SendPortal vs Ghost

Side by side, as alternatives to beehiiv. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Also replaces beehiiv: + listmonk + Mautic + Plunk + Notifuse + Keila + Mailcheap

SendPortalmettle/sendportal

GhostTryGhost/Ghost

beehiivpaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

See pricing page source ↗

Subscriber lists and segments

Partly

Yes

Campaign editor and templates

Partly

Yes

Automations and drip sequences

Yes

Signup forms and landing pages

Partly

Yes

Open and click analytics

Partly

Yes

Paid subscriptions and newsletter website

Partly

Yes

Jobs covered

3 of 6 jobs

5 of 6 jobs

All 6

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

2,178

55,578Top

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

934Top

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Latest release

v4.0.0 · 2026-10-12

v6.72.0 · 2026-10-20Top

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Commits / 12 wk

2,115

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People committing / 12 mo

92+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

0 / 0

14 / 17

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

Self-hosted Laravel application

Self-hosted with Ghost-CLI (local dev or Ubuntu production), or hosted Ghost(Pro)

Hosted by the vendor

Code licence

MIT

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Model weights licence

No separate model weights

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Commercial use

Yes, MIT

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Paid services needed?Differs

App is free; needs an email service such as Amazon SES, Postmark, SendGrid, Mailgun, Mailjet, Postal or SMTP

Newsletter delivery requires Mailgun (SMTP not supported for bulk mail); Stripe needed for paid memberships

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

No hardware figures; needs PHP 8.3+ and MySQL 5.7+ or PostgreSQL 10+

Server with at least 1 GB memory for production

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Operating systemsDiffers

Any server with PHP 8.3+, Composer, a web server and MySQL or PostgreSQL; host OS not listed

Production on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04/26.04; local development install on macOS, Windows or Linux

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Setup effortDiffers

Medium; git clone, composer install, configure a web server and database

Medium; npm install ghost-cli then ghost install, with NGINX, MySQL 8 and a domain for production

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Stars over time

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SendPortal
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Tracked daily since 16 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.

Growth % starts at each project's first observed point in the shown range. Zero-star starts are unavailable.

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SendPortal vs Ghost (as alternatives to beehiiv)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=sendportal,ghost&product=beehiiv

beehiiv: See pricing page
SendPortal: free software; does 3 of 6 beehiiv jobs
Ghost: free software; does 5 of 6 beehiiv jobs

- SendPortal: 2,178 GitHub stars, 2 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT
- Ghost: 55,578 GitHub stars, 2,115 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT

Where they differ:
- Runs on my machine?: SendPortal Self-hosted Laravel application; Ghost Self-hosted with Ghost-CLI (local dev or Ubuntu production), or hosted Ghost(Pro)
- Paid services needed?: SendPortal App is free; needs an email service such as Amazon SES, Postmark, SendGrid, Mailgun, Mailjet, Postal or SMTP; Ghost Newsletter delivery requires Mailgun (SMTP not supported for bulk mail); Stripe needed for paid memberships
- Hardware: SendPortal No hardware figures; needs PHP 8.3+ and MySQL 5.7+ or PostgreSQL 10+; Ghost Server with at least 1 GB memory for production
- Operating systems: SendPortal Any server with PHP 8.3+, Composer, a web server and MySQL or PostgreSQL; host OS not listed; Ghost Production on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04/26.04; local development install on macOS, Windows or Linux
- Setup effort: SendPortal Medium; git clone, composer install, configure a web server and database; Ghost Medium; npm install ghost-cli then ghost install, with NGINX, MySQL 8 and a domain for production

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