For newsletter creators

Ghost for newsletters: same publishing layer, none of the infra overhead.

Ghost ships a real blog and email publishing layer. Before any of it works, you've wired Mailgun and picked a Handlebars theme. Nashra ships the same surface, managed, with Magic Links and visual automations built in.

Free up to 500 subscribers.

Nashra

The publishing home for creators and businesses. Newsletter, Hub, and landing pages that grow one list.

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Compared on the points that move the work, not the marketing.

THE HONEST READ

Where Ghost's publishing layer stops short for newsletter creators.

Ghost's publishing capabilities are real: one draft to inbox and blog, paid memberships with Stripe, a clean editor, and a proper reader site at your domain. The problem for newsletter creators is the setup overhead that precedes all of it. Ghost(Pro) gives you hosted infrastructure; your email still runs through Mailgun, which you configure separately. The Handlebars theme needs to be picked or bought. Member tiers and integration triggers happen through webhooks you wire yourself. Ghost has no visual automation builder, no Magic Links for lead capture, no A/B subject line testing, and no native RTL for Arabic or Farsi. The publishing layer is real; the newsletter-creator tooling around it is not.

Every line item. No fine print.

One draft → email + blog
Write once. Both surfaces ship together.
NashraSame post, same moment
GhostBuilt in
Setup before first email
Lower is better.
NashraNone — managed service
GhostMailgun + hosting config
Visual automation builder
Drag-and-drop canvas with triggers, branches, and waits.
NashraDrag-and-drop canvas
GhostZapier / webhooks only
Magic Links (hosted lead magnets)
One URL, auto-tag on signup, asset delivered by email.
Nashra
Ghost
A/B subject lines
Nashra
Ghost
Native RTL editor
Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew without a toggle bolted on.
Nashra
Ghost
Custom fields on subscribers
Nashra
Ghost
Pricing scales with
NashraActive subscribers
GhostTotal members (free + paid)
Free plan
Nashra500 subs · forever
GhostNo hosted free plan
Self-hosting option
Nashra
Ghost

WHAT YOU GET

The same publishing layer, with the newsletter stack built in.

Nashra is the publishing OS for creators & solopreneurs who want to write and send, not configure. One draft ships to inbox and a real blog, at your domain with Publisher. Magic Links handle lead capture: a hosted page, auto-tagged on signup, the resource delivered by email. Visual automations on a drag-and-drop canvas replace the Zapier-and-webhook setup Ghost requires. A/B subject lines ship on every plan. Native RTL works throughout. Free up to 500 subscribers, forever. Paid plans from $23/month at 3,000 subscribers, 0% revenue share, 30-day money-back guarantee.

Common questions.

The honest answers. Write to us if something here doesn't cover it.

Try it for a week. Decide for yourself.

Free up to 500 subscribers, forever. Bring your list, your domain, your archive. Take them with you whenever you want.

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Or stay on Ghost. We’d rather you pick the right tool than the loudest one.