🆚 Ghost vs. MemberPress

Type

Content management system
Membership management software solution

About

Ghost is an open-source content management system built on Node.js. It is also available as a managed Pro service and supports newsletter delivery and paid member subscriptions.

MemberPress is a commercial WordPress plugin for paywalls, memberships, subscriptions, and learning management that lets site owners control access and monetize content on their WordPress sites.

It supports unlimited membership levels with fine-grained content restriction rules, automated recurring billing through Stripe, PayPal and other gateways, built-in LMS course creation with scheduling, coupon codes and promotions, member self-service portals, and community forums and directories.

Headquarters

Singapore
Cedar City, Utah, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source
Pro Starter$11/month
Creator$31/month
Team$63/month
Business$249/month
Free version ❌
Launch
(Essential LMS Features, Stripe)
$199.50/year
Growth
(Community Forums, Advanced LMS, PayPal, Square)
$349.50/year
Scale
(API, Zapier, Authorize.net)
$499.50/year

Categories

CMS › Rank #29
Subscriptions › Rank #8
Subscriptions › Rank #7
Membership Management › Rank #5
LMS › Rank #2
WordPress Plugins › Rank #97

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The MemberPress membership management software solution is 1.3 times more popular than Ghost.
Total websites

Market share

Subscriptions

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

MemberPress is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while Ghost is more popular in Germany, India, and Sweden.
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Germany
Canada
France
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
India

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

MemberPress is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and non-profit, advocacy and NGO, while Ghost is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, technical, business forums, and Internet services sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Education/Reference
General News
Sports
Entertainment
Health
Technical/Business Forums

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#13,052
#16,292
#16,434
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See also

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