Medium vs Ghost

Ghost is a powerful, independent alternative to Medium where you control your content.

Hello! Thinking about moving over to Ghost? Or trying to decide which platform to use for the first time?

You’re probably wondering what the differences might be between a Ghost publication and a Medium blog, so we thought we’d put together an overview.

		Medium
Pricing	From $15/mo	Free (with limitations)
Open source	✅ Yes, you control the rules	❌ No, Medium control everything
Custom design	✅ Yes, customise everything	❌ No, your site is Medium-branded
Custom domain	✅ Yes	❌ No
Memberships	✅ Yes, create a membership business	❌ No
Native payments	✅ Yes, generate revenue from your audience	❌ No
Email newsletters	✅ Yes	❌ No
	✅ Yes, you own your data	❌ No, you're locked in

Migrating from Medium to Ghost is easy

All content, images and authors can be seamlessly migrated from Medium to Ghost without any disruption to your readers.
Learn more about the Migration service.

What’s the overall summary?

On Medium, it’s their publication and you’re just writing on it along with everyone else. Using Medium, you don’t own any of the experience and your content will ultimately be promoting Medium itself — not just your own work. It’s much like any other social network.

You can’t use your own domain name, you don’t control the design, and your site will be plastered with promotion and advertising to try and lure people into signing up for Medium.

Every site visitor will see this when they click on a link to your site: