Ghost 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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Hygraph
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Hygraph (previously GraphCMS) is a native GraphQL Headless Content Management System (CMS) and now evolved as a Federated Content Platform, enabling teams across the world to unify, structure, enrich and distribute content from anywhere to anywhere.
$299
per month
Pricing
Ghost
Hygraph
Editions & Modules
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
Professional
$299
per month per project
Scale
$899
per month per project
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Ghost
Hygraph
Free Trial
Yes
No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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35% discount for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
Ghost
Hygraph
Features
Ghost
Hygraph
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Ghost
8.7
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Hygraph
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG editor
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Admin section
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Publishing workflow
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Ghost
8.5
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Hygraph
-
Ratings
Content taxonomy
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
SEO support
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Hybrid CMS
Comparison of Hybrid CMS features of Product A and Product B
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.
I would recommend GraphCMS to anyone who is also using Gatsby to build their website. If not, I would recommend them to consider GraphCMS but also consider other options. GraphCMS is a tool in which you are responsible to make the most out of it, but sometimes this requires more time and knowledge than a normal engineer may be able to handle. But with more time and attention, the reward of off-lifting content creation from the developers is a huge time saver in the long run.
GraphCMS is very expensive at the enterprise level.
GraphCMS requires deep knowledge of the system and requires lots of time to be efficient with it (especially around creating specific data patterns/relationships).
Multiple times a day, the system will give us errors when attempting to save something but the errors are unclear as to what went wrong (can be irritating).
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.
We picked GraphCMS since it used Graph API and easily integrated it into our Gatsby website. It was also cheap (free) and easy to test out the product, making it easier to prove to our company we should pay for the product in the long run. Lastly, it seems to have a bunch of support from other developers which makes us confident will be around for a while (and we won't need to replace it anytime soon). Note: I also looked at Directus and DatoCMS but these were not options within TrustRadius
