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Ghost CMS pricing
Ghost CMS publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Ghost CMS pricing is $18/month across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $18/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Not on record
Ghost CMS plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $18/month | 5 | Entry tier |
| Publisher | $29/month | 6 | +$11/month, 5 more features |
| Business | $199/month | 5 | +$170/month, 4 more features |
| Custom | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Starter
$18/monthThe entry tier. It covers for solo blogs and newsletters, your own website, email newsletter, support for up to 1,000 members, billed yearly.
Publisher
$29/monthOver Starter, this tier adds:
- For custom publications
- 3 staff users
- Custom themes
- 8,000+ integrations
- Paid subscription capabilities
Business
$199/monthOver Publisher, this tier adds:
- For teams scaling up
- 15 staff users
- Priority support
- Higher usage limits
Custom
On requestOver Business, this tier adds:
- For organizations with complex needs
- Unlimited staff users
- Dedicated IP addresses
- 99.9% uptime SLA
What the product covers
The full Ghost CMS feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Publishing platform
- Email newsletters
- Membership management
- Analytics
- Paywall support
- SEO optimization
- Media library
- API access
Integrations
- Stripe
- Mailgun
- Zapier
- Integromat
- RSS
- API
Platform
- Web support
- Self-hosted support
People bring Ghost CMS in for running a publication or newsletter with paid subscriptions, self hosting a headless or full stack publishing platform. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Ghost CMS are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in News
Across the 5 news tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $33/month. Ghost CMS starts at $18/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost CMS (this page) | $18/month | subscription | - | |
| NetNewsWire | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Ghost CMS |
| Reeder | Free, then $10/year | Per user per month | - | vs Ghost CMS |
| GlobeNewswire | On request | usage-based | - | vs Ghost CMS |
| ConvertKit | Free, then $33/month | freemium | - | vs Ghost CMS |
| Inoreader | Free, then $7.5/month | freemium | - | vs Ghost CMS |
| Chartbeat | $1000/month | quote | - | vs Ghost CMS |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Ghost CMS badges page.
Before you pay for Ghost CMS
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between $18/month and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Ghost CMS against the tools that do have one before committing.
Ghost CMS runs on web, self-hosted, and is published by Ghost Foundation of London, UK. The full record is on the Ghost CMS review, and the rest of the category is under best news tools.
Ghost CMS pricing questions
- How much does Ghost CMS cost?
- Ghost CMS publishes 4 tiers, from $18/month for Starter up to On request for Custom. The cheapest paid tier is $18/month.
- Does Ghost CMS have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Ghost CMS is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Starter and Publisher on Ghost CMS?
- Publisher costs $29/month against $18/month, and adds for custom publications, 3 staff users, custom themes, 8,000+ integrations.
- Is the Custom plan on Ghost CMS worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is for organizations with complex needs, unlimited staff users, dedicated ip addresses, 99.9% uptime sla. It costs On request against $18/month for Starter. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Ghost CMS expensive for a news tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 5 news tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $33/month; Ghost CMS starts at $18/month.
- Which news tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 news tools listed alongside Ghost CMS have a free tier: NetNewsWire, Reeder, ConvertKit, Inoreader, Ground News.
- What am I actually paying for with Ghost CMS?
- The record lists 16 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for running a publication or newsletter with paid subscriptions, self hosting a headless or full stack publishing platform.
- Does Ghost CMS charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Ghost CMS prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Ghost CMS against before paying?
- The closest news tools in this directory are NetNewsWire, Reeder, GlobeNewswire, ConvertKit. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Ghost CMS covering price, platforms and features.