Ghost, on its own published figures
Ghost is an open-source publishing platform with a hosted service, Ghost(Pro), whose pricing page prints Starter, Publisher and Business plans by member count and states that paid subscriptions carry no additional transaction fee from Ghost. The page prints its figures on yearly billing, and this index records them as printed with the billing period on the cell. Every figure below was fetched from that page and matched word for word on the date shown.
Verified facts on Ghost
| What | Figure | The vendor's own words | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry plan, per month | $18/mo billed yearly | "Starter For solo blogs & newsletters $ 18 USD / mo Billed yearly" | Ghost(Pro) pricing page (Starter, billed yearly) checked September 2026 |
| Next tier, per month | $29/mo billed yearly | "Publisher For custom publications $ 29 USD / mo Billed yearly" | Ghost(Pro) pricing page (Publisher, billed yearly) checked September 2026 |
| Platform cut on the entry plan | 0 % cut | "without any additional transaction fees from Ghost" | Ghost(Pro) pricing page (no platform transaction fee) checked September 2026 |
Ghost product range, evidenced
Ghost maintains its own pages for the 2 platform types this index tracks; each link below is the vendor's live page for that type, which is the evidence this site counts as coverage.
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How Ghost prices its range
Plans are priced by members rather than by features at the entry level: Starter at $18 a month billed yearly for solo blogs and newsletters, Publisher at $29 for custom publications with custom themes and integrations, and Business above. The member cap rises with the plan and the page's own slider prices larger audiences.
The cut is 0%: the page states that paid subscriptions carry no additional transaction fees from Ghost, with payment processor fees applying. That places Ghost among the flat-plan vendors, at the lowest entry price in that group.
Common questions
- How much does Ghost cost?
- Ghost(Pro) Starter is $18 a month billed yearly and Publisher $29, by the vendor's own page; larger member counts price higher on the same page. Self-hosting the open-source software is a separate route with its own costs.
- Does Ghost take a cut of paid subscriptions?
- No, by its own pricing page: no additional transaction fees from Ghost, with the payment processor's fees still applying.
- Is Ghost a newsletter platform or a website?
- Both: the plan includes a website and an email newsletter with paid memberships. It is evidenced here for the newsletter and membership classes.