[philfrasty]

Do you know who Ghost's intended target audience is? Their pricing at $29 (monthly) for hosting a simple blog seems bizarre when a DO droplet with pre-configured Wordpress is $5 (lots of other simpler WP hosting services out there).

Edit: ok, pricing page says „For professional bloggers“

[johnonolan]

Our customers are predominantly businesses and professional users who are quite happy to pay for a fully managed service and automation to save themselves time and energy. It's exactly the same as how you can self-host WordPress or Discourse for $5 on DigitalOcean, or you can find managed services at Discourse.org and WPEngine.com for $29-$99

If you're a developer and you want to just DIY - then you can. If you'd rather just pay someone else to manage the entire thing for you - then you can.