Comparing Disqus to Basin
Compare Disqus with Basin 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
Basin
Build forms that work; without all the work
Partial free
Overview
Made in Canada by Moonshot Ventures; AI-powered spam filtering via SpamCheck.ai; Postmark for email delivery
+ Pros
- No code form builder
- AI spam detection
- Lead Agent AI
- multi-step forms
- 35,000+ users
- spam protection
- GDPR-ready
- 10GB file storage
− Cons
- Limited free tier
- form builder may be overkill for simple HTML forms
- pricing is mid-range