Alternative to Ghost: Hyax
Ghost is a beautiful publishing platform, but it stops at newsletters. Hyax gives you Ghost-level publishing plus AI writing, email automations, products, courses, community, and help desk. All for flat $29/mo that doesn't scale with your subscriber count.
Pricing at a glance
Ghost charges more as your member count grows. Publisher on monthly billing starts around $128/mo at 15,000 members on the slider, up to $331/mo at 100,000, with mid-step dots estimated between Ghost’s tiers. Hyax is always $29/mo.
Hyax email cost (optional)
Assumes ~40,000 sends/mo (4 sends to your full list per month). Pick one, /pricing for Resend vs plan caps.
Ghost: Publisher plan, monthly billing. Starter plan capped at 1,000 members with no paid subscriptions.
Hyax:Starter plan ($29/mo). Monthly billing, flat pricing, unlimited contacts, 0% platform fees. Does not include raw Resend charges when you use your own API key for unlimited sending. See pricing for email limits and plan caps.
Showing the Starter subscription only ($29/mo). About 40,000 sends/mo is above Starter's included platform sending, so this comparison does not include the email cost of that workload.
Ghost vs Hyax: Feature comparison
| Feature | Hyax | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Content & Publishing | ||
| Blog / Website | Included | Included |
| AI Writing Assistant | Included | Not included |
| Brand-trained AI | Included | Not included |
| Custom Domain | Included | Included |
| SEO Optimization | Included | Included |
| Lighthouse 85+ Score | Included | Partial |
| Custom Themes | Included | Paid plans |
| Email Marketing | ||
| Email Newsletters | Included | Included |
| Email Automations | Included | Not included |
| Behavioral Segmentation | Included | Partial |
| A/B Testing | Included | Not included |
| Email Sequences / Drips | Included | Not included |
| Unlimited Sends | Included | Included |
| Monetization | ||
| Paid Subscriptions | Included | Paid plans |
| Digital Products | Included | Not included |
| Courses | Included | Not included |
| 0% Platform Fees | Included | Included |
| Community / Memberships | Included | Partial |
| Platform & Tools | ||
| Analytics Dashboard | Included | Paid plans |
| API Access | Included | Paid plans |
| Link in Bio | Included | Not included |
| Help Desk / Knowledge Base | Included | Not included |
| Visual Workflow Builder | Included | Not included |
| Live Chat Widget | Included | Not included |
| Pricing Model | ||
| Flat Pricing | Included | Per member |
| Unlimited Subscribers | Included | Tiered |
| No Transaction Fees | Included | Included |
Why switch from Ghost to Hyax
Flat monthly pricing
Ghost charges about $128/mo at 15k members and $331/mo at 100k on monthly billing. Hyax is $29/mo no matter how big you grow.
Tools built in
Ghost is a publishing platform. Hyax adds email automations, products, courses, community, help desk, and AI, all included.
Native AI writing
Ghost has no AI features. Hyax writes with your brand voice, optimizes for SEO, and bypasses AI detection.
Ready to switch from Ghost?
Import your content and subscribers. Start building on Hyax today.