Comparing Disqus to Valine
Compare Disqus with Valine 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
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