🆚 Ghost vs. Stripe

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
Ghost
Stripe

Type

Content management system
Payment service

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.

Stripe is a payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration.

It supports over 135 currencies, enables direct bank debits and real-time payments, manages subscriptions with smart retry logic, includes machine learning–based fraud detection, and offers the Stripe Connect solution for marketplaces and platforms to route payouts in more than 45 countries.

Headquarters

Singapore
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

ghost.org #25,832
stripe.com #1,004

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source
Pro Starter$11/month
Creator$31/month
Team$63/month
Business$249/month
Payment processing, US accounts, per transaction
Domestic cards2.9% + 30¢
Manually entered cards3.4% + 30¢
International cards4.4% + 30¢
Currency conversion1%
Payment processing, EU accounts, per transaction
Standard EU cards1.5% + €0.25
Premium EU cards1.5% + €0.25
UK cards2.5% + €0.25
International cards3.25% + €0.25
Currency conversion2%
Post-payment invoices0.4% on transaction total, max $2
Identity$1.50/verification
Tax Basic0.5%/transaction
Tax Complete$1,080+/year
Custom domain$10/month

Categories

CMS › Rank #29
Subscriptions › Rank #8
Subscriptions › Rank #1
Payments › Rank #3

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Stripe payment service is 19 times more popular than Ghost.
Total websites

Market share

Subscriptions

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Stripe is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while Ghost is more popular in Isle of Man and Liechtenstein.
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Germany
France
Canada
Italy
Spain
Netherlands
Ireland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Stripe is more popular than Ghost in all market segments.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Entertainment
Travel
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#13,052
#16,292
#16,434
#25,273
#28,290
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Name
Rank
#12
#23
#61
#70
#78
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See also

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