Our newsletter has been our number one lead generator for years. Moving to Ghost not only offered us the best platform for a newsletter-driven business but also a robust website that presents our company in the best way possible! Get the most with Ghost!
Ghost makes setting up and publishing my adventures in sign painting a fun and rewarding experience. It's easy to use and the team are regularly adding well thought out features, most notably the new integration with the open social media of the Fediverse. I regularly recommend Ghost to those looking to publish, create a newsletter, or just build their own corner of the web, and with Pro you also get access to excellent customer service. Go Ghost!
Moving to Ghost has allowed me to successfully engage so many people through my clean website and great newsletter features! It's a great platform and I love it - and you should use it too.
After trying nearly every CMS out there (as well as building our own), Ghost is hands down the best we've used in our 25+ years - and when you include it's open source with has an incredible community, it's a no brainer.
Ghost gives our analyst team exactly what we need: a modern, intuitive platform that lets us deliver daily intelligence and analysis to subscribers without technical friction. Our readers consistently tell us they appreciate the clean experience across email, web, and mobile. We've tested other platforms, but Ghost delivers a noticeably better workflow for our publishing team and a superior reading experience for our audience.
I was very nervous to transition from Substack because I don't know a thing about websites but the concierge team made it all very easy and were always available to answer my questions, including jumping on multiple calls with me. I think this speaks to the ethos of the company, and I'm so glad I made the switch.
When I left the local newspaper, I had two goals. To prove that local ownership matters and that I could build a digital-first news services that prioritizes its readers above all. After extensive research, Ghost was the platform that most aligned with those goals.
Knowing I'm actually the one in control of my publication and not having to concern myself with intangible platform moderation protocols makes for a peaceful newslettering experience.
Ghost is amazing. The product is effective and easy to use, and the team is about all the right things. I've been sending my newsletter for almost one year already and enjoyed every step of the way.
We live in a difficult time where American democracy is under attack. Ghost provides an open platform, free from billionaires, algorithms, and questionable ownership, where we can share stories from our adversely impacted neighbors and those fighting for our rights.
Switching from WordPress to Ghost has been such a calming experience. Ghost does most of what I want it to without the anxiety of plug-in updates, security updates, and never-ending SEO and performance tweaks. Everything just works and works well with Ghost.
Ghost is my favorite platform for publishing my work. It's where everything starts. It's great, it's open source, it's built by awesome people.
Ghost is a publishing platform that actually puts writers first, not a glorified social media app. It's the only platform I'd trust to host my independent media outlet.
Ghost continues to be the easiest way to set up a custom publication on the open web. The authorship experience remains sleek yet flexible, and it's easy to control what your audience sees and experiences. I don't have to worry that my platform is spamming my audience because I haven't reviewed my settings with a fine-toothed comb.
Switching to Ghost made publishing feel effortless. No plugins, no maintenance, no distractions – just a clean, fast platform that lets me focus on writing. It’s the first blogging tool I’ve actually enjoyed using.
Ghost has been essential in turning my basketball hobby into a profitable side-hustle that grows every year. I can't wait to see what they do next.
The move from Substack to Ghost was smooth. Ghost gives us far more control, with higher open rates, lower churn and higher conversion rates. I'm very glad we switched.
Ghost set-up is easy, while also providing a lot of customizability if you want to tinker later. This means our newsletter stands out from the sad beige ones flooding inboxes. Pricing is fair for all audience sizes and provides real value. Stop looking and just sign up for Ghost.
Ghost lets me speak to people without censorship or billionaire algorithms deciding who hears it. With the fediverse, our movement can finally connect directly — across borders, outside corporate control. That’s the future.
Ghost has taken away all the hard work from HOW I run my site, and allowed me to focus on WHAT content I want to share. I 100% recommend Ghost to anyone trying build a newsletter brand.
I've tried most platforms, sometimes just researching, sometimes using them for myself or others. Ghost is a mile ahead of everyone else. The interface and general design polish / feature set / ease of us is unmatched. It's the first time that I've ever spent 1+ year without thinking about changing to some other provider.
I'm thrilled to be on a nonprofit that lives its values, and treats me like a person instead of a product. And so many more of my readers are glad to support my work now that I'm here-- it's a wonderful platform for publishing, and win-win all around.
I'm thrilled to be on a platform that lives its values, and that treats me like a person, not a product. And my readers are happier to support my work now that I'm here, too-- and since the interface is wonderful, it's win-win-win all around! I've been recommending Ghost everywhere I go.
Ghost is really easy to use, and it is fast. I love their focus on quality over quantity. You should use this platform if you are a busy executive or content producer who doesn't have time to learn something complicated, yet you need a really professional site. Ghost is amazing!
With a solid and constant evolution journey, my choice of leaving WordPress for Ghost a few years ago has been validated.
I made the leap from Substack to Ghost and haven't looked back. Not only am I keeping FAR more in my monthly income--doubling what I was keeping this time last year, but I know I'm on a platform that values free speech.
Building with Ghost means having a partner with the same goals and incentives. If you're serious about independent publishing, there's no better choice.
Choosing Ghost means peace of mind. It just works and I can be sure they will never screw me over to please greedy investors.
The ability to design custom themes for my Ghost site allows me to create an online presence that reflects the full breadth of my creative practice. This is on top of the incredible newsletter and networking capabilities. It's the best option for working creatives and it's not even close.
Ghost cut our publishing time in half and made our content actually readable. Before, we fought with WordPress plugins and slow load times. Our readers kept bouncing because pages took forever to load. Now our articles load fast, look clean, and we can focus on writing instead of wrestling with technology. Our email subscribers doubled in six months because Ghost's built-in newsletter tools actually work. Plus, we went from spending hours on site maintenance to basically zero downtime. The membership features let us build a real business around our content. Simple setup, reliable income, happy readers.
The switch to Ghost was such a smooth process and their folks were super helpful with any questions I had. The latest update has made the Ghost dashboard even more comprehensive too.
Seamless, clean, and effective. Ghost brings back the joy of publishing with full control over my work.
For a variety of reasons, both social and financial, we migrated from another platform, and we have not looked back. The migration process was smooth, and where there were bumps, the customer service was responsive and personal — FIVE STARS! I can't wait to see where Ghost heads next as features, and to see the community continue to grow for the betterment of its users and the world.
Ghost makes the Provincial Times possible because it allows independent journalists to focus on facts, accountability, and public interest. With Ghost, the work stays reader-funded, transparent, and editorially serious. In an era of hollow platforms and louder nonsense, that independence matters.
Switching from Substack to Ghost was like moving from a cramped rental to actually owning my house. Suddenly, connecting a domain wasn't some convoluted chore and just worked. And the best part? I'm no longer handing over a big cut of my earnings for the privilege of writing.
The biggest upgrade switching from WordPress to Ghost was the editing experience. WP's Gutenberg editor used to cry when my posts became longer than 2,000–3,000 words, which was a frequent scenario. I've written posts longer than 10,000 words and with 200+ images/videos on my Ghost blog without a hiccup.
