Ghost vs Writizzy

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.

Writizzy is a web-based blogging platform for publishing articles and newsletters, with memberships, scheduled posts, and blog analytics. Its editor includes an outline, comments, cover images, and one-click publishing. Posts can go to a subscriber list, with subscriber management, double opt-in, and delivery tracking. Paid subscriptions run through Stripe, and Writizzy says it charges no platform commission. Writers can customize handcrafted themes with dark mode, colors, and typography controls. The platform can import posts, drafts, tags, and subscribers from Substack, WordPress, Ghost, Medium, or Beehiiv. Built-in analytics are described as privacy-friendly, GDPR-compliant, and cookie-free. Plans range from Free to Teams: Free includes one blog, 100MB media storage, 10,000 analytics events monthly, 100 subscribers, and 400 monthly email sends. Starter is €9.00 per month; Premium is €20.00 per month; Teams is €50.00 per month. Higher plans list additional blog, storage, analytics, subscriber, and collaboration capacity. Writizzy also lists integrations including Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Discord, Zapier, Make, webhooks, GitHub, and media embeds.