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4 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Managed WordPress hosting that holds up in a spike
Kinsta manages WordPress hosting instead, from $35 a month with no free tier, the choice for someone who wants a conventional site handled by someone else rather than self-hosting Ghost.
Paid subscriptions with a reader network attached
Substack costs nothing to start and comes with a built-in reader network Ghost does not have, but it keeps 10 percent of paid subscription revenue that Ghost does not touch.
Works with Podcast, Substack
Newsletters with paid subscriptions and referrals
beehiiv has a free tier before $49 a month adds paid subscriptions and referral tools, the pick for a newsletter-first product rather than the full site Ghost publishes from.
Works with Substack
Paid memberships bolted onto a site you own
Memberful bolts paid memberships onto a site you already run, from $49 a month with no free tier, narrower than Ghost since it skips the publishing platform and newsletter entirely.