Ghost is by far the cleanest and sanest blog platform out there. I can think clearly in this interface, and am very happy this isn't yet another lobster trap service which locks you into their brand. Ghost feels like it's mine and will stay mine.
Incredible progress from Ghost to support independent publishing with advanced publishing tools, integrated email newsletters, fediverse distribution, and now discovery tools. This platform just keeps getting better!
Ghost is the perfect environment for writers to create the kind of work that they can feel proud of. Have been on the Ghost platform for about seven years and cannot recommend it enough.
Moving to Ghost was definitely the best move we ever made for our newsletter. We gained 1367 new subscribers within the first week after migration. I have moved 3 sites to Ghost in the past month already.
Without Ghost, I'd still be stuck sharing my blog articles to Facebook. But with Ghost, I no longer feel confined to the social media machine. It's given me the ability to grow without much effort. Even with long hiatuses and a busy life, my subscriber count for my newsletter has grown almost 500% in three years. Support is fantastic, they are very kind and easy to understand, especially for a non-techy person like me. Ghost has taken the hassle out of running a business and a website, and given me the freedom to devote my time to other ventures.
Ghost is great! I moved here from Substack and never looked back. Plus, having my newsletter on the social web is the way of the future.
Moving my newsletter to Ghost led to an explosion of growth (10x), and also felt like untying my hands as a publisher. Suddenly, I could do just about everything I wanted to make the newsletter uniquely mine. Ghost's continued investment in supporting the Fediverse and independent publishers also just feels so good to be a part of.
I worked at Pitchfork for 12 years writing about punk records in the margins of my news job. see/saw was the impossible dream—the opportunity to engage entirely with punk music. Through Ghost, I'm growing an income as a punk writer and building a new publication of my own. I still can't believe it.
Ghost has provided so much in the way of audience, UI, website support that I can truly focus on making my content great and top-quality!
Using Ghost has been a game-changer for The Art Newsletter. Its clean interface and publishing tools make collaboration seamless, allowing our international team of college students to easily share drafts, edit together, and publish polished issues every week.
We switched over from running a Wordpress blog, which got harder and harder to maintain each year and keep up to date, to Ghost over two years ago and it has honestly been incredibly simple and easy to run - we just focus on content and growth now and leave Ghost do everything else.
Moving to Ghost has not only been the easiest decision we've ever made, but we can focus solely on content and growing our community, and Ghost takes care of the rest!
I wanted to build a deeper relationship with my audience than just relying on Google for traffic. Ghost has given me the tools to carve out my own slice of the web in an open, ethical way, and gets better all the time.
Independent media is the future, and the only place media can be truly independent is Ghost. I value knowing that my life's work does not depend on algorithms or corporations. Ghost is open-source, nonprofit, and flexible—and frankly, the best-looking platform you'll find.
Ghost gave me the freedom to focus on creativity instead of wrestling with tech. Its intuitive toolset made publishing effortless and helped me turn my ideas into a sustainable income stream.
I love how rock solid my blog is on Ghost. I've been able to just focus on writing new posts and sharing what I'm working on without having to worry about plugin upgrades or theme changes. It just works so I can do the work I enjoy.
I moved from Substack to Ghost because I needed a platform that gives me full ownership and creative freedom. Ghost lets me run my publication on my terms. It's clean, independent, and built to grow with me.
Ghost has been a delight to not just publish with, but to write on. Its features help me really expand what Transfer Orbit can be, from tools on the back end to customizing its appearance to connecting with readers and fellow writers. I've been doing this for a long time, and it's one of the best platforms I've ever worked with.
Ghost has been a joy to publish through: its platform is versatile and customizable that best suits the needs that my publication needed.
Ghost has been a game-changer for us because it puts creators back in control. No ads, no algorithms dictating reach. What I appreciate most about Ghost is how it removes the noise. Instead of wrestling with bloated tools, I spend my time actually creating and publishing. The workflow is frictionless, the site performance is excellent, and the sense of ownership is complete. It’s the kind of product that quietly multiplies your output without ever getting in the way.
Within 24 hours of having moved to Ghost, I was inundated with messages from my newsletter community complimenting me on the new look & feel. I'm so happy in my new home, and the customer support has been a breath of fresh air, helping me get unpacked.
Ghost gives us the freedom to publish fast, stay lightweight, and keep full control of our content — exactly what an adventure platform needs
As sharp as a letter opener through a silk tie.
Ghost's simple-to-use platform is impressively optimised for organic search. Within one week we were in the top spot for relevant Google searches.
Ghost gave me a discount because their wonderful folks felt my work supports public interest. I mean, which other business out there will do that for a customer? I am a Ghost fan for life.
Ghost is so much easier to use than Wordpress -- I love the clean interface and newsletter integrations that make publication much simpler. I've written so much more since I made the switch!
I left Instagram for Ghost: a clean, quiet space to publish my photography and leave the noise and the algorithm behind.
Ghost lets you focus on what matters: content. That should say it all.
Running The Second Act Letter on Ghost has been a game-changer. It gives us a clean, distraction-free platform built for publishing, with the flexibility to grow as our audience grows. From managing subscribers to delivering content seamlessly, Ghost has helped us focus less on tech headaches and more on what matters—writing and connecting with readers.
I'm a freelance science journalist and Ghost was the perfect place to launch my science newsletter. It's a rich tool that only gets better and better. Whether you're launching a little newsletter or building an independent online magazine, Ghost has you covered — and can grow with you.
I love Ghost. A clean, straightforward backend. Open source, but actually user-friendly with managed hosting at a good price. Plenty of options for integrations, but none I really *need* because it just works out of the box. And it meaningfully lets me control my own blog--I could move to self-hosting without missing a beat, if I wanted to, but Ghost Pro is worth it.
No more messing with plugins to get half-decent site speeds and SEO, Ghost just does it all for you so you can focus on what's important: content.
Ghost has been exactly the platform I sought: independent, open source, flexible, beholden to no shareholders or VCs, and straightforward to use. And now part of the Fediverse. Excited to be part of its growth.
We run a global techno radio show and release exclusive tracks, mixes, and stories every week. Ghost powers our publishing with speed, clean design, and complete control, making it easy to share new episodes, releases, and behind-the-scenes updates with our audience, all in one place.
We originally ran our airfare alerts on WordPress, but after looking into Ghost, it quickly became clear it was the perfect fit for what we needed. Instead of juggling custom integrations and a long list of backend tasks just to manage our emails, Ghost offered a seamless, all-in-one solution. After giving it a test run, making the switch was a no-brainer—and we haven’t looked back since.
Readers are delighted I've moved off Substack and on to Ghost. The principles behind this place align with my own values and many readers' values too. It feels like a stronger foundation in the long run. Plus the tools are superb.
We chose Ghost over other publishing platforms to begin our news site because of the functionality and customization. Everything we need to run our cooperative business is available in one place.
