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Anchor CMS vs. Ghost

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Anchor CMS
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Anchor CMS is an open source blogging platform.N/A
Ghost
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Ghost is a free blogging platform supported by a UK-based non-profit, the Ghost Foundation.N/A
Pricing
Anchor CMSGhost
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Anchor CMSGhost
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Anchor CMSGhost
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Best Alternatives
Anchor CMSGhost
Small Businesses
Medium
Medium
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium
Medium
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Medium
Medium
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium
Medium
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Quora Blogs
Quora Blogs
Score 8.4 out of 10
Quora Blogs
Quora Blogs
Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Anchor CMSGhost
Likelihood to Recommend
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8.0
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User Testimonials
Anchor CMSGhost
Likelihood to Recommend
Open Source
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Ghost Foundation
It is well suited for distributed writing and publishing with a subscription component
MB
Mike Blumenthal
Co-founder
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Pros
Open Source
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Ghost Foundation
  • Creating a newsletter for web and email simultaneously
  • Allowing for paid subscriptions
  • Allowing content to be segmented by subscription type
MB
Mike Blumenthal
Co-founder
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Cons
Open Source
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Ghost Foundation
  • They wysiwig editor is missing critical functions like superscript and subscript
  • The markdown complement has those features but it doesn’t integrate well with the wysiwig editor
  • Footnoting is hard to do
MB
Mike Blumenthal
Co-founder
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Alternatives Considered
Open Source
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Ghost Foundation
It is simpler, headless, faster than WordPress. The core functionality is focused on subscription membership which is a bloated add on for WordPress.
The simplicity has a cost as WordPress, while complicated, offers more expansion opportunities.
MB
Mike Blumenthal
Co-founder
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Return on Investment
Open Source
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Ghost Foundation
  • Our business is totally built around this product
  • It has allowed us to easily and quickly scale our free and (soon) our paywalled content
MB
Mike Blumenthal
Co-founder
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