Elementor vs Ghost Comparison 2026
Both cover website builders. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
At a glance
- Elementor starts cheaper, at $5.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Elementor | Ghost | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $5 | From $15 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Not stated | 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 | Landing Pages & Funnels, Website Builders | Website Builders, Memberships & Subscriptions, Newsletter & Email |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Elementor
Landing pages built inside WordPress
Elementor is a visual builder for WordPress, so the landing page and the site it belongs to are the same installation rather than two subscriptions pointing at each other. Templates, a theme builder and dynamic content come on the cheapest plan. Popups, custom CSS and the ecommerce widgets arrive one tier up. Everything here assumes WordPress is already running somewhere, and the hosting bill is separate from this one.
Our note
Budget for Advanced Solo rather than Essential, because popups and custom CSS are the two things a landing page tends to need and the gap between the tiers is two dollars a month. Remember the hosting is separate: this is a plugin, and the total cost of a WordPress landing page is this plus a host.
Only on this side
- Covers landing pages & funnels
Ghost
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.
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.