Pick Ghost if
publishers who will stay on Ghost(Pro) Starter at $18/month billed yearly (1 staff, 1,000 members) while they open a first Dashboard, then Publisher at $29 when they need paid subscriptions and custom themes.
Read the Ghost pageGhost vs Strapi
Our take
Pick Ghost if publishers who will stay on Ghost(Pro) Starter at $18/month billed yearly (1 staff, 1,000 members) while they open a first Dashboard, then Publisher at $29 when they need paid subscriptions and custom themes. Pick Strapi if content / app teams who will stay on Community self-host $0 while they publish a first article, or start Cloud Starter at $35/project/month (100k API requests, 50 GB assets) when
Best for
Ghost A members publication you start at a printed $
Strapi Entries you start at $35 Cloud or OSS $0
Free plan
Ghost $0 · for Ghost itself (TryGhost/Ghost). You pay hosting
Strapi $0 · you run it
Lowest paid
Ghost Starter $18/mo yearly
Strapi Usage $1.50/mo
Next step up
Ghost Publisher $29/mo yearly
Strapi Starter $35/mo
Runs where
Ghost Local or hosted
Strapi Local; you host it
Watch out
Ghost Starter cannot take paid subscriptions
Strapi Cloud Starter is 100k API requests
Last checked
Ghost 2026-10-23 · ghost.org/pricing
Strapi 2026-10-22 · strapi.io/pricing-cloud
Which one, then?
Pick Strapi if
content / app teams who will stay on Community self-host $0 while they publish a first article, or start Cloud Starter at $35/project/month (100k API requests, 50 GB assets) when they do not want to run Node themselves.
Read the Strapi page