Medium vs Ghost

Medium is a blogging platform that also allows any publication on Medium to start a newsletter and correspond with their subscribers directly in their inbox.

Ghost is a platform built for blogs but great for newsletters as well. You can publish posts, send newsletters, grow your audience, sell premium subscriptions, and more.

Feature Comparison

Medium and Ghost both have great feature sets so the right tool for you really depends on your needs.

Features	Medium	Ghost
💸 Paid Subscriptions Accept paid subscriptions	❌	✅
➗ Segmentation Create segments of subscribers	❌	❌
🤖 Automation Automate actions based on behaviors	❌	❌
📩 Embeddable Forms Embeddable subscription forms	❌	❌
📄 Landing Pages Create landing pages for your newsletter	✅	✅
🔌 3rd Party Integrations Connect to other services	❌	✅
🖊️ Visual Editor Drag and drop email editor	✅	✅
📝 Markdown Editor Write emails in markdown	❌	✅
👩‍💻 HTML Design emails with HTML text	❌	✅
⚒️ API Integrate with the platform's API	❌	✅
📈 Analytics Get data on your emails' performance	✅	✅
🌍 Custom Domain Use a custom domain for your page	❌	✅
🗣️ Referrals Setup a referral program	❌	❌
💽 Self Hosting Host on your own server	❌	✅
📢 Recommendations Recommend and be recommended by other newsletters	❌	✅