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Comparison

Ghost vs Sanity

On the evidence we track, Ghost leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Ghost full profile →Sanity full profile →
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★Ghost65
Sanity50
Score
Vioscale score
Ghost65 / 100medium · 69%updating
Sanity50 / 100medium · 71%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Ghost✗
Sanity✓
Model
Price level
Ghostmid
Sanitylow
Transparent
Ghost✓
Sanity✗
Integrations
Count
Ghost4
Sanity8
Security
Disclosure policy
Ghost–
Sanity✓
Gdpr
Ghost✓
Sanity✓
Scorecard
Ghost4.2
Sanity–
Soc2
Ghost–
Sanity✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Ghost99.9
Sanity–
Status page
Ghost✓
Sanity✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Ghost468
Sanity–
Github stars
Ghost55,065
Sanity–
Package downloads weekly
Ghost35,636
Sanity–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Ghost100
Sanity–
Release
Cadence days
Ghost4
Sanity–
History
Ghost20 items
Sanity–
License
Spdx
GhostMIT
Sanity–
Language
Primary
GhostJavaScript
Sanity–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
CMS type
GhostTraditional / monolithic
SanityHeadless / API-first
Licensing
Open-source
Ghost✓
Sanity✗
Deployment
Self-hostable
Ghost✓
Sanity✗
Managed / cloud hosting offered
Ghost✓
Sanity✓
Delivery
Headless API (REST/GraphQL)
Ghost✓
Sanity✓
Content
Structured content modelling
Ghost✓
Sanity✓
Localisation / i18n
Ghost✓
Sanity✓
Content workflow / approvals
Ghost✓
Sanity✓
Editing
Visual / no-code page builder
Ghost✓
Sanity✓
Extensibility
Plugin / app ecosystem size
Ghost8,000+ integrations
SanityIntegrations directory with official framework toolkits and community plugins
Scale
Multi-site / multi-tenant
Ghost✗
Sanity-
Workflow
Git-based / code-first workflow
Ghost✓
Sanity✓
Pricing
Free / open tier
Ghost✓
Sanity✓

What each one is

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

Ghost

Leader

Ghost is a publishing platform that helps independent publishers create and host websites, publish content via email newsletters, and manage paid member subscriptions. It provides built-in tools for audience growth, subscriber engagement, and content distribution.

Independently observed

Sanity

A cloud-hosted content management system that uses code-based content modeling, offers both REST and GraphQL query capabilities, and provides built-in automation for content workflows and publishing operations.

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

Leader
from $18/moSubscription14-day trial

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

  • Starter$18/mo billed annually
    • Your own website
    • Free custom domain
    • Email newsletter
    • Simple design settings
    • 1 staff user
    • +2 more
  • Publisher$29/mo billed annually
    • 3 staff users
    • Custom themes
    • 8,000+ integrations
    • Paid subscriptions
    • Advanced analytics
    • +3 more
  • Business$199/mo billed annually
    • 15 staff users
    • Priority support
    • Higher usage limits
    • Early access to features
    • 250MB file uploads
    • +6 more
  • CustomContact sales
    • Unlimited staff users
    • Advanced configurations
    • Dedicated IP address
    • 99.9% uptime SLA
    • Unlimited members
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Sanity

HybridFree tier

Free tier. Growth and Enterprise plans with custom pricing.

  • Growth-
    • 50 user seats
    • private datasets
    • AI capabilities
    • optional add-ons
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • custom roles
    • SAML SSO
    • advanced permissions
    • custom usage quotas
    • dedicated support with SLA
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Ghost✓
Sanity✓
CLI
Ghost✗
Sanity✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Ghost✓
Sanity✓
Self-hosted
Ghost✓
Sanity✗
On-premise
Ghost✓
Sanity✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Slack

Ghost

Leader
4 total - 3 not shared
  • Zapier
  • n8n
  • BeyondWords
Independently observed

Sanity

8 total - 7 not shared
  • Vercel
  • Next.js
  • Astro
  • GitHub
  • PostHog
  • Claude
  • Replicate
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.