Ghost (Pro) pricing and fees

Verified 2026-06-10 from Ghost (Pro)'s published pricingsome values pending verification

Plans

PlanMonthly billingAnnual billingSubscriber limitPaid subscriptions
Starter

$18/mo billed yearly. Pricing page indicates paid subscriptions are not supported on Starter — verify, since Ghost has historically allowed memberships on all tiers.

$216/yr1,000No
Publisher

$29/mo billed yearly.

$348/yr1,000Yes
Business

$199/mo billed yearly.

$2,388/yr10,000Yes
CustomCustomYes

Fees on paid-subscription revenue

  • Revenue share: none (0%)0% transaction fee on paid memberships (Publisher tier and up).
  • Payment processing: Stripe, 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction

Fine print that changes the math

  • PARTIAL DATA: only yearly-billed prices were readable; monthly-billing prices and member-count slider brackets (prices rise with member count) need the scraper.
  • Ghost is open source — self-hosting is $0 platform fee + infra cost, a comparison angle none of the hosted-only platforms have.
  • Starter tier's paid-subscription support flagged as unsupported by the pricing page — needs verification before publishing.

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