Ghidra is described as 'Software reverse engineering (SRE) framework created and maintained by the National Security Agency Research Directorate. This framework includes a suite of full-featured, high-end software analysis tools that enable users to analyze compiled code on a variety of' and is a Decompiler in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Ghidra for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Haiku apps. The best Ghidra alternative is x64dbg, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ghidra are IDA, GNU Project Debugger, OllyDbg and Cutter.
IDA basically just the expensive professional version of Ghidra - Ghidra is FOSS, while IDA is free for specific use cases. If you want to get into decompilation, just start with Ghidra until you need a feature of IDA.