Comments by FastComments – Live, Privacy-First Comment System vs Muut – Commenting and Forums Re-Imagined

FastComments is the fast, privacy-first commenting system trusted by 4,100+ organizations serving over 541 million page loads per year. Drop-in replacement for WordPress default comments, Disqus, Jetpack Comments, and wpDiscuz — with zero ads, zero data harvesting, and load times measured in milliseconds. Why Site Owners Switch to FastComments No Ads, Ever — Unlike Disqus, FastComments never injects sponsored content or ads into your comment threads. No Data Harvesting — Your visitors’ data is never sold to third parties. Full GDPR compliance with optional EU data residency. Blazing Fast — Comments load in milliseconds. Users report significant reductions in page weight and fewer dependencies vs. other comment systems. Comments Stay In Sync — FastComments keeps your WordPress comment database in sync. Cancel anytime and your comments stay intact. Migrate In Minutes — One-click import from Disqus, Hyvor, WordPress native comments, and more. Avatars and images migrate automatically. Live, Real-Time Commenting Comments appear instantly for all viewers — no page refresh needed Live moderation: approve, delete, and edit comments in real time Real-time reply notifications keep discussions active Streaming Chat mode for live events and AMAs Powerful Moderation & Spam Prevention Automated spam detection blocks bot submissions before they appear Unverified/anonymous comments auto-removed after configurable period Full moderation dashboard with search, filter, and bulk actions Comment flagging and user blocking Built for Engagement Threaded reply-to-reply conversations with unlimited nesting depth Upvoting and downvoting with smart duplicate prevention Image and GIF attachments in comments Full-text comment search for readers @mentions and reply notifications Commenter ranking system Developer & Site Admin Friendly Single Sign-On (SSO) for seamless authentication with your existing users Works without JavaScript — accessible commenting for all visitors Full REST API and webhook support Custom CSS and JavaScript injection for complete design control LearnDash LMS compatibility Block-based theme support (FSE) Password-protected post support Localization Fully localized with automatic browser locale detection. Currently available in English, French, and Spanish. Community translations welcome. Trusted By Many 4,100+ organizations 1,775,632+ registered users 541 million+ page loads served in the past year 5-star rating on WordPress.org Pricing FastComments offers flexible, traffic-based pricing starting well under $5/month for most sites. No per-comment charges. No surprise fees. See full pricing at fastcomments.com/traffic-pricing. Support Responsive, hands-on support from the development team. Migration assistance included. Most issues resolved within hours.

Muut represents a complete re-imagination of what internet discussion forums and commenting should be. It’s a modern, fast, highly scalable discussion platform that you can embed onto your WordPress website, and personalize with css to match the design of your site. Starting at just $16 a month, you have a discussion platform that offers unlimited posts, comments, users, threads — and we never charge you based on usage. That means you’ll never be punished by having to pay more for a successful community. Whether you’re setting up for the first time or have just updated to the new version of the plugin, you’re going to love what we’ve done to make implementing Muut in your WordPress website easy and flexible. Why Muut? Unified system for both forums and commenting. Same users and design Full featured forums makes your WordPress site conversational Flat or threaded commenting for small or big topics Real-time. No page reloads – posts, replies, likes and users appear in real-time Spam filtering, email notifications and 20+ different language versions Built For WordPress Skinnable style the discussion directly from the WordPress CSS editor Focus on content. Text focused, uncluttered and linear user interface Comes with five widgets, all of which update in real-time Single Sign-On. Use the WordPress login, users and avatars Optimized for SEO Micro format optimized static content Static content served from your domain Custom S3 bucket support for Developer accounts Escaped fragment support for Google New! Widget Details Online Users – Now the Online Users list isn’t limited to just your main forum page and channel embeds. You can use the Online Users widget on any of your pages to show who is currently logged in (and how many other people are viewing the site). Watch users’ portraits appear on the fly as they sign in to join the discussion. Latest Comments – Since Muut is so great to use as the commenting system on your posts and pages, the Latest Comments widget keeps track of which posts have received the latest comments and who made them, and all the users on your website can see it update in real-time as they participate in the discussions on all your posts. Trending Topics – If you want to help users stay on top of which posts are getting the most activity on your forum, the Trending Posts widget does just that, with real-time updates to comments and likes—not to mention the trademark Muut green “currently typing” circle. Discussion Channel – You can now embed a single specific channel in your website’s sidebar. Users can watch and join the discussion without having to stop browsing the rest of your website. My Feed – By using the My Feed widget, users can keep track of all the activity on all the discussions they’ve joined and postes they’ve made right in your website’s sidebars. You can find more information about Muut at our website and read the full plugin documentation. For more information about why we do what we do, check out our Manifesto and see our pricing page for details on the features available on your Muut subscription.