Ghost is a paid product with a free trial, 14 days long. The free plan includes up to 1,000 members.
About
Ghost is an open source publishing platform for websites, blogs, and newsletters. It provides a hosted service and software for creating and managing content, sending email newsletters, and running paid memberships and subscriptions.
The hosted Ghost(Pro) plans include a free ghost.io subdomain by default, support for custom domains, built-in newsletter sending, member management, analytics, integrations, and theme customization. The pricing page lists Starter, Publisher, Business, and Custom plans with limits such as 1,000 members on Starter, Publisher, and Business, 3 staff users on Publisher, 15 staff users on Business, and unlimited members on Custom.
- Hosted ghost.io subdomain
- Custom domain support
- Email newsletter sending
- Membership and subscriptions
- 1,000-member plan limits
- 3 staff users on Publisher
- 15 staff users on Business
- Advanced analytics and integrations
Free Tier Value
This free trial lasts 14 days, so its monthly-equivalent value is about 14/30 of the cheapest paid plan. With Starter at $18/month, that works out to roughly $8.40/month of access, before considering that a credit card is typically needed to continue after the trial.
What's included in the free tier
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- Own website on Ghost(Pro) Starter plan.
- Free custom domain support, including a free ghost.io subdomain by default and one-year .link domain registration.
- Email newsletter publishing.
- Simple design settings.
- Up to 1,000 members.
- Unlimited email sends.
- Custom email templates.
- Edit newsletter links after sending.
- Managed email deliverability.
- One newsletter.
- Subscriber engagement analytics.
- Email analytics.
- Signup attribution analytics.
- Basic third-party analytics integration.
- Embedded media support.
- Image editing tools.
- Slack integration.
- Content API access.
- Fully managed hosting service.
- Automatic weekly updates.
- Worldwide CDN.
- Enterprise-grade security.
- Threat and uptime management.
- Automated backups.
- Free SSL certificate.
- Device verification.
- Two-factor authentication.
- Email support.
See Ghost pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Starter
- members
- 1,000
- newsletters
- 1
- file upload size
- 5 MB
- staff users
- 1
- Your own website
- Free custom domain
- Email newsletter
- Simple design settings
- 1,000 members
Publisher
- members
- 1,000
- staff users
- 3
- newsletters
- 3
- premium tiers
- 3
- 3 staff users
- Custom themes
- 8,000+ integrations
- Paid subscriptions
- Advanced analytics
- 1,000 members
Business
- members
- 10,000
- staff users
- 15
- newsletters
- 10
- premium tiers
- 10
- 15 staff users
- Priority support
- Higher usage limits
- Early access to features
- 1,000 members
Custom
- members
- Unlimited
- staff users
- Unlimited
- Unlimited staff users
- Advanced configurations
- Dedicated IP address
- 99.9% uptime SLA
- Unlimited members
Pricing extracted from Ghost's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Ghost free forever?
No. Ghost offers a time-limited trial, about 14 days long, after which you subscribe to a paid plan or lose access.
What happens when you exceed Ghost's free tier?
When the trial ends you keep access only by moving to a paid plan. The cheapest is Starter at $18 / month.
What is Ghost's free tier worth?
Ghost's free tier is worth about a 14-day free trial. That maps to an FTV score of 29/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
