Paying 9 euro for a Ghost pro hosting and if you need custom theme installation jumps to 25 euro tier. ALMOST 3X. Maybe a 12 euro tier would be a better tier for a open source blog platform with custom theme installation allowed.
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Some other options reviewed here:
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I somehow agree here.
Creating a blog with a custom theme and custom sending domain is basic for anyone starting.
So this automatically forces you to go with the 25€ tier, although you might not have subscribers nor traffic yet.
IMHO, a tier like Starter, for 9€ should already include the mentioned features (custom theme and custom sending domain). As for members, this could be reduced to 250 to compensate.
Luckily, there are alternatives to ghost pro like magicpages (among others), like @Cathy_Sarisky mentioned (faster than me).
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For some history, Ghost didn’t have the $10 tier for several years (archive from a random time a few years ago). The $10 tier was added around the time they created several new “built-in” themes with varying layouts, and when memberships was starting to become more stable.
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I have found ghost pro to be the best for reliability and performance, but midnight is a very close second
After that, it’s mostly small operators, not reliable
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For a small blog i think magicpages is the BEST option. For a business i think GHOST PRO is the securest option, afterall to manage all the updates could be risky…
But 25 euros for someone people can be too expensive…
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i host ghost myself on my own hardware. i feel the cost they charge is justified if you want someone to manage your server. you could go set up a vps or get hardware to keep running all the time, then manage your own domain name through a registrar and mailgun, then keeping track of your security, update maintenance on the software and server… seems a small price to pay for all that unless you do it yourself.
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I have Midnight and Magicpages. Both are good and fast.
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I run my own Raspberry pi cluster powered by Sun. But for many people, 25 € it,s not affordable.
if you run and host your own then what are you complaining about?
Dude…its about people. Not myself. People from poor countries…
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I mean, people from those countries can create their own topic if it bothers them so much. Or start smaller with Patreon or Wordpress before switching with their subscribers to Ghost :)