beehiiv vs Substack (2026): Pricing, Growth Tools and Which to Pick
beehiiv vs Substack compared for 2026: what each costs, the 10% cut vs a monthly fee, growth tools, migration, and which one suits your newsletter.
Michal Wlosik
· 8 min read
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Practical guides to building and growing a Ghost site: themes, hosting, newsletters and moving from other platforms.
What you can do with the Ectobuilder MCP: prompts and full content workflows
Real prompts and complete workflows for running a Ghost site with Claude and the Ectobuilder MCP connector: write posts with screenshots, update old posts, schedule, build landing pages and redesign your theme.
Michal Wlosik
· 7 min read
Ghost vs Substack (2026): Fees, Features and Which to Choose
Substack is free but takes 10% of paid subscriptions; Ghost charges a flat fee and takes nothing. An honest comparison of cost, features, discovery and moving between them.
Michal Wlosik
· 7 min read
Best Ghost Themes in 2026: Free, Paid and Custom
The best free and paid Ghost themes in 2026, what premium themes really cost once you customise them, and how to build your own Ghost theme without code.
Michal Wlosik
· 8 min read
Substack Alternatives in 2026: An Honest Comparison
Ghost, beehiiv, Kit, Buttondown, Patreon, WordPress.com and Medium compared on what matters when you leave Substack: fees, free plans, owning your list, and moving paid subscribers.
Michal Wlosik
· 10 min read
How to make Ghost look and feel like Substack
Moved from Substack to Ghost and miss the look? Build a Substack-style Ghost theme in Ectobuilder, keep your /p/ post addresses, and set up Ghost so readers feel at home.
Michal Wlosik
· 6 min read
How to migrate from Substack to Ghost (and what doesn't come with you)
Ghost has a built-in Substack importer that moves your posts, free subscribers and paid subscribers in one go. Here is every step, plus an honest list of what stays behind.
Michal Wlosik
· 6 min read
How to build Ghost themes with Claude and Ectobuilder
Connect Claude to Ectobuilder in about two minutes, then build and edit your Ghost theme by describing what you want.
Michal Wlosik
· 5 min read
Cheap Ghost Hosting: 7 Alternatives to Ghost(Pro) Compared (2026)
Ghost(Pro) starts at $18 a month. PikaPods runs the same software for about $3. Every cheap Ghost hosting option in 2026, what each one really costs once you add email, and the plan limit nobody warns you about.
Michal Wlosik
· 15 min read