Migrating from Substack to self-hosted Ghost: the details

Citation Needed author Molly White describes migrating her newsletter from Substack to a self-hosted instance of the open source Ghost blogging software, and she argues that self-hosting was the best option for her. She cites Substack's 10% cut of subscriber payments, its ties to a16z through its Series A round, its restrictions on payment methods and recommendations, and its handling of Nazi newsletters as reasons to leave. She says she chose a $14/month DigitalOcean droplet for the site and Mailgun's $75/month Foundation 100k plan for email, which she reports cost $0.37 in overage fees for 100,366 emails sent in January.