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Comparison

Ghost vs Prismic

No clear leader: Prismic (75.1) and Ghost (71.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Ghost72
Prismic75
Score
vioscaleAI score
Ghost72 / 100medium · 69%
Prismic75 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Ghost✗
Prismic✓
Model
Ghostcommercial
Prismicfreemium
Price level
Ghostmid
Prismiclow
Starting price
Ghost$18
Prismic$10
Transparent
Ghost✓
Prismic✓
Integrations
Count
Ghost8,000
Prismic12
Security
Gdpr
Ghost✓
Prismic–
Iso27001
Ghost–
Prismic✓
Pci
Ghost–
Prismic✓
Scorecard
Ghost3.8
Prismic–
Soc2
Ghost–
Prismic✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Ghost99.9
Prismic–
Status page
Ghost✓
Prismic✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Ghost468
Prismic–
Github stars
Ghost55,540
Prismic–
Package downloads weekly
Ghost15,292
Prismic–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Ghost100
Prismic–
Release
Cadence days
Ghost5
Prismic–
History
Ghost20 items
Prismic–
License
Spdx
GhostMIT
Prismic–
Language
Primary
GhostTypeScript
Prismic–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Ghost8 items
Prismic7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cms software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
CMS type
GhostTraditional / monolithic
PrismicHeadless / API-first
Licensing
Open-source
Ghost✓
Prismic✗
Deployment
Self-hostable
Ghost✓
Prismic✗
Managed / cloud hosting offered
Ghost✓
Prismic✓
Delivery
Headless API (REST/GraphQL)
Ghost✓
Prismic✓
Content
Structured content modelling
Ghost✓
Prismic✓
Localisation / i18n
Ghost✓
Prismic✓
Content workflow / approvals
Ghost✓
Prismic✓
Editing
Visual / no-code page builder
Ghost✓
Prismic✓
Extensibility
Plugin / app ecosystem size
Ghost8,000+ integrations
PrismicAI agents via MCP, framework SDKs, community-maintained integrations
Scale
Multi-site / multi-tenant
Ghost✗
Prismic✓
Workflow
Git-based / code-first workflow
Ghost✓
Prismic✓
Pricing
Free / open tier
Ghost✓
Prismic✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Ghost

An open-source platform enabling content creators to manage websites, send newsletters, and offer paid subscriber memberships all in one unified system. Includes native analytics, content editor, and extensive integration support.

Independently observed

Prismic

Headless CMS designed for teams to build websites with visual page builder and AI-powered content creation. Developers create reusable page sections (Slices) once, while marketers independently assemble and publish pages without coding.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Ghost

from $18/moSubscription14-day trial

From $18/mo. Free 14-day trial.

  • Starter$18/mo
    • Website hosting
    • Free custom domain
    • Email newsletters
    • Simple design settings
    • Unlimited email sends
  • Publisher$29/mo
    • Custom themes
    • 8000+ integrations
    • Paid subscriptions
    • Advanced analytics
    • Whitelist branding
    • +2 more
  • Business$199/mo
    • Priority support
    • Higher usage limits
    • Early access to features
  • CustomContact sales
    • Advanced configurations
    • Dedicated IP address
    • 99.9% uptime SLA
    • Unlimited members
as of verify ↗

Prismic

from $10/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free to $675/month, with custom Enterprise pricing. Free tier available.

  • FreeFree
    • Visual Page Builder
    • Unlimited documents
    • Unlimited types
    • Unlimited assets
    • Image optimization and processing
    • +2 more
  • Starter$10/month
    • Everything in Free
    • Paid overages allowed up to 500 GB at $0.30/GB
  • Small$25/month
    • Everything in Starter
    • 4 locales
  • Medium$150/month
    • Everything in Small
    • 25 users
    • 5 million API calls a month
    • 500 GB of built-in CDN bandwidth
    • Paid overages allowed up to 1 TB at $0.30/GB
    • +2 more
  • Platinum$675/month
    • Everything in Medium
    • Unlimited users
    • 10 million API calls a month
    • 1 TB of built-in CDN bandwidth
    • Paid overages allowed up to 5 TB at $0.25/GB
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Platinum
    • Custom usage quotas
    • 2 development environments
    • Backups
    • Custom roles
    • +6 more
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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Ghost✓
Prismic✓
CLI
Ghost✗
Prismic✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Ghost✓
Prismic✓
Self-hosted
Ghost✓
Prismic✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Slack

Ghost

10 total - 9 not shared
  • Zapier
  • n8n
  • BeyondWords
  • Stripe
  • GitHub
  • Google Analytics
  • Plausible
  • Instagram
  • Tinybird
Independently observed

Prismic

14 total - 13 not shared
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Next.js
  • Nuxt
  • SvelteKit
  • Astro
  • Vercel
  • Cursor
  • React
  • Vue
  • PHP
  • Ruby
  • imgix
Independently observed
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