Comparing Disqus to Talk

Compare Disqus with Talk for adding comments to your static site.

Disqus

Engage your audiences in discussions

Partial free

Overview

Founded 2007; acquired by Zeta Global 2017; not open source; data stored on Disqus servers

+ Pros

• Mature platform
• large community
• social login
• moderation tools
• notifications
• spam filtering

− Cons

• Vendor lock-in
• ads on free plan
• data ownership concerns
• privacy issues
• injected JS slows site
• centralized

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Talk

A Node.js-based commenting system for static sites

Overview

Based on Cactus Comments; requires self-hosting

+ Pros

• Open source
• real-time comments
• moderation
• email notifications
• no third-party dependency

− Cons

• Small community
• less polished than commercial options
• no commercial hosting
• limited documentation

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