Comparing Giscus to FormBackend
Compare Giscus with FormBackend for adding forms to your static site.
Giscus
A comments system powered by GitHub Discussions
Overview
Inspired by Utterances but uses GitHub Discussions instead of issues; self-hosting available
+ Pros
- No ads
- no tracking
- open source
- data in GitHub Discussions
- themes
- multiple languages
- reactions
− Cons
- Requires GitHub login
- no responses display widget
- ties to GitHub ecosystem
- still actively developed
FormBackend
Stop building form backends. Start shipping.
Partial free
Overview
6M+ submissions processed; 7,600+ forms created
+ Pros
- Works with any HTML form
- email notifications
- file uploads
- Zapier integration
- CSV export
- conditional emails
- teams
− Cons
- Limited free tier
- email only on free plan
- no autoresponder on free plan
- less integrations than competitors