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Ghost Reviews & Product Details

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What is Ghost?

Ghost is a powerful app built for new media creators to help them share, publish, and grow their businesses. The platform leverages the users' ability to build original content and comes with a slew of functional tools and features that let users build websites, publish content, send newsletters, and facilitate paid subscriptions to members.

Company Ghost Foundation
Year founded 2013
Company size 11-50 employees
Headquarters Singapore
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Capabilities
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CLI
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Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, On-Premise Linux
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
Ghost Features
API Access
Asset Management
Collaboration Tools
Content Analytics
Content Archiving
Content Migration
Content Personalization
Content Preview
Content Scheduling
Customer Support
Customizable Templates
Drag and Drop Interface
E-Commerce Integration
Form Builder
GDPR Compliance
Inline Editing
Media Library
Mobile Editing
Multilingual Support
Plugins and Extensions
Responsive Design
SEO Management
Search Functionality
Social Media Integration
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Template Management
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Version Control
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Last updated: July 26, 2024
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38 Ghost Reviews
4.1 out of 5
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jan 13, 2019
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Overall Rating:
4.0
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"Review on Ghost"
What do you like best about Ghost?

Ghost is a free publishing platform which has JavaScript programming language flexibility. It's easy to use, files could be downloaded and great for content writing. It's hassle free and user friendly for beginners.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

It does not provide plug ins which is handy with other publishing platforms (e.g., Wordpress). The version is still in beta phase which is actually because it's still new.

What problems is Ghost solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can perform content writing with Ghost. It helps creating new websites for my academic institutions since it has user friendly interface.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 29, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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Founder
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"Best publishing platform for writers"
What do you like best about Ghost?

The overall system is fast and beautiful. It gets out of the way for those who love to write.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

how expensive it is and difficult it is to maintain on your own.

What problems is Ghost solving and how is that benefiting you?

Publishing your own content on the best web technologies.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 29, 2018
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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Founder
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"A great alternative to Wordpress"
What do you like best about Ghost?

I've used ghost for a few months now after converting mine and a couple of my casual clients websites from wordpress into it. The biggest complaint I got with wordpress is that it was too complicated to use and there were too many options they were afraid of breaking something. They also didn't need all the customization options provided. I switched to ghost as it's a free lightweight alternate. It provides simple blogging and page features, basic contact forms, but unlimited plugin possibilities for more advanced users. The back-end interface is easy to use, sleek and perfect for casual users.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

Although it's been around a few years, the adoption of ghost is still slow and steady, meaning things like plugins are still being introduced at a slow rate, making it hard to find specific plugins.

What problems is Ghost solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating great websites for clients who need basic blogging and portfolio style features. It's cheap and easy to host yourself using digital ocean and easy to set up.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 20, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
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Founder
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"Simple and Functional"
What do you like best about Ghost?

Ghost is a no nonsense markdown editor that's easy to use without interfering with the overall site.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

I don't understand why they don't use a rich text editor. Maybe I'm just not their niche target market, but the markdown seems antiquated and unnecessary.

What problems is Ghost solving and how is that benefiting you?

A blog software that is customizable using html and css.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 14, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Better than wordpress!"
What do you like best about Ghost?

I find this extremely easy to use. Yes, you need to know HTML, but once you do you're ready to hit the ground running!

What do you dislike about Ghost?

There are a few things that are not super easy to customize.

What problems is Ghost solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's easy to use for blogging. A better alternative than some others.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 12, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
AG
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Founder
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"Simple yet powerful publishing platform to build static sites quickly"
What do you like best about Ghost?

- Ease of setup - Less clutter when compared to other CMSes, especially Wordpress - Open source - Easy to create static pages sites - Content authoring and managing is easy

What do you dislike about Ghost?

- Expensive hosting on ghost.org - Unavailability of websites templates - Adding new themes are not easy

What problems is Ghost solving and how is that benefiting you?

Developed simple, static page websites for some of our customers. Was easy to get started and roll up a site with blog features, was easy and saved lot of developer time to get started quickly. Also helped customers' go-t- market time.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 20, 2022
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Overall Rating:
1.0
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"The worst platform if you're switching from Wordpress"
What do you like best about Ghost?

The editor is clean but again, not if you are writing blogs with a lot of content on a daily basis.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

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!

What problems is Ghost solving and how is that benefiting you?

Nothing. Literally nothing. I could not emphasize it enough how much I hate this platform.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 19, 2018
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Overall Rating:
1.0
AG
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"Confusing"
What do you like best about Ghost?

I like that it's a free service and that it's fully customizable. However, you need to be able to code to customize the product.

What do you dislike about Ghost?

It's very complicated and the UI is not helpful. I would prefer some guidance and tutorials.

What problems is Ghost solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using it for blogging but I haven't really found many benefits.