Ghost has been the best move I've made for my newsletter. It's easy to use, the support is great, and it looks fantastic. And best of all its affordable.
Switching to Ghost transformed our business. The platform gives us all the flexibility we need, complete control of our customer database, 100pc uptime, and ultra-responsive support. It’s also absurdly low cost. Highly recommended.
I switched to Ghost and spent more time writing than tinkering with plugins and buggy themes. Best decision ever. Now I am at +70 articles in and it's been a game changer for my career.
The simplicity and interface really make Ghost unique and a pleasure to use. It's been completely reliable since signing up back in 2021.
I've used countless other well-known tools out there to make my websites over the years. But Ghost is the first one that feels like home. Love every aspects of it!
If you need a news or blog website, just use Ghost. There is literally nothing like it that is as efficient, good looking, and easy to use that exists at all.
Moving to Ghost has been the best thing I've ever done for my solo writing. No more trying to act as a web developer and writer at the same time.
I love the level of control Ghost gives you over your online presence and newsletter, without requiring Mad Tech Skills. The balance is just right.
Ghost lets me focus on writing and building, not fighting with tech. Simple, fast, and built for creators who value clarity.
Switching from WordPress to Ghost just over a year ago was the best decision I’ve made for my publication. Ghost handles everything behind the scenes so I can focus 100% on writing great content every single day. The built-in tools are incredible, and the new network has opened up entirely new ways to grow and connect with readers too. I wish I’d made the move sooner.
With Ghost, all I need to worry about is creating content. It gives me performance insights, growth tools, and a seamless experience. What better place to build than where everything is ready for you?
Best editing experience around, and Ghost's love and support for the indie web doesn't hurt either :)
Nothing beats Ghost for running a blog. Period. It’s the cleanest, smartest platform ever built and I say that as someone born before the internet existed, with Boomer parents and enough digital battle scars to write a trilogy. Trust me: I’ve seen every blogging platform in the wild, and Ghost is the only one that doesn’t make you question your life choices.
I have been using both Ghost CMS and WordPress, for my own websites, as well as those of clients, for the past 2 years. The simplicity of Ghost CMS is excellent; no downtime; no broken website; no plugins needed. Furthermore, Ghost Pro support team is quite efficient in response and problem-solving, which is not something WordPress offers.
Ghost is so easy and, dare I say, fun to write with it just compels me to write more and to dig in to learn how to write and share better. I guess what I'm trying to say is that Ghost makes me a better blogger. And I'm grateful!
I have been growing my social media following, but not enjoying the lack of control. Ghost is giving me back that control and helping me create a true, connected and authentic community.
Moving to Ghost was easy, did it two years ago when Squarespace delivered the worst experience on the web. I love the ways I can manage my content. If I had more dev skills, I could get more out of this being open source, but for now, it's perfect for me!
Ghost is a fabulous platform for publishing my data-science puzzles. Plus, I'm supporting an open-source project, which means that I'm benefiting all publishers, rather than a company whose interests and values aren't aligned with mine. I'm very happy with my decision to switch to Ghost, and encourage others to use it, too!
Ghost returns the internet to its original promise of independence. That's why I choose to publish my writing here.
Ghost is the easiest way to publish my ideas on the latest technology.
I started my blog on Tumblr at least 15 years ago before migrating to Squarespace and ultimately Ghost. I chose and still love Ghost because I wanted a platform that was beautifully minimalist so I could focus on writing without getting distracted by the need to tinker with the design. I’ve never looked back. I love the focused simplicity of Ghost and the ethos of the company—and just wish I could prioritize the time to post more frequently.
With Ghost, we went from juggling plugins and updates to a clean, lightning-fast publishing experience. It’s made writing and growing my audience effortless, this is the speed, stability, and simplicity I always wanted.
I've been running Ghost since before 1.0, first on self-hosted servers and later via Ghost Pro, and all I can say is that I really love this platform. The powerful yet simple interface is exactly what I want. The focus on an excellent writing experience is incredible. The upgrades have been an absolute breeze. Keep up the great work team.
Hosting my website and sending out my newsletters has been super easy. I switched to Ghost 2 years ago and could not be happier!
Ghost lets me focus on the writing instead of fighting with platforms. No algorithm anxiety, full ownership, and the membership tools just work. It's the quiet infrastructure that lets weird science newsletters exist.
We’ve grown to over 1,500 members and evolved into a full content engine for D&D VTT games. Ghost has been the backbone of it all — fast, distraction-free, and fully under our control. It empowers us to focus on what matters most: delivering handcrafted content directly to the players who care.
Ghost offers the best of all worlds. Amazing publishing tools and complete independence for writers that appreciate healthy community values. I can't think of a better place for journalists.
Switching to Ghost was one of the smartest moves our feminist, independent, worker-owned media collective has made! The Concierge service was incredible and we're already seeing growth and more reader engagement.
I had my website on WordPress for years, and it was a constant headache with every update. Despite creating templates, it would take over an hour just to post a new article. In one afternoon, I moved my site, and now it takes less than 5 minutes to create and publish my new posts. I love the clean, simple interface and Ghost is so easy to use.
Ghost is hands down the best tool for writing and publishing. I have tried so many other platforms, and nothing competes against them!
Moving to Ghost was a great choice. It's a platform that focuses heavily on the writing experience and it's easy with no learning curve. Most of all it's an ethical choice and I can share my publication freely with no moral debt!
I moved my personal website & newsletter well over a year ago and I'm loving it. I have been able to focus on what's important: curating the content, meeting my community members, communicating and writing - and I have been able to stop worrying about the maintenance of the technology behind it. Worry free. Real value for money.
Ghost makes it effortless to deliver exclusive content to registered members while keeping my writing safe(r) from the endless onslaught of web and AI scrapers. The built-in newsletter tools seal the deal; everything I need to publish, protect, and connect with my readers lives in one elegant platform.
I publish to my readership daily and using Ghost makes that process an absolute dream. I look forward to sitting down and writing, every day!
Ghost is the perfect platform for small, independent publishers to build their subscriber base. It was the best decision to move to a platform that has our needs top of mind.
As we build a movement to bring people together and inspire collective action towards a new way of living - Ghost's open-source nature allows us to freely customise and self-host our platform, giving us complete control to create ACTionism's publishing system aligned with our values, independent of corporate infrastructure.
Using Ghost has actually made me excited to write content! It's so simple and user friendly, and I was thrilled to find I could code completely custom themes too, so I could use it for my whole site - not just the blog. Their support team are lovely and the social web integration is a huge plus for me - it's like having my old RSS reader back again!
Ghost made it simple to launch a cutting-edge site for aspiring elite athletes: sleek, clean, professional, on a lean budget.
It All Connects is for anyone who grapples with complexity—of identity, art-making, culture, or conscience—to make a difference in their own life and, potentially, in the life of their community. I am excited to have moved it from Substack to Ghost because Ghost's commitment to writers' independence matches perfectly the ethos of my newsletter.
