Disqus offers the best add-on tools for site owners to power discussions, increase engagement, and earn revenue.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Wordpress
Atabook Alternatives
Sites and apps similar to Atabook include Disqus, which has a free version. Other options are ReplyBox, Commento, Commentics and Isso. Comment Platforms like Atabook are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for self-hosting, Linux, Android, Chrome OS and Windows.
Alternatives list
- 60 Disqus alternatives
ReplyBox is a simple, privacy-focused comment system that's light-weight and blazingly-fast.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Commento is a popular, fast, bloat-free commenting system that you can embed on your blog, news articles, and more. Open source at its core, Commento guarantees you privacy and does not include third-party trackers and advertisements, unlike alternatives such as Disqus.
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
United States
ommentics is a free, advanced PHP comment script with many features. Professionally written and with open source code, its main aims are to be integrable, customizable and secure. It is designed to be integrated into existing pages.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Global
Isso – Ich schrei sonst – is a lightweight commenting server written in Python and JavaScript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
Germany
EU
Real-time audience engagement platform - moderated live Q&A, live blogs, polls and match centers embedded on your own website.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
+3
Remark42 is a self-hosted, lightweight, and simple (yet functional) comment engine, which doesn't spy on users. It can be embedded into blogs, articles or any other place where readers add comments.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
17 Revospring alternativesRevospring is a free, open-source social network following the Q/A (question and answer) principle of sites like Formspring, ask.fm or CuriousCat. Users can create accounts on Revospring to receive questions from other users of the site and/or anonymous people on the Internet.
- Global
+1
A lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues. Use GitHub issues for blog comments, wiki pages and more!
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- GitHub
+1
Kontxt is an inline communication and engagement tool that adds live collaboration and interactivity to digital content. Enterprise productivity. Remote education. Site owner revenue. Personal social news aggregation, rating, sharing, and discussion.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Google Chrome
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Wordpress
- United States
+4
Livefyre was an embeddable real-time commenting platform that turned comments on any site into live conversations, increased the quality of those conversations, and drove traffic to content around the web.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Online
- United States
Coral is an open source commenting tool from Vox Media, helping publishers of all sizes build better communities. It runs the comments on the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Globe and Mail, and dozens of other websites around the world.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
