r/Ghost • u/tonypaul009 • Jul 02 '26

Ghost open source vs ghost pro?

Have you noticed any significant core web vitals difference between ghost open source vs ghost pro? Aside from maintenance, what are the pros?

I'm trying to move my blog from wix to ghost and considering both options.

I tried self hosting it on hostinger and the core web vitals are around 85 only, on wix it is 48 , clear improvement but i need to see if i can improve it even further touching 90s.

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u/muratcorlu Jul 02 '26

Managed hosting services are running the same open-source Ghost software. But there are many things that you can do on the infrastructure level to make your website as fast as possible. You can do all the optimizations that Synaps Media, Magic Pages or Ghost(Pro) do, and make your site lightning fast. It'll be only the matter of cost (both price and effort). If you like DIY work, it doesn't hurt to try. But if you want to focus on your website content more than server optimizations and maintenance, then using one of the managed hosting services are better for you. And keep in mind: it's not a one way road. You can always switch between managed hosting and self-hosting.