# Best Ghost hosting

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/ghost/

Open-source publishing platform running as a long-lived Node process, requiring MySQL in production and a writable content directory for uploads and themes.

3 providers on this site publish their own Ghost documentation. Ordered by how they document it — a dedicated guide first, a generic path second. There is no score: the ordering is the evidence.

## Where you can deploy it

| Provider | Documented | Deployment | Entry paid plan |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DigitalOcean | Dedicated guide | Git · Docker | $4.00 |
| Railway | Dedicated guide | Git · Docker | $5 / month (Hobby) |
| Render | Dedicated guide | Git · Docker | Not documented |

## The detail

### DigitalOcean

Cloud infrastructure provider offering Linux virtual machines, managed databases, object storage and an app platform across global datacenter regions.

- Documentation: https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/ghost
- Provider profile: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/digitalocean/
- Ghost on DigitalOcean: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/ghost-on-digitalocean/
- mysql_database: Supported ([source](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/marketplace/catalog/ghost/))
- smtp_email: Limited ([source](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/marketplace/catalog/ghost/))
- one_click_install: Supported ([source](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/marketplace/catalog/ghost/))

### Railway

Application platform that builds services from a repository or Dockerfile and bills plan fees that include usage credits.

- Documentation: https://docs.railway.com/guides/ghost
- Provider profile: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/railway/
- Ghost on Railway: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/ghost-on-railway/
- mysql_database: Supported ([source](https://docs.railway.com/guides/ghost))
- persistent_content_storage: Supported ([source](https://docs.railway.com/guides/ghost))
- smtp_email: Supported ([source](https://docs.railway.com/guides/ghost))
- one_click_install: Supported ([source](https://docs.railway.com/guides/ghost))

### Render

Managed cloud platform that builds and runs web services, background workers, static sites and databases from Git repositories or Docker images.

- Documentation: https://render.com/docs/deploy-ghost
- Provider profile: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/render/
- Ghost on Render: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/ghost-on-render/
- mysql_database: Limited ([source](https://render.com/docs/deploy-ghost))
- smtp_email: Supported ([source](https://render.com/docs/deploy-ghost))
- one_click_install: Limited ([source](https://render.com/docs/deploy-ghost))