Ghost Reviews & Product Details

I don't have anything positive to say about Ghost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I cancelled my Ghost.org subscription and migrated away after a customer service interaction left me genuinely uncomfortable. A rep named Jon Hickman spoke to me disrespectfully, and I can't support a company that lets paying customers be treated that way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Ghost is easy to use. There are almost no plugins to install or maintain as most features I use are built into the core software. Installing Ghost was a breeze. I use an SAAS cloud platform called Cloudron which helps tremendously with installing, backing up and updating to the latest Ghost version. I have Ghost run daily for the visitors on my blog. Integrating with Stripe for the subscription feature was also super easy thanks to the Ghost team. I am self-hosting Ghost, but have received a ton of support from the folks over at their community forum. Got most of my questions answered and even some features explained and helped out, and some other great advice. Couldn't have set things up or sorted it out successfully without them. I like writing in the Ghost editor interface. Simple and hassle-free. Ghost is very actively developed and well-maintained. They listen to the users to an acceptable degree, and I think there'll be more features you'll love in future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not that I can think of right now honestly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very clean editor to write posts with lots of embeddable content blocks. Powerful Admin panel with a clean overview of scheduled, published and drafted articles that work well across both mobile and web browsers.

The theme gallery, both free and paid, includes some really clean templates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is no mobile app, and there is no built-in analytics on page visits or user behaviour since it's focussed on email.

The themes look great but I'd love to be able to embed content on every page like a text-blog, embedded video or image. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ghost is the perfect solution for businesses looking to create a professional blog. With easy setup and maintenance, great uptime, and lightning-fast speed, Ghost provides a seamless experience for its users. The editor is clean and easy to use, with lots of embeddable content blocks, while the admin panel provides a clean overview of scheduled, published, and drafted articles. With a range of free and paid themes available, Ghost is the perfect choice for any business looking to create a powerful, professional blog. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing I don't like about Ghost is you've to remember keyboard shortcuts for formatting your blog. There aren't many direct options to add bullets, highlights and other formatting stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about Ghost is the ease with which you can create a blog and a membership site to monetize what you write without implementation complications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like least about Ghost is that it is oriented towards an English-speaking audience. It is possible to translate the theme, but the portal part and the email templates cannot be easily translated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The UI was pretty straightforward, as was the ability to build pages. As a headless CMS, it worked reasonably well. Pricing was reasonable too. Of the headless CMS options, I liked Ghost the best.

The headless CMS API integration was pretty straightforward (I used Eleventy.js).

It appears that Ghost as a site-builder also works pretty well, particularly for people who want something relatively stock instead of highly customized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We used Ghost as the headless CMS back-end to a static site. I wanted the ability to create more types of custom content (my client had testimonials and a number of different types of articles, as well as staff bios) with fixed fields. We were able to sort of hack our way through it with clever use of tags, but it wasn't ideal.

This is not Ghost-specific, but in general with headless CMSs on a static site there's a disjunct between editing content and building the site itself -- you make the content changes in the CMS, and then you wait for the static site to rebuild, then go check your work. It's not awful, but it's an extra step.

There was also some confusion on the part of my client where they expected to be able to edit the entire static site, rather than just the small number of identified dynamic pieces (testimonials, types of articles, etc.). This was a training issue, but the fact that the UI existed (and couldn't be turned off that I saw) meant it was a source of perpetual confusion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ghost CMS is the best alternative for WordPress. I love their modern UI. Admin dashboard is very minimal and easy to manage. Ideal for news or blogging site. Ghost also gives some popular services integration like Zapier, Slack, AMP, Disqus, Google Analytics, Typeform, Buffer, Codepen, Github, Paypal, Stripe, and more. Installation and configuration are very minimal and very simple to use and manage users. I love Ghost CMS features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In my opinion, there is nothing to dislike, because I used blogging and I enjoy it. Perhaps, If someone using a WordPress alternative and want to use WordPress, then It not completely possible. You won't find any plugins for Ghost CMS like WordPress has its own directory, Ghost CMS has custom integration features but for that, you have built your own integration, and you will need coding to knowledge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I want to make sure readers know I'm reviewing the BASIC Ghost Pro package ($9/month). I love the blogging interface it makes writing a wonderful distraction-free experience. The Stripe integration for email subscriptions is also great. IN fact, the entire user management system is intuitive, very easy to use, and has made managing my email newsletter subscription list very easy.

I'm comparing this to my experience using WordPress, which is far more cumbersome. (It seems to me that WordPress has turned into an everything and the kitchen skin content management system. Ghost is still a very simplistic way to blog and manage ONE email newsletter.)

In short: If you want to use Ghost as a blog & email newsletter I'd say the basic plan is well worth the money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At the basic level, you don't have search as a feature! I've emailed Ghost and asked why a feature as basic as search is not included in the basic product and they told me that to get that feature I'd ned to upgrade to the next level which is $25/month. Without search it makes it difficult to find ol blog posts/emails that have been sent out, which I think is a real pain.

Another thing I dislike is that you only have three subscription levels: Paid subscribers can pay either a monthly fee, or a yearly (annual) fee. Then there are free subscriptions. I think it would be nice if Ghost offered the possibility to sell a lifetime subscription and/or quarterly subscriptions.

Finally, I send out three different email newsletters. I was hoping I could allow users to choose which ones they'd like to subscribe to through Ghost, but that is not possible. (I currently use Ghost for my main email newsletter, and Convert Kit for the remaining two.) I wish Ghost offered the ability to run more than one email newsletter via their product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that it is open source and has both versions available where you can self-host or just sign up for their cloud service. Also, I like that it is an all in one solution for bloggers which comprises a publishing platform, a newsletter management system and many other essential integrations required for a modern blog. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There isn't much to dislike about this tool. But I still believe that if you want advanced customizations you need to get a bit technical which isn't the case for WordPress. Also, there are a lot of important integrations which are available but those can't be compared to the millions of plugins available for Wordpress.org users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The editor is clean but again, not if you are writing blogs with a lot of content on a daily basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Absolutely no plugins, no developers working on making it better. I've used Wordpress before and how much would I pay to just go back to it. The plugin support, the developer community is great. Ghost is the absolute worst. If you're a non coder like me, looking to make your blogs look better, say goodbye to your sleep! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.