Comparing Disqus to Staticman
Compare Disqus with Staticman for adding forms 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
Staticman
Static sites with superpowers
Overview
Community instance available but may be unreliable; data lives in your repo
+ Pros
- Open source
- content stored in GitHub repository
- moderation via pull requests
- no vendor lock-in
− Cons
- Requires GitHub account
- no built-in responses display
- setup complexity
- relies on GitHub API