We couldn't be more thrilled with how easy and freeing it was to switch to Ghost. Our literary magazine is small, lean, and simple, which means we needed a platform that could match our needs and then some without alienating any of our subscribers. The result? Not a single person has unsubscribed since.
I've been moving all my Wordpress blogs to Ghost, which allows me to spend more time on writing and publishing than development and maintenance. It's been a blessing and a delight.
When it became clear I needed to find a new home for my newsletter, Ghost became the obvious choice. It was super easy to migrate my entire archive. The UI for building and publishing my newsletter is intuitive, the integrations are powerful, and the community in the forums very helpful for when you get stuck.
Ghost has helped us to create a very high quality media product with The Executive Summary. We have CEOs reading and coming to our events. Wordpress was too fiddly. Beehiiv couldn't do landing pages or web content very well. Ghost has a lot of things already thought through and it's very easy.
Ghost is lightning fast, flexible, and secure - everything we need to run our chess education membership site. We migrated from Wix, and the difference in experience is literally like night and day. Go Ghost!
Turns out moving to Ghost was the best decision I’ve ever made. From that moment on, I had my own little business, and the best way to connect directly with my readers without being at the mercy of any algorithm.
Moving from Substack to Ghost finally gave me the tools to make my newsletter 'my own'. Full control over data and design made me switch, and luckily the process was super easy.
In a world where most SaaS and cloud providers are happy to collect the money and make minimal updates and changes. Ghost continually pushes the boundaries, enabling growth. The latest connection to the Fediverse leaves me lost for choice in how to exploit this. It's a joy to look forward to real functionality with every upgrade. And it's spectacular value for money!
Ghost is everything a blog and newsletter platform should be. It's powerful yet invisible – doing everything I need it to do without getting in the way of the writing process itself. The fact that Ghost is also open-source, independent, and funded 100% by its users makes it the perfect tool for me.
Switching to Ghost has changed my whole relationship with publishing. By enabling me to make meaningful connections with readers, it's put the joy back in writing. Powerful but intuitive, Ghost is ideal for someone like me who just wants to focus on the words and leave the platform to take care of the rest.
Ghost has been a game changer for me. I spend a lot less time on the backend and can write much more content as a result.
It is simply the easiest and most comprehensive all-in-one platform to help you manage and scale your website audience. Highly recommended!
There is no way I would have learned, developed as a technical person, and built a beautiful magazine without Ghost as the foundation.
Moving to Ghost from Wordpress was the smartest decision I've made for my newsletter this year.
I want to invest in platforms that are transparent, innovative, and customizable — and Ghost is all of these things and more! My SEO is incredible here and hosting on Ghost has given my brand and writing so much more traction.
Ghost makes running HanaYou online so much easier. I can focus on teaching ikebana instead of fighting with clunky tools. The site looks beautiful and just works for our community, both in Kyoto and abroad.
I spent a week looking for a decent blogging platform to migrate from dying Medium. Ghost culture and vision were the best, so I happily moved there.
We started with ghost back in 2016! Best decision we ever made for our blog.
A fully customisable, comfortable platform to call home. Thanks for having us!
Moving to hosting my blog on Ghost has enabled me to post more easily & quickly, and to keep in touch with more my weaker connections more frequently through newsletters. The platform has been improving every 6 months or so, and I love that it's so well-maintained and supported since it's open source.
Ghost allows us to work efficiently as a team. While our company builds digital infrastructure for emerging sports, Ghost provides us with the editorial and publishing tools to ensure our narrative outcomes are reader friendly and professional.
For years, I ran a popular aggregator site on WordPress that grew to 1.3M page views and 60k monthly visitors. Eventually, the constant plugin updates, security worries and bloat burned me out and I walked away from publishing altogether. Ghost has restored my love for publishing.
Ghost is the answer to so many issues. Privacy, ownership and independence blend well with reach and dialogue. The interface is straightforward and customizable. Publishing is easy. And I'm free from the oligarchs. Ghost continues to make strides to promote the Fediverse. I look forward to greater interoperability.
Ghost gave me the freedom to build C-Store Thrive into a go-to resource for convenience store professionals without the noise and clutter of other platforms. In a niche where practical, real-world training is hard to find, Ghost makes it easy to share SOPs, compliance guides, and leadership insights with store-level employees, district managers, and owners — all in one clean, member-focused hub.
Ghost lets me monetize without handing over a huge cut to the same tech billionaires who’ve already tricked the internet into funding their yachts. Instead, I get to keep my revenue, and write snarky articles about them while they sail off.
Moving to Ghost was a game-changer. I spend less time on server headaches and more time seeing what content actually connects with my audience. Simple, secure, and genuinely easier.
I worked for decades on Wordpress powered sites. Either vanilla Wordpress or headless Wordpress. It was always a patchwork of plugins, SaaS that, more often than not, would break. Since launching MooseMoney.com on Ghost, I can focus on growing our audience and monetizing and the website is faster than any Wordpress I ever operated!
Ghost has been an enjoyable platform to switch from WordPress. As I age and don't want to customise stuff, Ghost gives both the flexibility and the plug and play aspects of a blogging platform for the modern day!
For me, true content ownership, coupled with the palpable care the Ghost team dedicates to their platform and community, creates a unique feeling of freedom. This makes using Ghost a perfectly coherent choice for my creative endeavors.
I've tried a few platforms but Ghost is the only one where it's actually a pleasure to write in the app. The ease with which you can add links, html etc is great, as is the way they help you organise SEO. You can also talk to a real person, which is increasingly rare, if you have problems. My site has an incredible score on Google page insights because of the way it is coded.
Ghost lets me focus on what matters: testing AI tools and sharing honest insights with communications professionals. No wrestling with platforms, no feature bloat – just clean publishing that gets out of the way so I can do the work, and highlight what matters.
As an author and a coach, Ghost has been a game-changer. Having everything together in one place makes it effortless for my clients to explore my full archive and see all the ways I can support them.
Ghost was the perfect answer to my specific need — a platform that lets me create blog posts and send them as a newsletter. The fact that it’s a hosted solution with custom domains, supports payment integrations, and connects seamlessly with third-party tools is just the cherry on top.
As someone who doesn't support technofeudalism, Ghost's decentralized, nonprofit, and carbon-neutral platform is the only place I can write about systemic change without being a hypocrite. Plus, their support team kicks ass.
On Substack, I was writing on a VC-backed platform where algorithms and social metrics ruled. Switching to Ghost—a carbon-neutral, nonprofit, and decentralized space—just made sense. It aligns with my values, my work, and finally gives me a support team that treats me like a human. Fewer glitches. More respect. A better, more ethical platform
I've tried many other content and newsletter platforms, and Ghost is one of the best I've used in terms of ease, control, and features. Seems like every new update adds some incredible new features as well.
I love the features that Ghost keeps adding to help creators grow their projects.
