Publishing platform for professional creators combining a hosted site, newsletters, and paid subscriptions.
Ghost is an open-source publishing platform offered as a managed hosted service for professional publishers and creators. It combines website publishing with email newsletters and paid subscription tooling.
The platform targets writers, journalists, and media businesses monetizing content directly. Revenue comes from hosted subscription tiers built on the open-source core.
| Attribute | Ghost Publishing Platform | WordPress.com | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | |  | |
| Founded | 2013 | 2005 | |
| Sells To | — | Enterprise, Small Business | |
| Pricing Model | — | Recurring, Software, Transactional | |
| Ownership | — | Venture-backed |
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Founded 2013
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Pricing Model —
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Provider
Founded 2005
Sells To Enterprise, Small Business
Pricing Model Recurring, Software, Transactional
Ownership Venture-backed
Newsletter publishing platform where writers distribute and monetize paid subscriptions.
Newsletter and email publishing platform built for verified news organizations to send and monetize newsletters.
Newsletter publishing platform where writers distribute and monetize paid subscriptions.
Newsletter platform for creators to publish, monetize, and grow newsletters.
Newsletter platform for creators to publish, monetize, and grow newsletters.
All-in-one hosted website platform offering templates, domains, hosting, and blogging for creators and businesses.
Visual web platform for building, managing, and hosting websites with a built-in content management system.
A self-updating portfolio platform that automatically backs up journalists' and writers' published work.
A portfolio website builder that lets journalists and creatives showcase their published work.
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All-in-one hosted website platform offering templates, domains, hosting, and blogging for creators and businesses.
Visual web platform for building, managing, and hosting websites with a built-in content management system.
A self-updating portfolio platform that automatically backs up journalists' and writers' published work.
A portfolio website builder that lets journalists and creatives showcase their published work.
Newsletter and email publishing platform built for verified news organizations to send and monetize newsletters.
Gumroad Checkout is the hosted storefront and checkout product Gumroad provides for selling digital creative work.
A community platform that lets hosts build branded communities, courses, events and memberships with native mobile apps.
HubSpot Content Hub combines content marketing tools and a CMS to create and manage digital content alongside HubSpot customer data.