Disqus Alternatives

Disqus is described as 'Offers the best add-on tools for site owners to power discussions, increase engagement, and earn revenue' and is a popular comment platform in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Disqus for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, SaaS, Wordpress and Linux apps. The best Disqus alternative is Isso, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Disqus are Commento, giscus, Hyvor Talk and ReplyBox.

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  1. Remark.as icon
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    Have a real conversation again.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  2. Viafoura icon
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    Viafoura partners with over 600 media brands to engage, convert and monetize their digital audiences. With best-in-class engagement and content moderation solutions — including real-time conversations, live blogs, community chat, personalization tools and AI-powered moderation —...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. Pubble icon
     18 likes

    Pubble is the world's best Q&A platform. We make it simple and easy to add a great Q&A platform to any blog, website or Facebook page.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. HashOver icon
     10 likes

    HashOver is a PHP comment system intended as a replacement for services like Disqus. HashOver is free and open source software, under the GNU Affero General Public License. HashOver adds a "comment section" to any website, by placing a few simple lines of JavaScript or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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    HashOver vs Disqus Comments
    tuva-hayabi
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    The latest code of Hashover Next (2.0) works under PHP 8.2. Latest updates from November 2022. I’m not sure if the development has stopped since then or not.

    • HashOver is Free and Open SourceDisqus is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Remark42 icon
     5 likes

    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)

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. GraphComment icon
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    GraphComment is the next generation comments system. No more disorganized discussions piled on several pages. With GraphComment, you can easily follow the relevant discussions. The BubbleRank sort the answers in order of relevance.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Drupal
    • Tumblr
    • Joomla
    • Blogger
    • Wordpress
     
  7. LiveRe icon
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    LiveRe is an alternative to Disqus based in South Korea and used by LG, Samsung, Nike, Kia, Hyundai, ... Like Disqus you it allow social log-in. It allow comment with attachment such as image & video.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Livefyre icon
     5 likes

    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
     
  9. Cactus Comments is a federated comment system for the web, based on the Matrix protocol. The system is easily embedded, respects you and your users privacy and is completely free and open source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Matrix.org
     
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    Cactus Comments vs Disqus Comments
    tuva-hayabi
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    You need to run your own Matrix homeserver.

    • Cactus Comments is Free and Open SourceDisqus is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Cactus Comments is Privacy focusedDisqus is not according to our users
  10. Cusdis icon
     3 likes

    Open source, lightweight (~5kb gzip), privacy-friendly alternative to Disqus.

    Cost / License

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
     
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    Cusdis vs Disqus Comments
    tuva-hayabi
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    PostgreSQL needed for self-hosting.

    tangycandy
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    Cusdis is one of the easiest solutions to implement and customize that I've tried. There's a free (limited) hosted version and you can easily self-host. Only downside is that it lacks the fancier features of Disqus and a spam filter.

    • Cusdis is Freemium and Open SourceDisqus is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. Commentics icon
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    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.

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Commentics vs Disqus Comments
    tuva-hayabi
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    Should run on every standard webhosting plan, but needs MySQL database.

    • Commentics is Freemium and Open SourceDisqus is Freemium and Proprietary
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