Midnight review
A managed Ghost home for publishers who need newsletters, memberships, and ActivityPub.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Midnight is managed Ghost hosting for bloggers, publishers, newsletter operators, and businesses that want to publish without managing servers or Ghost installation. It includes custom domains, automatic SSL certificates, automatic Ghost version updates, daily blog backups, CDN delivery, memberships, newsletters, paid subscriptions, and support for Ghost version 6. Customers can use custom Ghost themes and integrations, with web and API access. Each account supports one publication.
Pricing is split across three monthly plans. Standard costs $12 per month and includes 10,000 newsletter emails monthly, unlimited members and staff, unlimited page views, a 500MB upload limit per file, a custom domain, and native web analytics. Pro costs $21 per month and raises the newsletter allowance to 20,000 emails, increases the upload limit to 1GB per file, and adds subdirectory installation. Business costs $60 per month, includes 40,000 newsletter emails monthly, removes file upload limits, and adds additional business features and account management. All plans include unlimited members and staff, unlimited page views, and native web analytics.
Midnight fits publishers that want Ghost’s publishing model alongside memberships, paid subscriptions, newsletters, and ActivityPub social web support. Stripe, Mailgun, and Cloudflare integrations support payments, email delivery, and infrastructure needs, while Admin and Content API access provides room for connected workflows. The managed approach suits teams that prefer included updates, backups, SSL, and hosting administration. Choose Standard for a single publication with moderate file and newsletter needs; Pro suits subdirectory installations and larger uploads; Business is aimed at higher newsletter volumes and account-management needs. It is less suitable for anyone seeking a free plan, refunds, or a multi-publication setup.
Midnight pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Managed updates, daily backups, SSL, and CDN delivery
- Memberships, newsletters, paid subscriptions, and ActivityPub
- Native analytics with Admin and Content API access
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan and refunds are not offered
- Standard limits uploads to 500MB per file
- Each account supports one publication
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