Ghost replaces 79 paid apps
One open-source tool, 79 subscriptions it can stand in for. Each pairing below is curated and verified by hand, with the honest catch spelled out. No votes, no pay-to-list.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Contentful alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Kajabi alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Customer.io alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Instapage alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Mara alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Unbounce alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Thinkific alternatives →
Publishing, newsletters, memberships and paid subscriptions on your server; beehiiv's ad network and growth machinery stay behind.
the verdict →all beehiiv alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Leadpages alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Loops alternatives →
Memberships, subscriptions and gated posts without a plugin pile; the whole site becomes a Ghost site.
the catchGhost replaces the whole publication rather than acting as a neutral membership layer on an existing WordPress site.
the verdict →all Memberful alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Podia alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all BigCommerce alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Drip alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Kit alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Teachable alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Dorik alternatives →
Ghost Pro without Ghost doing the server, database, mail plumbing, backups, or late-night updates for you.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Landingi alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all LearnWorlds alternatives →
All four nouns are present, but the website becomes a Ghost publication rather than keeping its current stack.
the catchGhost cannot attach auth, member records and billing to an arbitrary existing stack; the site becomes a Ghost publication.
the verdict →all Memberstack alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Sellfy alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Wix alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Duda alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Flodesk alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Squarespace alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Webflow alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Mailchimp alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Readymag alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Sendcore alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all ActiveCampaign alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Typedream alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Umso alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Unicorn Platform alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Campaign Monitor alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all MailerLite alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Omnisend alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Framer alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Tilda alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Brevo alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Buttondown alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all EmailOctopus alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Constant Contact alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Carrd alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Audienceful alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Bento alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Carbonmade alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Cargo alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all FeedBlitz alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Gumroad alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Klaviyo alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Lemon Squeezy alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Letterdrop alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Mailcoach Cloud alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Paid posts, members and newsletters without Patreon's discovery, chats or audience hand-holding.
the catchGhost has no Patreon discovery network or native group chat, so audience acquisition and community conversation remain separate.
the verdict →all Patreon alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Payhip alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all SendFox alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Siter.io alternatives →
Posts, newsletters, memberships and payments on your server; Substack's discovery graph does not come in the tarball.
the verdict →all Substack alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Swipe Pages alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →all Webstudio Cloud alternatives →
Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
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Publishing platform with memberships and paid newsletters built in. The self-hosted answer to Substack taking 10% of your revenue.
the verdict →last updated 2026-08-29 · up to $26,436/yr replaced · no votes, no pay-to-list