For someone with little to no knowledge on website designs, the experience with Ghost was very kind. With the minimal building blocks that Ghost provided from the start, it allowed me to get my feet wet, instead of being overwhelmed by a barrage of options and settings.
For the uninitiated, looking for your web platform of choice to launch your business, is a very daunting experience. Ghost kept things simple, neat, and organised, which enabled me to pick up the management of my website at a slower pace, whilst still having a presentable webpage for my business.
I run my entire personal blog on Ghost, and I couldn’t be happier. It’s simple, fast, lightweight, and incredible for SEO. Everything just works.
I chose Ghost because the mission of my practice is too important to depend on the management of centralized platforms. It's been a delight to use and never makes me cringe.
I really appreciate having a relationship with my readers that isn't driven by an algorithm. I also love how simple it is for folks to scroll through all of my writings in one place, with a clean look, and an easy-to-use interface. This is exactly what I was looking for to simplify my online presence and leave Substack behind.
Ghost has unlocked remarkable design and build capabilities that enabled us to launch our website earlier than expected and with more features than planned. We cannot recommend it highly enough. The design tools are superb, and the customer-service team is always on hand to help!
I wanted to build on a platform that wouldn't sell out or get sold. Because Ghost is an open-source publishing platform managed by a non-profit organization, it offers greater transparency and data ownership rights for creators.
I consider myself the old man of the Blogiverse . . . been at it since at least 2004. I've used every platform except stone tablets and a chisel. Ghost is hands-down the best platform I've ever used. No exaggeration.
After a long process and several different approaches to going online with my art I have arrived at Ghost. I now have a source of revenue, an audience that wishes to support my work... or just likes me, a place to share my art to people interested in it, and my art history going back 50 years.
I love Ghost! I was looking for the most ethical platform to build my subscription and blog on and found that Ghost is easy to use, it looks great and integrates everything I need!
Ghost is the ultimate all-in-one platform for creators serious about building a modern publishing business. Its intuitive design and powerful, integrated tools for SEO, newsletters, and memberships have been crucial for growing 'The Bar Raiser Mindset.' It allows me to focus on what I do best—creating valuable content—while the platform handles the rest. It's a true partner in growth.
Using Ghost to start my company after graduating from college has given me a fantastic platform to grow my brand!
I tried ghost many years ago, self-hosted, and we didn't get along. But I tried it out again this year and it's improved so so much. Very easy to use, good documentation, it makes publishing my blog easy. I moved back to Ghost from Substack and haven't looked back.
I’ve seen a noticeable boost in visibility since making the move. The clean interface makes it easier to focus on writing, and the built-in SEO and distribution tools ensure my content actually reaches people. I spend less time wrestling with plugins and more time doing the writing and stuff I enjoy!
Ghost tools let you make a brand-level, carefully designed site with unique typography and a customized reading experience, a huge leap forward from Substack. As my companion said, "Substack is great if you want the design sophistication of a Word document stapled to a blog. Ghost is a custom house you can remodel; Substack is a rented condo where the landlord won’t let you change the lightbulbs.”
I tried a number of well known platforms and then discovered Ghost, the level of content control for a practical cybersecurity blog is unmatched. I finally found a home.
Ghost took away the noise of website management and gave me a clean, calm space to share my reflections in this 'webhome', a place to slow down and breathe and reflect on what it means to be whole in a fragmented world.
Less overwhelm and more simplicity in Ghost resulted in so much peace and calm that I started creating more and better in a matter of days. I will never ever compromise simplicity to save few bucks.
Ghost has made it really easy to build a kid-friendly educational newsletter and library of screen-free activities for parents and kids. We got set up in a matter of hours, and had our first paid subscribers within a few days. We also love the open source aspect and all the automation options under-the-hood for adding robust features to the platform ourselves.
Ghost has given me a platform to share what started out as my own notes about the experience of being a new Hasselblad owner, with other Hasselblad owners. Turns out that what I found worth making notes about and researching was exactly what other folk were wanting too.
Ghost has been a fantastic platform: easy to set up, flexible, and with beautiful templates. It's solid infrastructure that lets me focus on writing.
Ghost has enabled me to have my blog look exactly the way I originally envisioned it to be.
Ghost has made our workflow lightning-fast, subscriber engagement has soared, and monetization through memberships is effortless. Ghost is essential to fueling growth.
The text editor Ghost provides is leaps and bound better than previous sites I've used. Ghost provides a bunch of user-friendly features while not locking away more advanced customization options. For me, it's the best of both worlds.
Ghost gives me more customization options and control over the website, a better document editor, all while being very easy to use. Highly recommend Ghost.
Ghost provides me the platform independence I require to host the stories, audio and visual art I create without subjecting me to the common nefarious behavior and administrative instability found on other common platforms.
Ghost is lean, simple, speedy, and effective. It loads quickly - as a creator and as a customer - and makes our recipe pages look so great! And importantly, membership management is easy and clean. All this has allowed us, in just three months of sending content, to generate nearly 70 sign-ups, including paid members!
Ghost makes blogging easy, as it takes away all the technical headaches. Plus it provides valuable tools to distribute your blog to existing as well as new followers.
Ghost is pure signal — no noise, no distractions. It does one thing perfectly: lets you think clearly and publish without friction. I’ve used it for years because it respects the writer’s intent — fast, minimal, and entirely yours.
Ghost made it possible to build a writing-first travel publication without chasing algorithms or external platforms. Over time, that clarity has led to better focus, cleaner presentation, and a more intentional relationship with readers.
As a travel blogger, I needed speed and reliability. Ghost delivers both, with an elegant editor and email baked in.
This is so much simpler and more elegant than the social media platforms I was trying to publish on.
Publishing on Ghost makes it easy to just write. Managing themes, plugins, or security patches are a thing of the past. Ghost lets authors and content creators focus on what they do best.
Brilliant way to bring together all my writing since 2011, easily reach out to my subscribers and sign post for new clients who want to work with me. Clean and super easy user interface.
Finally able to unify all my writing since 2011 from 3 seperate blogs and Google Drive, into one beautiful Ghost website.
Ghost is a transformative new experience that allowed us to focus on what we do best, writing, while taking care of the reader experience!
Ghost gives me a clean, powerful platform to share my work. It’s simple to use, yet professional enough to grow with me as my publishing needs evolve.
Since launching my site on Ghost, everything changed. It’s fast, effortless, and lets my writing take center stage. What started as a personal blog turned into a real thought leadership hub...and the engagement has been incredible.
My Ghost site is not only allowing me to share my journey as a first time author, but it is helping hone my ability as a tighter, more resonant, and meaningful writer.
I may have only a few members now, but every word I publish is an investment in something bigger. Ghost has turned my ideas into a living, growing space, and I’m just getting started. The next few years? I can’t wait to see how far this journey will take me.
Ghost has made it effortless to run my site and newsletter in one place. No distractions, just writing and publishing.
Moving to Ghost about a year ago was the best decision I made creatively. The ease with which I can go from idea, to writing, to publishing is second to none. But more than that, it's Ghost's commitment to the open web that convinced me to make the switch.
