There are many different places where you can host your Ghost CMS, so it can be hard to decide which one to use. You can host Ghost by yourself or you have the possibility to choose from the existing Managed Ghost Hosting providers.
Managed Hosting is the easiest and most efficient way to deploy a production-ready instance of Ghost, saving you a lot of time that you would need to install and manage Ghost and your hosting environment.
In this post we will take a look at some of the best options for hosting your Ghost blog:
- Ghost(Pro)
- Magic Pages
- Synaps Media
- Firepress
- DigitalPress
- Midnight
- Digitalocean
So let's see them one by one.
Ghost(Pro)
Ghost Pro is best Ghost managed hosting from the creators of the open source publishing platform. Spend less time on your server, more time on your site.
What Ghost(Pro) offers:
- Managed install & setup
- Automatic weekly updates
- Server maintenance & backups
- Threat & uptime management
- SSL Certificate
- Worldwide CDN included
- Enterprise-grade security
Magic Pages
Magic Pages helps you get your Ghost CMS publication up and running in no time starting at $6/month, and a limited number of lifetime deals each month.
What Magic Pages offers:
- Email That Actually Delivers: Your newsletters land in inboxes, not spam folders. With 10,000 emails/month included and optimized deliverability, your audience actually receives what you send.
- Fast Everywhere: A full-site CDN makes sure your site loads instantly whether your readers are in London, Vancouver, or Auckland.
- EU-Based & Privacy-First: Austrian business, German servers (Hetzner), GDPR compliant. Your data stays where it belongs.
- Your Domain, Your Way: Free .mymagic.page subdomain or connect your own domain. We'll help you set it up.
- Protected & Always Online: Cloudflare's global network keeps your site secure and available, no matter what.
- Always Current: Get the latest Ghost features within hours of release. We personally test each update before deployment.
Synaps Media is a managed Hosting for Ghost with automatic updates, CDN, backups, newsletter emails & GDPR‑compliant.
What Synaps Media offers:
- Full Power of Ghost: Leverage Ghost's robust publishing platform with our managed solution tailored for your success.
- Fully Managed Hosting: We handle all technical complexities so you can focus on creating content that resonates with your audience.
- Unlimited Everything: Unlimited content, visitors, and team members to grow your audience without limits.
- Fast & Secure: Content delivered instantly worldwide with built-in speed optimizations and security protections.
- Automatic Updates & Backup: Your Ghost CMS stays modern and secure with automated updates and daily backups.
- Quick Support: Professional support is just one click away, ready to assist you with quick solutions.
Firepress
Firepress is hosting platform dedicated for Ghost CMS hosting.
FirePress features:
- fully managed hosting solution for Ghost.
- option to add a custom homepage page in front of your Ghost installation.
- Unlimited staff users (see team section).
- Unlimited visits & traffic bandwidth
- Upload up to 500 pictures /month.
- Many pre-installed themes (you can add your themes as well).
- Blazing fast performances & CDN caching powered by CloudFlare.
- Automatic SSL (https).
- DDoS attack mitigation.
- Automatic weekly updates.
- Automatic daily backup.
- Threat & uptime management
Firepress Pricing:
DigitalPress
DigitalPress is another hosting provider where you can even host Ghost CMS for free.
DigitalPress features:
- Security - SSL certificate, firewall and spam protection
- Automatic backups - regular automated backups
- Bring your domain - change the default domain to any that you like
- Use your theme - access to your own themes comes with paid subscriptions
- Free themes - each blog gets a basic set of 6 themes available for you for free
- Premium Themes - paid subscriptions get access to another 10 premium themes
DigitalPress Pricing:
Midnight
Midnight is another hosting platform for Ghost.
Midnight features:
- Ghost version 3.0+ - completely pre-configured for you, no databases, domains or email to configure - all you need to do is log in!
- Secure & up to date managed Ghost Hosting - server maintenance, monitoring and security updates, automatic updated Ghost updates
- Hosted on super-fast enterprise servers
- Own domain with ssl included - All blogs automatically come with an SSL/TLS certificate for secure HTTPS browsing
- Automatic full blog backups every day - all blogs are automatically backed up daily to additional network storage
- Awesome support via chat & email
Midnight Pricing:
Digitalocean
DigitalOcean is different from the previous Hosting Providers, as it is a way to self host Ghost on a Virtual Private Server. You would have to install Ghost yourself, take care of maintenance and updates, as well as the server itself.
On the plus side it's a cheaper alternative. If you go this route, you will install and maintain Ghost yourself—our Ghost install guide covers the basics. We use DigitalOcean to host demo sites for our Ghost themes.
Get $200 in credit over 60 days!
There are even more options available, check out all pricing options.
I hope you find this post useful.