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Disqus

Who runs Disqus, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest website comment hosting alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Hyvor®

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Disqus

Disqus disqus.com

More publishers trust us to engage, grow, and understand their audiences than any other. Build your on-site community with Disqus.

Wikidata: website comment hosting service

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Disqus tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

10 of the 17 alternatives below have fewer, 3 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
2 tools
  • Marketing and email tracking

    Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Disqus

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Disqus, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than DisqusNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to Disqus match.

  1. 01
    Hyvor® hyvor.com English No trackers

    HYVOR® - Independent Software Foundry

    Privacy-first website tools, crafted with care. Trusted by millions, from indie makers to enterprises.

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  2. 02
    Lycos lycos.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Home – Lycos

    search engine and web portal

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  3. 03
    Substack substack.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Substack

    Substack is the app for independent voices: a free newsletter, video, and podcast hosting platform with paid subscriptions built in.

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  4. 04
    Altervista altervista.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Create a blog or website for free and make money online - Altervista

    Do you want to create a website for free? Find out how to do it on Altervista: open a blog or a website quickly and easily and start making money online. Altervista is free of charge forever

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  5. 05
    DreamHost dreamhost.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Web Hosting Built for Growth - DreamHost

    DreamHost offers domain names, web hosting, managed WordPress hosting, business email, and much more. 100% uptime guarantee, 24/7 support. Sign up today!

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  6. 06
    Squarespace squarespace.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Website Builder – Easily Create Your Own Website — Squarespace

    Create a website and grow your business with a free Squarespace trial. Start with customizable website templates, AI website builder tools, or a domain name.

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  7. 07
    Ionos ionos.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    IONOS » Hosting Provider | Websites. Domains. Server.

    IONOS, your digital partner for cloud solutions and web hosting, supporting your needs from websites, domains, servers, and more.

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  8. 08
    Ghost ghost.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform

    Beautiful, modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Used by Platformer, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.

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  9. 09
    Hosting a2hosting.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Web Hosting Built to Grow With You | hosting.com

    Web hosting that takes you from idea to website to a lasting business. Fast and secure, with free migration, real experts 24/7 and a 99.9% uptime SLA.

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  10. 10
    Akismet akismet.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Akismet: Spam Protection for Websites

    Say goodbye to spam with Akismet – the ultimate spam protection used by millions of websites. Sign up today and never worry about spam again!

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    Strikingly strikingly.com English No trackers

    How To Make a Website – Free Website Builder | Strikingly

    Strikingly is the best free website builder for anyone to create a gorgeous, mobile-friendly website easily. Quick, simple and stylish. Make your own free website today.

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  12. 12
    Blogger blogger.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog easily.

    Publish your passions your way. Whether you’d like to share your knowledge, experiences or the latest news, create a unique and beautiful blog.

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  13. 13
    Carbonmade carbonmade.com English No trackers

    Carbonmade - Your Online Portfolio

    Carbonmade helps you show off your work and get discovered. Perfect for photographers, illustrators, motion designers, graphic designers, copywriters or anyone else who creates. NO coding needed, fully customizable layouts with everything included.

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  14. 14
    Patreon patreon.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Where Creator Communities Thrive — Patreon

    Build a community, share exclusive work, and turn your passion into a thriving business with Patreon. Get started today!

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  15. 15
    AliDropship sellvir.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Portal Home - Hosting AliDropship

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  16. 16
    InterServer trouble-free.net Top 10K English No trackers

    InterServer Privacy Policy

    InterServer provides world class web hosting, dedicated servers and internet services.

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  17. 17
    Cargo cargo.site English No trackers

    Cargo

    Site builder for designers and artists

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  18. 18
    Transistor transistor.fm English 1 tracker

    Host Unlimited Shows • Best Audio and Video Podcast Hosting • Transistor

    Upload once and distribute your video and audio podcast to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and more. Unlimited shows, detailed analytics, free podcast website, and real human support.

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    Automattic automattic.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Automattic – Making the web a better place

    We are passionate about making the web a better place. 20 years: explore the Automattic timeline or take a literary jaunt with Year Without Pants. WordPress.com Your blog or websitehas a (free!) home on the web.Your story, your way. Beeper Tower of Babelfragmented messaging woesyou need a Beeper. Tumblr Where your interestsconnect you to your people,one post…

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  20. 20
    Wikidot wikidot.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting

    Polish wiki hosting corporation

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Disqus’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Disqus uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Disqus adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 10 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,214
Vector
384-d
Query
35 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Disqus’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Email hosting
Email delivery
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DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
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