Switching to Ghost was a night-and-day difference. The platform is incredibly fast and the editor is so clean it allows us to focus purely on creating content, not fighting with plugins or complex settings. Our workflow is simple now and our site has never performed better.
Ghost has become my personal blog and publishing platform - from being able to embed almost anything and customize whatever I like, to the sheer ease of use and everything works nature of the platform.
I've tried bunch or web hosting, but nothing can beat Ghost. Guess I'm gonna stay with Ghost as long as I can!
Ghost made publishing at Oblique Asia effortless—fast, clean, and built for growth without the technical clutter.
Ghost gave us the speed and flexibility we needed for BeefySignals. Publishing daily market updates and stock analysis is now effortless, and the platform's performance means our subscribers get critical financial insights without delay. It's built for serious content creators.
It's been six months since leaving WordPress and gee-howdy does Ghost make it so much easier to publish, organize and interact with my audience without all the bloat. I'm small, independent and mighty and I appreciate that Ghost is too, especially as I relaunch through a career reset.
Ghost is the perfect canvas for my consciousness. Flexible, reliable, masterful. I've used every platform out there for over a decade, and Ghost has always won.
Since I switched to Ghost, everything has been running smoothly and without any problems.
You should use Ghost—it’s absolutely amazing, and I love it. It’s what I’ve been using for all my sites
I'm very pleased with how Ghost has turned out for my newsletter, and how easy it was to move it from Substack. The help team has been terrific!
Using popular social platforms never worked for me. The popular shortform content barely holds any informational value. Ghost lets me create my own social experience with out-of-box features we are used to in big names.
Switching to Ghost gave me full control over my creative voice. No noise, no fluff. Just a clean platform where my beats, thoughts, and stories can breathe. I run a bilingual blog about music, mental health, and authenticity, and Ghost is the first tool that didn’t get in my way. It actually helped me build something real
Ghost gave me a platform that actually gets out of the way, letting Ritual North feel handcrafted rather than engineered. It made publishing frictionless, my site faster, and my creative process calmer. Moving to Ghost didn’t just improve the workflow, it changed the whole rhythm of how I build.
The Ghost editor is such a dream, writing blogs in here just feels so much better than on our Shopify site.
I never thought running an online community would be my job. The design and setup was easy. The fee structure is unbeatable. Grow your brand and keep your subscription revenue.
Switching to Ghost has elevated my site to the next level, thanks to its unrivaled features and flexibility. The theme of my work is football, and Ghost are top of the table when it comes to publishing!
The simplicity and ease of use when creating and managing our website is unparalleled compared to something like WordPress or Wix. It's incredible.
Moving 10,000 articles, 60,000 members from an antiquated CMS, ESP and Audience Management software, has not been easy but thanks to the Ghost Migrations team, we've now got the most modern trade press platform imaginable.
Thanks to Ghost, I'm writing again... and I get to focus on writing, not stuck managing fussy details of the backend.
Moving from Wix to Ghost was the turning point for my business. Ghost stripped away the clutter and gave me a clean, powerful, creator-first platform where publishing actually feels joyful. I finally have full control over my brand, my content, and my audience - with no ads, no noise, and no gatekeepers. It’s the first time a platform truly feels like a partner.
Ghost is the first platform I’ve used that feels like it was built for writers rather than for technicians. The editor is clean and distraction-free. Publishing long-form content, uploading images, arranging galleries, and organizing articles through tags feels effortless and fast. I’m able to focus on my message instead of on the settings behind the scenes. The aesthetics are minimalist and modern, yet the entire experience feels personal and creative. It’s a place where my content looks like it belongs. I’ve tried so many platforms over the years, and Ghost is the only one that never gets in the way. It speeds up the creative process instead of slowing it down. When inspiration hits, the platform keeps up with me rather than making me pause to fight with tools. It gives me that rare feeling where technology disappears and all that remains is the work itself. If you want a home for your writing that respects your time, your ideas, and your craft, Ghost is the place to build.
Ghost lets you get started! It is not overwhelming with choices but still lets you do some really good things. What I am looking forward to is when Ghost helps me go deeper!
I started using Ghost at 17, and it’s been the foundation of my creative work ever since. The platform makes publishing feel effortless, elegant, and truly mine. I’m grateful to be part of such an inspiring community of creators.
My first time publishing and creating such large scale information and ghost has made the process streamlined and exciting. Writing and publishing has never been easier and to see the site grow day by day is nothing but a fun journey to be on. I'm very grateful to have access to such a powerful and simple platform!
I have never built a site or blog before, but Ghost made it surprisingly easy and even fun. In just about an hour I had everything set up and was able to publish my first blog. I highly recommend it to anyone who is intimidated by the thought of creating their own website.
After years of publishing on platforms optimized for engagement, Ghost felt like a reset. It stripped away the noise and let me focus on writing — not optimizing, not reacting, just publishing with intention and building a durable relationship with readers.
I read all the comparisons about providers similar to Ghost and I tried some free memberships. Ghost ended out tops because of smart and sharp tech assistance they provided to get my blog up and running. Since going Pro, although it took me a while to know 'which buttons to press where ' (as with getting to know any new software), I am now comfortable and au fait with it. Well done Ghost team.
I'm a relative newbie to Ghost, having migrated from another well-known online publisher under a year ago, but WOW!, its a new world of creativity and culture. A catalyst for giving confidence and determination with results, underpinned by a family of real people. I'm so pleased to be part of that family.
Medium made a dent in their market share by offering a clean, focused interface without maintenance overhead, but kept the deeply centralized tech and business model. Ghost evolved over Medium by giving ownership to the authors and the community, adding to a growing open social web.
I write about money, politics, and a nation in crisis. Most platforms would bury that under ads and algorithms — Ghost doesn’t. It puts my work in front of readers exactly as I write it: uncut, uncompromised, and impossible to ignore. I’ve run companies, built software, and worked with big platforms before — Ghost stands out because it doesn’t get in the way. It lets me focus on writing, publishing, and connecting with readers who want the truth unvarnished. That’s rare, and that’s why I’m here.
Switching to Ghost wasn’t just a platform move—it was a reset. Substack felt like renting space in someone else’s building; Ghost feels like owning the land. The site is mine from the ground up: design, data, and direction. No algorithms pushing or hiding posts, no middleman skimming off the top. Just a clean, fast, reader-first experience that puts the words where they belong—front and center. It’s the right home for Burnt Ground, and for the kind of writing I intend to keep doing.
I write about hard things—war, healthcare, the rot in American democracy. Ghost gives me a clean place to say it.
Everything else turns writers into inventory. Ghost doesn’t. It allows Burnt Ground to exist without compromise, without noise, without permission. That kind of space is disappearing fast.
Ghost is the best platform I’ve ever used for building a modern media brand. Beautifully simple, lightning fast, and purpose-built for growth.
