JH
James H.
Chairman
"Outstanding for what it is"
2.5/5
What do you like best about Ghost?

Beautiful editor - so much better than WordPress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

It's strictly a blogging platform. Difficult to do any kind of page design outside the templates, at least in my experience. The updating process is also a bit funky, if you ask me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ahaan P.
AP
Ahaan P.
Founder
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Ghost! Best CSM to create a paid community"
5/5
What do you like best about Ghost?

1. Easy setup and maintenance

2. Really good uptime

3. Speed is super fast

4. Email Newsletters are inbuilt

5. Can customize and create plans from Ghost itself! Not no need to create it on Stripe anymore!

6. Code changes are super easy, integrations even easier! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

1. Some of the plans feel limited. 1000 member plan includes paid and unpaid ( Having different numbers for paid and unpaid would be good!)

2. If your card gets declined, you are blocked out of the site. You can't even get onto the admin dashboard to make the payment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JB
Jonathan B.
Executive Director
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Loving Ghost for over three years :)"
5/5
What do you like best about Ghost?

It is super streamlined and efficient and looks simply amazing in every web browser no matter what template we use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

Image control and sizing could be functionality that would be appreciated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to use with all the features we need"
5/5
What do you like best about Ghost?

Simple, clean interface, easy to use and set up, has pretty much all the features we need, and the API is well documented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

It would be great if you could upload multiple feature images for different situations. If you can do this, we haven't been able to work out how to so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carolina Elizabeth H.
CH
Carolina Elizabeth H.
Senior Devops Engineer
Telecommunications
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to setup and modify it"
5/5
What do you like best about Ghost?

It is very simple to manage. I was able to install in one day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

It should have more free templates. To do not have the certificate renewal setup by default. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Ghost is the CMS you should go for"
4/5
What do you like best about Ghost?

Ghost is excellent if you're thinking of starting on the JAM stack. It's fast, reliable and the best part is the admin UX it offers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

You cannot customize much if you're thinking of using Ghost as a full-fledged CMS to design APIs specific to your web content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cem B.
CB
Cem B.
Founder
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"It's a great alternative"
4/5
What do you like best about Ghost?

All in one integration, easy to use, very clean front end and good blogging experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

At first I have faced a problem with the payment. I was supposed to have one extra staff and I had two. I did not realize it would change my pricing plan. And I have missed their notification emails. At the end I was paying the upgraded plan without realising it. When I contacted to their customer service team they quickly jumped to solution and resolved my problem. I appreciate their spirit very much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching
UP
Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Grateful for Ghost"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Ghost?

I love the simplicity of the ghost platform, it's literally exactly what I need and want. Something simple, elegant, and the integrated email feature is f$#$%^* stellar. I'm grateful for ghost, the simplicity, yet depth of possibility (for example with zapier integration) feels quite refreshing. The platform appears to be unlimited in possibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

I wish I could more easily resize images, but after learning some basic markdown that's no longer an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David J.
DJ
David J.
Document and Knowledge Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Useful Simple Blog Platform"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Ghost?

Markdown authoring is easy to use and many people can contribute to the blog platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

If you delete a user you delete their articles and it is hard delete not retrievable. We are on an early version so an upgrade might solve this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dana R.
DR
Dana R.
Chief Photographer
Photography
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Clean, Powerful and Fast"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Ghost?

The interface is clean and uncluttered and the ability to use markdown is beautiful and drool-worthy (even though I just learned it for the sake of trying Ghost). Their new membership option in V.3 is equally as wonderful. If you'd like to setup a basic membership blog without a lot of drama, they've made it extremely easy to do so - like you can set it up in less than 20 minutes and start blogging within the hour. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

Ghost can be a very simple, easy-to-use platform if you are content with it straight out of the box, which I'm usually not. I like to dig deep into the software I use - if possible - and while Ghost makes that extremely easy, I'm not well-versed in Handlebars and JS as of yet so that limited my creative freedom. That's purely on me, however. There's a decent-sized repository of themes (free and premium) to choose from if you'd prefer that as well.

Coming from the ease of flexibility Wordpress, Ghost is super simplistic in every way. With that said, it's definitely not as flexible. Little things like editing authors or categories requires that you open up each post to do so. Wordpress made that easy with the quick edit option in the dashboard. The native navigation bar is limited - not allowing dropdrowns - and you'll have to be able to edit a Handlebar (.hbs) file in order to change the footer links and/or remove their branding. Even so, Ghost is still far superior so it's worth forgoing some of the little things for Ghost's platform.

Oh, and Ghost also doesn't have a way to store or access previously used media; that's probably one of the biggest downfalls to ease of use and flexibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.