Comparing Commento to Valine

Compare Commento with Valine for adding comments to your static site.

Commento

Fast, privacy-focused commenting platform

Partial free

Overview

Self-hosted option available; fork available as Commento++

+ Pros

• Privacy-focused
• no ads
• fast loading
• GDPR-compliant
• open source
• multiple themes

− Cons

• Limited free plan
• no native social login on free plan
• moderation needs improvement
• smaller community

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Valine

A fast, simple and efficient comment system without back-end

Overview

LeanCloud free tier is limited; requires configuration; Chinese-developed

+ Pros

• No backend required
• fast
• lightweight
• Markdown support
• emoji support
• visitor count feature

− Cons

• Relies on third-party services (LeanCloud) for storage
• privacy concerns with data stored externally
• development paused

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