Member count pricing bites when you actually succeed
Ghost(Pro) prices by member count. As listed on ghost.org/pricing on 18 October 2026, at 1,000 members Starter is $15/month, Publisher is $29/month, and Business is $199/month (all billed yearly), and the price climbs as you move up the member slider. Beyond the largest tier you are negotiating a custom contract. This is fine if your audience stays small and predictable — but the whole point of a good newsletter is that it grows. VeloCMS charges a flat rate by blog tier, with no per-member fees. A thousand members and five thousand members both cost $9/mo on Pro. Ten thousand members is $29/mo on Business — no custom contract. Your Stripe revenue grows; your hosting bill moves only when you change plan.
Multi-tenancy is not a Ghost feature
If you're an agency building blogs for clients, or a media company running ten verticals, Ghost gives you two options: manage ten separate Ghost installs, or pay Ghost's team plan and lose per-client data isolation. VeloCMS ships multi-tenancy as a core feature — each tenant gets its own data, isolated by tenant_id in one shared database, its own custom domain, its own Stripe integration, and its own member list. The platform-level admin sees everything; the tenant admin sees only their blog. This is not a plugin or an enterprise add-on. It is in the standard architecture.
AI editing — built-in on every plan vs. premium-only
Ghost launched Ghost AI in late 2025, adding a writing assistant inside the Koenig editor. The catch: the AI is platform-provided, meaning you use Ghost's model via Ghost's infrastructure — no key portability. VeloCMS ships a TipTap editor with Gemini slash commands on every paid plan from $9/mo. Type /ai and describe what you need; the editor streams a completion inline. BYOK AI means you can bring your own Gemini API key and the cost stays transparent. Ghost AI is real — the distinction is key ownership.