Ghost vs Tistory

Ghost is an open-source blog and newsletter platform for professional publishers, with tools for publishing, memberships, analytics, and editorial workflows. It runs on the web and supports custom domains, theme customization, SEO tools, multilingual content, and CSV export. Publishers can send multiple email newsletters and offer free or paid memberships with monthly or yearly billing. The editor supports galleries, GIFs, video, audio, products, files, and bookmarks. Integrations include Stripe, Zapier, Slack, YouTube, Google Analytics, and GitHub. Paid plans start at $18/mo (annual), with a 14-day trial and no permanent free plan. Starter costs $18 a month, billed yearly, and includes 1,000 members, one staff user, and a 5 MB file upload limit. Ghost charges a 0% fee on publication revenue; payment processor fees still apply. Ghost(Pro) includes security protections, while all plans include device verification and email-based two-factor authentication.

Tistory is a platform for creating blogs, portfolios, and websites. Members can publish posts, read public posts, and comment on other members’ content. Blogs can use Tistory or user-created skins, and skins apply Tistory data to a design; users can also customize their sites with custom code and connect a custom domain. Posting can be scheduled, and blog analytics are available. Team blogs support owner, administrator, editor, and author roles, while plugins can add functions beyond built-in features. The service runs on web, iOS, and Android, and sign-in uses a Kakao account. The Android app supports writing and editing posts with photos and videos, spell check, feed subscriptions, and search across blogs and posts; it requires Android 8.0 or later. Tistory is free, with no usage limits stated on the listed pages. Direct video uploads ended on February 23, 2026, so users need to embed videos hosted elsewhere, such as YouTube. Tistory may place ads. New Kakao AdFit connections are closed, while Google AdSense, Dable, and Tenping remain available for connection.