Beehiiv vs Ghost
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
Newsletter platform built by former Morning Brew operators.
- Pricing
- $39/mo
- $9/mo
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Freemium
- Founded
- 2021
- 2013
- Location
- New York, USA
- Singapore (registered as non-profit)
- Bootstrapped
- —
- —
- Open source
- —
- Yes
- Category
- Newsletters & Email
- —
- Indie alternatives
- 6
- 0
- Founders
- Tyler Denk, Benjamin Hargett, Jake Hurd
- John O'Nolan
Key differences
Pricing
Ghost starts cheaper at $9/mo; Beehiiv starts at $39/mo.
Funding
Ghost is bootstrapped / open source; Beehiiv is venture-backed.
Open source
Ghost is open source; Beehiiv is closed source.
Founded
Ghost (2013) is 8 years older than Beehiiv (2021).
Indie alternatives
Beehiiv has 6 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Ghost has 0.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
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