I couldn’t be happier. Ghost is easy, it looks professional, and it has all the depth I need without the overwhelm. For me, this feels like the way forward for indie publishers. Simple, smart, and built for people who just want to share their work with the world.
A great platform to feel comfortable writing publicly.
I've been on a journey from Substack to Buttondown to Ghost with my little newsletter. It took a year, but I've finally found somewhere that feels like home - Ghost has the perfect balance of flexible, intuitive tools and beautiful, impactful digital end-products.
I love this place. Took a minute to get oriented. But, after that - and, after getting my own domain name - and, after (somehow) getting that thing to work - and, after a few more fits, stops and starts: I can say this. I love this place.
Ghost lets me focus on building useful tools and thoughtful content instead of managing plugins, paywalls, and workarounds. That focus matters.
Ghost was so easy to build, and I am amazed at how professional it looks. Initially I considered building my newsletter business on Substack, but what sold me on Ghost was the ability to keep all my earnings! Ghost costs only about a dollar a day, which is incredibly reasonable. In my first two weeks of posting, I already have paying subscribers!
Ghost gave me the freedom to shape my words exactly how I want—clean, precise, and entirely my own. Writing here feels like stepping into a studio built just for my voice.
The continuous addition of features and Quality-of-Life improvements has cemented my belief that Ghost is the best choice for me and my content. Easy to use, sleek and affordable.
I run a free monthly newsletter, and switching to Ghost has enabled me to provide a much more professional-looking offering and easily manage my subscription list.
In 24 hours I set-up my 25yrs or experience writing about AAPL and tech analysis and investments. In 60 days I had over 200 subscribers. Ghost allowed a turnaround and set-up within hours, and I’m exceptionally pleased with the results at 97% member-engagement rates.
Ghost is by far the easiest newsletter system I have ever used. I'm never going back!
As a first-time blogger exploring a decidedly niche corner of computing history, I was happy with how easy Ghost made it to get started. I knew nothing about doing this; I started from literal zero. 25,000 unique readers in the first three months far exceeded my expectations, and I owe a lot of that to having chosen Ghost as my platform.
Ghost got out of the way. I spend more time publishing and less time babysitting plugins and layout
Love Ghost! It's lightweight, easy to use and get up and running very quickly. I love how much thought goes into the user experience. Thank you!
Ghost made launching our magazine stupidly simple. For a magazine like FYSFEE that thrives on speed, creativity, and a whole lot of beautifully unhinged content, Ghost has been the perfect home. Zero friction, zero bullshit, maximum freedom to build exactly what we want.
I’m not a big media outlet or a millionaire newsletter guru. I’m just a writer figuring it out as I go. Ghost lets me do that without losing my mind.
Moving to Ghost was a seamless process with a huge payoff. It's more customizable, aesthetically pleasing, and organized then the platform I used previously. It is also constantly improving based on user feedback so the updates are always relevant.
Ghost has given me a tremendous outlet for my writing. The platform is so easy to use - it gets out of the way so that I can write, write, write.
Ghost is absolutely incredible and highly recommended.
I set up on Ghost because it's functional, reliable, and has just the right balance of flexibility versus too many options. It lets me focus on writing, rather than messing around with the tech.
The previous site I used forced interaction through what felt like old social media in order to drive growth. Here on Ghost, my focus can be on my writing, the thing I love and came here to do. I'm so happy I switched!
I have tried every platform out there, and I can honestly say Ghost looks and feels the best. It also peforms the best. Using the interface isn't difficult to understand. It just works!
After publishing my own work on Medium and Substack, I decided it was time for something more business-oriented. Ghost provides all the tools I need and more. I am grateful for their hard work.
Wordpress is like the 1990s compare Ghost - feature rich, easy to use, API enabled and gorgeous templates!
Moving to Ghost gave me speed, control, and peace of mind. Publishing is effortless, performance is excellent, and the platform stays invisible — exactly how it should be.
The ease with which a novice such as me could create a simple website to publish my debut book "A New Faith" is all because of Ghost. The way they have added Federation and now Search is excellent. Thank you sooooo much! Keep doing the good work!
For a luddite like me, self-publishing my first novel in a serialized manner would have been impossible if not for Ghost. Thank you so much for making it so easy. The architecture allows me to do world-building without having to worry about technical stuff. Looking forward to continuing collaboration with Ghost!
This year I set myself the challenge of consolidating content streams and becoming consistent with newsletters. That wouldn't have been possible without Ghost and I'm so excited to have taken the plunge
Ghost gave us a deterministic publishing layer for scientific doctrine. Clean HTML, real SEO control, and zero platform friction. It’s the first CMS that actually respects how serious research should be published.
One of the easiest-to-use yet complete platforms to share ideas worth spreading
Creating a community around purpose, life and love (well-being) is a game changer in my life! What I can do today with tools like Ghost would have required an entire team ten years ago. It enables me to bring clarity and magic to the world.
Ghost is so incredibly easy to use. You want a custom domain? Easy. Newsletters? Easy. Mailing list? Easy. Make a website which looks awesome? Easy. All I need to do is focus on what I want to say, and Ghost makes it trivial to say it.
Ghost is calm and clean - a kind ghost, nothing scary. No more impossibly complex plugin updates. It just works.
Using Ghost has been such a liberating move when other platforms keep changing with algorithms or styling controls. I can create something authentic that works for a growing business.
I'm astonished at how clear and easy to use Ghost is, and how clean and attractive the end product is. That's enabled me to focus on the main purpose: Writing interesting issues so that I can share things I love with readers.
I love Ghost, it's what the internet used to be like: content for the reader and speedy loading, not ads and redirects everywhere.
Coming from Webflow, Ghost allowed us to build something that was much better suited to our needs and the pricing remained competitive. I love just how simple it is for us to collaborate and post on Ghost with brilliant analytics insights, without the need for the complicated third party integrations. The best part though, is if you need or want integrations you can!
Ghost has been a game changer for us! As an indie publication at the intersection of tech, ai and journalism, we could not be more excited about using Ghost as our central hub.
We are running the biggest paid indie newsletter in Germany covering the intersection of Social Media, Politics and Media. Switching to Ghost has been one of the single best decisions since we started our journey back in 2012.
I have tried every alternative! Ghost has the exact ease and simplicity I need to maintain a publication in my spare time.
Ghost gives me the freedom to write about what I love, and the peace of mind that comes from using a platform that is intuitive and respects me as a user. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else!
I moved to Ghost from Substack and it is such a clean and streamlined platform to use. I have moved all of my history articles over and will soon include my more general work as well.
Quite literally months of energy, effort and thousands of dollars, fighting with software like GoHighLevel, HubSpot, Kajabi, and Thinkific, I finally discovered Ghost. With it, I can easily create content, charge a small fee for supporters who want to donate, and share my work. This is a diamond in the rough — simple, intuitive, and truly focused on the user.
Ghost is a fantastic product supported by a great non-profit team & open-source community.
