Ghost Reviews & Product Details

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

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.

I needed a low-maintenance environment to write a blog and gather a following of readers both paid and free. The fact that I only need to worry about writing and not about uptime, updates or performance is awesome.

Lo que mas me gusta de Ghost es la facilidad con la que puedes crear un blog y un sitio de membresia para monetizar lo que escribes sin complicaciones de implementacion.

Lo que menos me gusta de Ghost es que esta orientado a un publico de habla inglesa. Es posible traducir el tema pero la parte del portal y las plantillas de email no se pueden traducir facilmente.

Me resuelve el problema de implementacion de un blog personal que comence hace poco. Con clientes y amigos he implementado, otros sitios web con ghost, estos ultimos para blogs tematicos.

It is super streamlined and efficient and looks simply amazing in every web browser no matter what template we use.

Image control and sizing could be functionality that would be appreciated.

Taking the difficulty out of web site administration is a breeze with 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!

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.

1. Create a paid newsletter+ website 2. Create a community for people interested in my content 3. Collect and manage payments received from the community 4. Send them emails when a new blog goes live!

It is very simple to manage. I was able to install in one day.

It should have more free templates. To do not have the certificate renewal setup by default.

Creating a webpage in simple steps. I was able to create my own website without being a developer

Ghost has a great number of themes to choose from. Making the site look visually appearing is extremely easy with Ghost.

Some research through the FAQ or blogs are sometimes required to make changes that aren't self explanatory.

It allows us to host a much better blog site that is already optimized for SEO.

I have been using ghost for more than a year and I really like this CMS. It is an awesome blogging platform. We can simply create pages and publish it. We can edit content in HTML also with this tool. As compared to the other CMS, it is lightweight and have immense plugins that makes it one of the best CMS

It is hard for beginners to understand all the features of this tool

This software has helped us in saving time by easily creating and publishing blogs. Moreover, we can easily customize blog according to our need and add plugins. Also, it is good for SEO

Ghost is a super fast next generation blogging platform, it's ease of use and amazing team behind it cause it to be absolutely amazing. Bloggers new and old will know exactly what to do with it.

The setup is obviously going to be rough for some users, but other than that, no issues with it.

A simple solution to solve our cms needs.

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.

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.

Using Ghost CMS for our blog, we don't have to customize from scratch, and Ghost is a perfectly built Blogging platform, Managing Newsletter is way more easier than other CMS platform.

I have started with a 14-day free trial and then turned to become a paid customer. I like the editor, its minimalistic yet powerful design. I love integrations and the speed of my Ghost blog (it's insane either on web browser or mobile). Ghost CMS is easier to understand compared to Wordpress and the overall experience feels smoother.

I have nothing to complain about at the moment.

I use Ghost to build my personal portfolio website and feature my work on the web and social media.

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.

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.

It saves a lot of time! I was able to import my blog from Wordpress and then format my posts/pages as needed to fit Ghost's structure. Once you get a hang of the flow, it's super easy and fast. And loading times are legit amazing - like 98-100% super speed.

I like ghost because of its clear and easy to use Interface. The best thing about this platform is that I can add a lot of plugins in this tool. And this tool is so lightweight and easy to create static pages on this platform. Also, I like its feature of assigning different roles to the different team members.

No issues with this tool, I really like this tool

This tool saves a lot of time in managing the blogging & content of our blog. We have seen the traffic & SEO of our website has improved since we started using this tool

How easy it is to use The price The size of the software on the hard disk

Only digital software Not suitable for small companies

Being able to provide a laptop with the exact same content for each employee

The app lets you be free and open about your ventures.

The app should be publicized more for the usage.

It lets our firm to work to utilise the resources quite effectively

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.

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.

As we used Ghost, it would've given us a little interface with which to create articles which would then be added to the site. My client had much more specific needs (had I been on the project much earlier in the design process I would've argued for removing complexity from the design, which I think would've benefited the project significantly). I would use Ghost again, particularly if there were a team of content-writers who are churning out blog posts or articles and who wanted to be able to do that work largely autonomously (especially if they already had a really clear styleguide). The content editor is slick. I would also suggest Ghost as an alternative to Wordpress for folks who just need a place to put their site and stream of articles, especially if they're not interested in managing their own hosting.

All in one integration, easy to use, very clean front end and good blogging experience.

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.

User friendliness is a plus, easier integrations with social media, very clean front end. I liked that very much.

I like how accessible the software interface is for the average user with little to no technology experience. The easy and straightforward system allows for more productivity in the workplace.

I dislike the cost and expenses of implementing the software as they take away from the attractiveness of the product as a whole.

Ghost solves business problems by enabling employees to be more productive with their time.

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.

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.

The problem I'm solving is having one main site that people can use to see most of the content I create. Ghost has provided a good product that has allowed me to build a good "one-stop" place on the web for people to find and sample my content. Additionally, it is a great archive for the things I produce. (As I said above, if it had the search feature it would be 98% perfect!) The benefits I've seen using Ghost Pro (Basic) are increased productivity, and no time spent tooling around with upgrades.

Markdown authoring is easy to use and many people can contribute to the blog platform

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.

Getting none writers to write something. The blog format makes this easier.

the best part is i can format the system through ghost and can take the backup of the system during that time and it is fast also so i don't need to wait so much sometimes through other softwares I can't format the system specially POS systems which can't be format through other softwares easily while using Symantec endpoint protection which is a part of it. now inbetween 10-20 minutes your system can be formatted

I didn't find the much problem in it but ya have observed few bad things that during the time of format while finding drives it doesn't show the name of the drive doesn't matter what name is have putted in that drive which I thought they shoould work on it

I used to format and re-image the POS systems in my company