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Both cover website builders. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Codeable | Ghost | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $420 | From $15 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Usage-based | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | None |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Hiring & Freelancers, Website Builders | Website Builders, Memberships & Subscriptions, Newsletter & Email |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Vetted WordPress developers at a published rate
Codeable is a hiring service for WordPress work with the rate written on the page rather than bid down in an auction. You describe the job, a few vetted developers estimate it, and the price lands inside a band the site tells you in advance. That suits somebody who wants their site fixed rather than a hiring process.
Our note
This is the expensive end of WordPress help and the honest one, since the rate is on the page instead of at the bottom of a negotiation. Use a general marketplace when the job is small and Codeable when breaking the site would cost you more than the quote.
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Publishing and paid subscriptions, open source
Ghost is what a writer picks who wants Substack's economics without Substack's cut, and it takes nothing from subscription revenue beyond the hosting fee. The editor is quiet and fast, and the whole thing is open source, so a technical creator can host it themselves for the cost of a server. Doing that means you are the support team.
Our note
Against Substack the maths is simple: Ghost costs a fixed fee and Substack costs 10 percent of everything, so Ghost wins above roughly $300 a month in subscriptions and loses below it. What Substack sells that Ghost cannot is the network that finds you readers.
Ratings are the average of reviews readers left. The facts are stated by each tool’s own listing and are not verified by CloutStack. How we make money.
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