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Choosing a commenting system for news sites
What a news site needs from comments: moderation that scales, privacy, and speed that holds up at volume.
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Guides and comparisons on comparisons for blog comments and community, from the Gabden team.
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How to choose a comment system
A clear framework for evaluating comment systems on privacy, speed, moderation and cost.
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Self-hosted vs hosted commenting
Maintenance, privacy, control, and cost compared for self-hosted and hosted comment systems.
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An IntenseDebate alternative
A privacy-first, lightweight alternative to IntenseDebate that works on any platform and imports your existing comments.
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A Substack comments alternative
Move discussion off Substack and onto your own site with a privacy-first embed you control.
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An ad-free WordPress comment plugin
Replace ad-supported comment plugins on WordPress with a clean, ad-free, privacy-first option.
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A Facebook Comments plugin alternative
Leave the Facebook Comments plugin for a privacy-first option that needs no Facebook login.
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The best commenting system for static sites
Static sites have no backend; a hosted embed adds comments cleanly, keyed to each page URL.
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A Commento alternative: Gabden compared
How Gabden compares with Commento for people who want privacy-first, lightweight comments without running a server.
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A Remark42 alternative without the server
For people who like Remark42 but do not want to self-host, here is how a hosted, privacy-first alternative compares.
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An Utterances alternative for readers without GitHub
Utterances stores comments in GitHub issues, which means only GitHub users can comment. Here is an alternative that opens the thread to everyone.
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A Hyvor Talk alternative: Gabden compared
How Gabden compares with Hyvor Talk on price, privacy, and simplicity for a hosted, privacy-first comment system.