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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Contentstack

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AContentstack headquartered in San Francisco offers an API-first headless CMS. From desktops to smart phones, from kiosks to smart watches, from billboards to jumbotrons, from dashboards to VR headsets – content is delivered with the push of a button and optimized for every screen, device and channel.N/A

    Ghost

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AGhost is a CMS for new-media creators to publish, share, and grow a business around their content. Available open source and free (e.g. for blogging), it can also come with tools for business' content marketing.

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    Pricing
    ContentstackGhost
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Ghost (community)
    $0
    Starter
    $11
    per month 1 staff user, 500 members
    Creator
    $31
    per month 2 staff users, 1000 members
    Team
    $63
    per month 5 staff users, 1000 members
    Business
    $249
    per month unlimited staff users, 10,000 members
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ContentstackGhost
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ContentstackGhost
    Considered Both Products
    Contentstack
    No answer on this topic
    Ghost Foundation
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ContentstackGhost
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Contentstack and Ghost
    Feature
    Contentstack
    7.4
    11 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Ghost
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.411 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Contentstack and Ghost
    Feature
    Contentstack
    7.5
    10 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Ghost
    -
    Ratings
    API8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language6.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Contentstack and Ghost
    Feature
    Contentstack
    8.1
    12 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Ghost
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor8.12 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section7.712 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Page templates7.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design6.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow6.810 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Contentstack and Ghost
    Feature
    Contentstack
    6.4
    12 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Ghost
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Content taxonomy7.210 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO support6.410 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Bulk management5.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions6.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management6.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ContentstackGhost
    Small Businesses
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ContentstackGhost
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ContentstackGhost
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Contentstack
    Contentstack has flexible functionality which opens up a lot of possibilities for businesses with proactive web development teams to create their own website builder app to compete with 3rd party agencies. This is especially useful in a large enterprise where non-technical teams often turn to expensive outside agencies which cost more in the long run than an up-front investment into an in-house application.
    Incentivized
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    Ghost Foundation
    It is well suited for distributed writing and publishing with a subscription component.and well suited for simultaneous deployment to email and the web.
    Its pricing for a very small group (3 or more) tends to the expensive and login across multiple different devices can be aggravating.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Contentstack
    • Enables us to build and architect content through the use of their easy to use software and user interface.
    • Customer service has been by far the most reliable and responsive in any vendor i've dealt with.
    • Listens to feedback and builds features and technical improvements that helps customers usability and experience.
    Incentivized
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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
    • Allows content to be segmented by medium
    • Good analytics across various output medium
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Contentstack
    • In my opinion it's not very intuitive. I've found its difficult to understand how to best structure entries, especially if they are related
    • In my experience, entries can get difficult to understand if weren't the creator. It would be helpful to have some meta data around the entry itself and the fields within them in my opinion.
    • Integration with an A/B testing platform would be nice.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Contentstack
    No answers on this topic
    Ghost Foundation
    Flexible, competent and easy to use
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Contentstack
    They have an in-app chat with their support team, who is always quick to respond and provide helpful answers. I've never walked away from an interaction without my issue being solved quickly and easily. They're also very communicative over email and are sure to follow up after any changes are made to ensure we're seeing the desired result. They are always very professional and easy to work with.
    Incentivized
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    Ghost Foundation
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Contentstack
    Contentstack has better international hosting support then Contentful and we found the presales and sales support people were MUCH more responsive than Contentful. The Sitecore sales process was very very slow and overly complex. We felt Sitecore had many features that were not valuable and the cost to benefit ratio was much lower compared to ContentStack
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Contentstack
    • Saved significant amounts of money that would previously been spent on 3rd party agencies to build websites
    • Empowered Comms teams to create and edit the design and content of their own websites on demand rather than relying on the Dev team
    • Allowed the Development team to concentrate on building functionality rather than websites, so we can focus on improvement rather than BAU work.
    Incentivized
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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 our paywalled content experiments
    Incentivized
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