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.

TalkyardCommento

Price and Hosting

Price per month€4 per coworker ("/c")$8.25 ($99 per year / 12)

External usersUnmeteredUnmetered

Install on-premiseOpen source (open core)Open source

Automatic upgrades
If on-premise. SaaS always auto upgrades.Yes

Authentication

Password + email login€4/c$8

Social login€4/c$8

Guest login€4/c$8

OpenID Connect (OIDC)€4/c?

Microsoft ActiveDirectory€4/c?

Microsoft AD FSvia OIDC??

Oktavia OIDC?

Groups & Permissions

Yes

Teamworking

Yes

Blog comments

Blog comments€4/c$8

Sort Best First€4/c$8

Upload images€4/c?

Many comment areas, same page€4/c–

Search€4/c–

Large Discussions

Sub threads€4/c$8

Find latest comments€4/c–

Jump to parent comment & back€4/c–

Summarize large topics€4/c (very basic)–

Q&A and Knowledge Base

Yes

Ideation

Yes

Chat

Yes

Misc widgets

Link previews€4/c (limited)

Notifications

Email notifications€4/c$8

Integrations

Read API€4/c?

Write API€4/c?

Webhooks€4/c?

Embed forum
Embed a forum in an <iframe> on your website.€4/c wip, demo

Custom themes

Custom colors and logos€4/c (edit CSS)$8 (edit CSS)

Support

Support via forum€0–

Support within approx a business day€4/c$8

Business hours support€12/c min €300

On-call support, weekends & holidayscontact sales

Uptime SLAcontact sales

Customer Success Managercontact sales