🆚 Ghost vs. Statamic

Type

Content management system
Content management system

About

Ghost is an open-source content management system built on Node.js that serves as a publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and membership-based websites.

It includes a block-based editor, built-in email newsletter delivery, and native memberships with paid subscriptions via Stripe, along with SEO features, themes, and role-based access.

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Statamic is a flexible content management system built on Laravel that can operate as a full-stack or headless CMS, using flat files or a database, and can generate static sites.

It stores content in Markdown and YAML by default, includes a customizable control panel, supports version control workflows with Git, and offers features such as collections, taxonomies, asset management, and form handling.

Headquarters

Singapore
Ormond Beach, Florida, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source
Ghost(Pro)
Starter
(1K+ members)
$18+/month
Publisher
(3 staff users, 1K+ members)
$35+/month
Business
(15 staff users, 10K+ members)
$239+/month
Free version ✔️Core, open source
Pro
First year$275
Updates$65/year

Categories

CMS › Rank #29
CMS › Rank #38
Subscriptions › Rank #8

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Ghost CMS is 1.5 times more popular than Statamic.
Total websites

Market share

CMS

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Ghost is more popular in the United States, France, and Sweden, while Statamic is more popular in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Netherlands
France
Canada
Switzerland
Australia
Belgium
Sweden

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Ghost is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, entertainment, and technical, business forums, while Statamic is more commonly used on business, Internet services, and marketing and merchandising sites.
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Technical/Business Forums
Education/Reference
General News
Travel
Health

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#13,052
#16,292
#16,434
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Name
Rank
#14,971
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See also

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