Ghost vs. Tumblr

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Tumblr
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Tumblr is a very easy to use microblogging platform and social networking website, owned and operated by Tumblr, Inc. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private.N/A
Pricing
GhostTumblr
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GhostTumblr
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
GhostTumblr
Top Pros
Top Cons
Best Alternatives
GhostTumblr
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 8.6 out of 10
Quora Blogs
Quora Blogs
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
GhostTumblr
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.4
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
GhostTumblr
Likelihood to Recommend
Ghost Foundation
It is well suited for distributed writing and publishing with a subscription component
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Tumblr
Tumblr can be complicated when it comes to using it in a work setting. With the privacy options being somewhat limited, you will want to make sure that your staff are only sharing information that they are comfortable with in the public realm. You'll need to put some effort into designing an appropriate policy that covers the use of Tumblr and what content can be shared. If you're simply finding a way to engage staff and perhaps show outsiders what it is like to work at your organization, it can be used quite effectively, but you have to be mindful of how involved it gets.
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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
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Tumblr
  • Intuitive ease of use. It was easy to set up and get the account running immediately.
  • Simplicity. Adding text, pictures and video was easy.
  • Look & Feel. For the low maintenance approach we were aiming for, we were surprised that the site actually looked pretty slick.
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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
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Tumblr
  • It can be hard to get followers, similar to Twitter.
  • Also similar to Twitter, its possible to get followers that are in no way interested in your business and seeking to promote themselves.
  • If you want to use Tumblr to promote your products online, it can be a trial and error process that can be frustrating for businesses that have little experience with photography.
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Likelihood to Renew
Ghost Foundation
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Tumblr
Because of its ease of use - both on desktop and mobile - and the perks of being able to schedule a post for future release, Tumblr is a tool that we plan to continue using in the long term. Despite feeling like a primairly one-sided tool, it can also start conversations online, which is something for which we are always striving.
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Usability
Ghost Foundation
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Tumblr
Tumblr is an easy to use tool. If you're looking for a simple platform that isn't complicated Tumblr works well. There are even ways to embed it to a company website.
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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.
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Tumblr
Tumblr turns out to be better than Facebook Pages as it allows the pages to be in the form of customizable templates. It doesn't conform to specific rules for publications beyond the provided templates. Compared to WordPress, Tumblr is much simpler to use. It doesn't require any page management skills.
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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 (soon) our paywalled content
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Tumblr
  • Tumblr has helped me meet new people with similar interests.
  • I used it for development blog postings for a game we worked on in college.
  • N/A- Not really business oriented beyond linking to pages, but I don't have one of those businesses. I've just seen people use it for that.
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