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Talkyard compared to Commento

Commento (https://commento.io) is a commenting system, which you can add in an <iframe> below your blog posts.

Both Commento and Talkyard are open-source and privacy focused: they don't show ads or track people.

Commento is more light-weight. Talkyard can, unlike Commento, function also as a discussion forum, should you want that.

Commento looks abandoned: the last Git commits are a few years old, see https://gitlab.com/commento/commento, and the founder has apparently gone unresponsive (as of Nov 2023).

I still find it interesting & relevant to include Commento here — it got lots of attention over at HackerNews some years ago, plus an Open Source Support award from Mozilla. And maybe Commento will be back again in the future, who knows.

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Price and Hosting

Price per month€3 – €8 per coworker ("/c")$8.25 ($99 per year / 12)
Install on-premiseOpen source (open core)Open source
Automatic upgrades
If on-premise. SaaS always auto upgrades.
Yes

Authentication

Password + email login3/c$8
Social login3/c$8
Guest login3/c$8
OpenID Connect (OIDC)5/c?
Microsoft ActiveDirectory5/c?
Microsoft AD FSvia OIDC??
Oktavia OIDC?

Users groups & Permissions

Yes

Blog comments

Blog comments3/c$8
Sort Best First3/c$8
Upload images3/c?
Many comment areas, same page3/c
Search3/c

Large Discussions

Sub threads3/c$8
Find latest comments3/c
Jump to parent comment & back3/c
Summarize large topics3/c (very basic)

Q&A and Knowledge Base

Yes

Ideation

Yes

Chat

Yes

Misc widgets

Link previews3/c (limited)

Notifications

Email notifications3/c$8

Integrations

Read API5/c?
Write API5/c?
Webhooks5/c?

Custom themes

Custom colors and logos3/c (edit CSS)$8 (edit CSS)

Support

Support via forum€0
Support within approx a business day5/c$8
Business hours support8/c
On-call support, weekends & holidayscontact sales
Uptime SLAcontact sales
Customer Success Managercontact sales