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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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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    Movable Type

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMovable Type is a Perl-based content management system from Six Apart, featuring the capability to host multiple weblogs and standalone content pages, manage files and user roles, templates, tags, categories, and trackback links.N/A
    Pricing
    GhostMovable Type
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GhostMovable Type
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    GhostMovable Type
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Ghost and Movable Type
    Feature
    Ghost
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Movable Type
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    20% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Admin section8.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Ghost and Movable Type
    Feature
    Ghost
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Movable Type
    5.6
    1 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Content taxonomy9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO support8.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Ghost and Movable Type
    Feature
    Ghost
    -
    Ratings
    Movable Type
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Ghost and Movable Type
    Feature
    Ghost
    -
    Ratings
    Movable Type
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    26% below category average
    API00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    GhostMovable Type
    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
    GhostMovable Type
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.4
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GhostMovable Type
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Six Apart
    Is your business an enterprise level business that has more than a half dozen different content types? If so, then you might want to use a dedicated CMS rather than Movable Type. Movable Type is best used on small / medium sized businesses and is not the best solution for a full-fledged CMS. If you're using your content for something other than just displaying a website, then it's probably not for you. Movable Type works great for news/blogging sites. In fact, Daring Fireball, one of the most popular Apple-centric blogs is using Movable Type as its publishing platform.
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    Pros
    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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    Six Apart
    • Easy to use straight out of the box, very user friendly with an intuitive interface.
    • Great for team use where there are multiple editors and writers fixing and editing each other's works. It's easy to track who last made the latest edits.
    • Stellar support team and system. I've found that Moveable Type's support system is generally more responsive and helpful than WordPress.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    Six Apart
    • Especially on the older versions, the limited number of well-developed third-party plugins is problematic for efficiently developing a well-functioning website.
    • Versions of movable type which didn't allow pages to be constructed were difficult to create continuity in design and easily editable pages for our editors.
    • The installation process could be simplified to make it easier for those new to a CMS to install.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Ghost Foundation
    No answers on this topic
    Six Apart
    I think there are still improvements to be made. I haven't tapped in to the full functionality of the CMS yet but the rating I give it now is only based on what I've been able to use it for
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    Usability
    Ghost Foundation
    Flexible, competent and easy to use
    Incentivized
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    Six Apart
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Six Apart
    Movable Type can be compared to WordPress. It's easy to use, and I would say Movable Type is actually more user-friendly.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Six Apart
    • Provided a blogging platform when we needed one.
    • Helped us compare other blogging platforms as a baseline for what minimums we require and what we don't want.
    • Users often refused to use Movable Type and would go around our official system in order to use my more friendly software.
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