Ghost is a powerful app for professional publishers to create, share, and grow a business around their content. It comes with modern tools to build a website, publish content, send newsletters & offer paid subscriptions to members.
At a glance
- Free tier
- No free Ghost(Pro) plan; 14-day free trial; open-source self-hosting is free
- Paid from
- $18/mo (Starter, billed yearly; member-count based) · pricing page
- Public API
- Yes docs
- MCP server
- No · Community MCP servers only; first-party server proposed on official forum
- Best for
- Independent publishers combining site, newsletter, and memberships
- Website
- https://ghost.org
Ghost pricing
No free Ghost(Pro) plan; 14-day free trial; open-source self-hosting is free. Paid plans start at $18/mo (Starter, billed yearly; member-count based). Current numbers live on the Ghost pricing page.
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