Ghost alternatives (2026)

Ghost is a open-source publishing and membership platform you can self-host or run on Ghost Pro. If it's not the right fit, here are the 2 alternatives people switch to most — with the honest reason for each.

Ghost pricing: Open-source (self-host free) or Ghost Pro paid tiers; no per-subscriber revenue cut. Verified 2026-07-13.

Top Ghost alternatives

beehiiv

Fully managed with growth tools, if you don't want to run infrastructure.

Substack

Zero setup and built-in discovery, at the cost of a 10% revenue cut.

Compare them all on price

See the full side-by-side pricing for newsletter platforms — including free-tier limits and hidden fees — on the newsletter platforms cost calculator.

✍️ Switching tools means re-announcing everywhere. OnePost turns one post into native versions for X, LinkedIn, Threads, Reddit and more (free tier).