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Ghost Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 5.3 out of 10
Score
5.3 out of 10

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Ghost are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Recommendations

Based on user reviews, the most common recommendations for Ghost CMS are to consider costs, difficulty of implementation, and potential benefits before deciding on the platform. Users suggest evaluating the features required in a content management system and consulting with the company to determine if Ghost CMS meets their needs.

Users also recommend self-hosting Ghost CMS for a smoother and easier experience, especially for those with a skilled technical background and knowledge of website hosting.

Lastly, Ghost CMS is highly recommended as a great alternative to WordPress for simple and effective blogging. Users appreciate its superior UI, out-of-the-box SEO support, and the valuable blog information provided by the platform.

In summary, users recommend considering various factors before choosing Ghost CMS, highlighting the importance of cost evaluation and feature analysis. They also emphasize the benefits of self-hosting for a smoother experience and praise Ghost CMS as an excellent alternative to WordPress, citing its user-friendly interface and built-in SEO support.

Reviews

1 Review

Ghost, good at what it does

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Ghost is our primary tool for publishing web and email content for our audience. It is the only product used by our company/staff to create develop and present our website and our newsletter and to present our podcast.

Pros

  • Creating a newsletter for web and email simultaneously
  • Allowing for paid subscriptions
  • Allowing content to be segmented by subscription type

Cons

  • 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

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for distributed writing and publishing with a subscription component.

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Mike Blumenthal
Co-founder at NearMemo (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Ghost
1 year of experience