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Discussion on: Ghost vs strapi vs prismic

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Andrew Baisden

Plenty more than 3 headlesscms.org/ But of those 3 I would probably go with Strapi as it has a lot of popularity. Ghost is not free so you have to take that into account and if you don't like it then there is a cost factor to consider.

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Oziel Perez

Correct me if I'm wrong or missing something here, but Ghost IS free. It's like Wordpress, where you can download the software and install, manage, and deploy all on your own, but if you want a managed ghost blog or website, they charge subscription fees. You can see their source code on Github

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Andrew Baisden

Hmm i'm not so sure that it is free. Looking on their website it says "You can test out a free 14 day trial of Ghost(Pro) any time, which is probably the best way to get familiar with the product." I don't see any free plans all the pricing is paid.

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Oziel Perez

Well, what I meant is that the software itself is free to download via Github and use yourself; of course, haven't used it myself so I'm not entirely sure about this. Again, it would be like wordpress, where you can just download and install the app and you can manage the software yourself, but the plans seem to be aimed at "managed hosting", kinda like if you sign up for wordpress hosting plans on a hosting company's website.

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vivekmanavalan

Thanks man I'm looking for free CMS what about prismic why there isn't much said about that

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Andrew Baisden

Probably because when it comes to making websites that use a CMS, Wordpress is still the first choice and many companies and clients want to use them. The other alternatives being Squarespace and Wix which non coders can use themselves. In regards to these headless CMS I just think that not many people have had much exposure to using them as many are still new.

I am yet to use any of them either and if you are not freelancing with clients then there is no need to have a GUI and CMS because you will just be writing pure code. But I still want to learn one of them because i refuse to go back to using wordpress now that i know React.

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vivekmanavalan

This is exactly my situation not a freelancer doing it for personal use and portfolio