Switching to Ghost was the best decision IOCO made for our readers and our team of 60 authors. The platform's usability is unmatched—clean, fast, and intuitive. Migrating over 12,000 posts from WordPress was a complex task, but the Ghost team supported us every step of the way, making the transition smooth and efficient. We couldn’t be happier with the result.
Moving to ghost made my life simpler. Before I was on Wordpress and needed to update a lot of plugins... just to make it work. Now my website is fast, simpler and much more convincing, without the need to say something. I strongly recommend Ghost.
Soon we’ll be celebrating 4 years with Ghost, and we’ve generated six figures in revenue with them. The best platform for having paid subscribers.
Ghost’s clean, straightforward design and intuitive UI give my online presence a fresh, professional look—I hope you like it as much as I do.
I have started a number of independent sites since 2007 on many different platforms, from Wordpress to Substack to Medium and trying many others. None have matched the ease of use as Ghost, the transparency, and clarity. This will be the last home for me. Building from scratch is never easy, but Ghost is making it easy and fun.
I absolutely LOVE how user-friendly and pretty the Ghost interface is. If you need a blog or newsletter tool you can use from the get-go, you need to try Ghost.
As Austria’s largest association in the field of data protection, we deliberately chose Ghost because it provides a highly flexible and future-proof platform for our public presence. Its native integration with the Fediverse was another key factor in our decision, as it aligns strongly with our commitment to openness, interoperability, and digital sovereignty.
Ghost has been super easy to use and master, its removed the friction I faced in putting out content.
I only recently decided to re-launch my writing career. I tried a few different sites but Ghost feels like home. It's easy to use, customize and promote. I'm looking forward to a long lasting relationship!
After years on WordPress, I finally exhaled. Ghost feels like a clean desk — nothing extra, just space to write. Everything works right away, without plugins or endless setup. I customized the theme in no time, and everything runs smoothly, quietly, and reliably. For the first time, I feel like the technology serves me — not the other way around.
Ghost was my first pick when starting our media project. Their platform allows us to embrace our creativity and introduce our unique brand of writing and content to our audience.
We switched from WordPress to Ghost because of the seamless combination and integration of key features: minimalist design, low maintenance, built-in newsletter, membership area with access management, free Stripe integration, and excellent mobile UX for authors. We’re absolutely thrilled!
Ghost is allowing me to develop my own brand, which reflects the things I feel deeply about. From personalizing my page to writing about topics that I am passionate about. This makes me hopeful that I may be able to find a group of individuals that resonate with my material.
Ghost didn't solve all my problems. I still have to write. I still have to figure out what's worth saying. The blank page is still terrifying at 3am. But here's what Ghost did do: It got out of my way. After 16 years of fighting with CMSs that either treated me like an idiot or a developer, Ghost just... works. Not in a boring way. In a 'holy shit, I can actually focus on thinking instead of troubleshooting' way. The weird part? The platform keeps getting better without getting more complicated. Every update makes me think 'oh, someone actually uses this thing.' I've never written a testimonial for software before. That should tell you something.
Thanks to Ghost, I've embraced the independent publishing workflow, allowing me to publish freely from anywhere.
Ghost is the best platform I could imagine. Posting is no longer a chore, and everything is displayed fast and beautifully. The built-in editor is fantastic to work with. Also, I can't recommend enough Ghost Pro, which takes away all the boring parts of managing a self hosted instance 🙌
I wanted to try a new CMS and Ghost came to my attention when researching best CMS for AIO and SEO. So far – a month in – I love it!
I’ve been using Ghost since its early days. What’s changed for the better is its focus: it never lost sight of writing, publishing, and ownership — even as it scaled.
For doing words, Ghost turned out to be astonishing. I never had any doubt about my choice. Essays, fiction, short stories, words, just words, as they should be.
Using Ghost as a publishing platform has been the greatest experience as a content creator, but also as a designer. You can just focus on good writing and that's all, it feels secure, nicely crafted, and trustable. Own your content!
Ghost is an independent platform for publishing your newsletter. Highly recommended for its quality and if you like to maintain control over your work.
Switching to Ghost gave me one tool for everything. Before, I juggled separate platforms for my blog and newsletter. Now I have both in one place. The paywall feature works without hassle. I can offer premium content to subscribers who pay. No complex setup needed. Ghost made my workflow simple. Write once, publish everywhere.
Since switching to Ghost, managing my blog has become incredibly simpler and more intuitive. The platform allows me to focus completely on creating quality content without worrying about technical aspects. The clean interface and integrated features for member management and newsletters have transformed the way I interact with my audience.
Ghost's elegant and professional interface is essential for building trust with my high-net-worth audience. It allows me to focus on creating valuable financial content instead of worrying about the technology.
Ghost has given Racing Fashion Weekly the perfect platform to deliver our vision — combining the elegance of a luxury magazine with the agility of digital publishing.
Ghost has been a game changer from the start. It is so easy to get into publishing with building your blog and newsletter. I recommend it to anybody who wants to start something.
Ghost gave PO4OR the freedom to exist as it was meant to be, an independent cultural bridge between France and the Middle East, crafted through journalism, art, and identity, a dream I finally brought to life.
I used WordPress for a long time, but I got tired of all the plugins and settings. I just wanted to write. In the end, I ended up with Ghost. You hardly have to configure anything and can concentrate completely on writing. I love it!
Ghost turned my content chaos into a strategic asset. The clean interface gets out of my way so I can focus on translating complex AI concepts into actionable insights for business leaders. What sold me? Ghost respects its users. No venture capital pressure. No algorithm deciding who sees my work. No data exploitation. Just a nonprofit foundation building tools that empower independent creators.
I moved to Ghost, and I feel it's the best decision I made. I was facing a lot of optimization issues before. Ghost helped me fix that. It’s fast, clean, and easy to use. I’m thankful for that.
love at first type
Super fast templates, very intuitive platform. Best choice to run a news outlet.
I've used (and built) many different blogging platforms over the years, and yet I always find myself coming back to Ghost.
We moved from another e-mail newsletter site that didn't allow us to have a website as well. We've seen a 100% increase in engagement after our switch to Ghost. It's been a complete game changer!
Own your own content. 🤙
This is such a great platform to organize my thoughts and have a place to write!
J'adore le design et la liberté de Ghost. Bien hâte de voir où ça va mener mon hobby...
For almost 2 decades, I always used WordPress, but it always makes chores too much. Sometimes I find myself more in the backend and working with plugins than the writing and publishing. Now, with Ghost, I can really focus on my writing with no problems.
As an independent journalist writing for a relatively small target audience, a few years ago it would have been unimaginable to run a local media outlet so easily. Ghost allows me to focus solely on the content needs of my audience.
The combo posts/newsletter is wonderful. I've tried so many platforms and Ghost is the one! Doing my best in Italy to spread the word.
Ghost gives a better user experience for my finnish speaking guitar community. The ability to edit language in custom themes is amazing!
Ghost gives me the independence to publish on my terms. For someone building a media brand from scratch, that ownership matters.
