Very cheap for one small site
FastComments' Flex plan bills by use with a $0.99 minimum, and removes its branding. A small site can pay about a dollar a month. Disfora's free plan shows Disfora branding; removing it is $5 a month.
A FastComments alternative with nothing on a meter.
FastComments has no free plan, and its Flex pricing meters page loads, stored comments, extra sites, moderators and sign-ins. Disfora is free for one site and charges for more sites, never usage, and it renders in your page, not an iframe.
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Why people look beyond FastComments
FastComments is a fast, capable hosted comment system with live updates, single sign-on and a long list of importers. For one small site, its Flex plan is very cheap.
The bill has a lot of parts, though. Flex charges per 100,000 page loads, per 100,000 stored comments and per 1,000 single sign-on users, plus $10 for each extra site and admin and $5 for each moderator. There's no free plan: after the 30-day trial, the widget hides itself.
For readers, the widget runs in an iframe, so it can't pick up your site's fonts and styles. By default, commenters give a name and email and are marked unverified until they click a link, and there's no Google sign-in.
Disfora renders in your page, lets readers sign in with Google or an email code, and is priced by sites alone. Comments, page views, votes and form submissions are unlimited on every plan.
Disfora vs FastComments, feature by feature
Including what FastComments does better, like single sign-on on every plan and very cheap small sites.
| Feature | Disfora | FastComments |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Active | Active, made by WinrickLabs in California |
| Hosting | Hosted. Nothing to install or keep patched | Hosted and replicated across continents, or kept in the EU on an EU account. On-premises with a licence |
| Embedding | Renders in your page from one script tag, using your site's fonts | Inside an iframe, styled through its settings and custom CSS |
| Who can comment | Readers who sign in with Google or an email code, and guests with just a name if you turn guest comments on | Anyone with a name and email, marked unverified until they click an emailed link, or anonymously if you allow it. Your own accounts through single sign-on on every plan. No Google sign-in |
| Comments | Threaded replies, votes, @mentions, Markdown and GIFs, with reply notifications | Threaded replies, with live updates as comments arrive |
| Moderation | Approval queue, banned keywords, bans and shadow bans | Approval for every comment or only a reader's first, a trainable spam filter, bans and shadow bans |
| Importing comments | From Disqus, Commento and WordPress exports, with replies, names and dates | From Disqus, Commento, Hyvor Talk, Cusdis, WordPress, IntenseDebate, Muut and more |
| Your comments | Webhooks send each new comment to your server as it's posted. No export yet | A CSV export, webhooks, and a daily copy into WordPress if you use its plugin |
| Price | Free for one site, then $5 a month for three. No usage limits | No free plan, 30-day trial. Flex is metered from a $0.99 minimum; Creators is $5.99 a month for three sites |
Based on FastComments' pricing, pricing calculator, configuration, moderation, migrations, WordPress plugin, on-premises and terms. Last reviewed November 2026.
What FastComments costs as your traffic grows
On one site with the owner as the only admin and about 1,000 stored comments, unless the row says otherwise.
| Page views a month | Disfora | FastComments |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $0 for one site. $5 a month for three, unbranded | $0.99 a month on Flex, its monthly minimum |
| 100,000 | $0 for one site. $5 a month for three, unbranded | $1.01 a month on Flex |
| 100,000 across 3 sites | $5 a month on Hobby, unbranded | $5.99 a month on Creators, with FastComments branding, or $21.01 on Flex, which charges $10 for each site after the first |
| 1,000,000 | $0 for one site. $5 a month for three, unbranded | $10.01 a month on Flex. Creators stops at 500,000; Pro is $99 |
FastComments Flex adds $1 per 100,000 stored comments, $1 per 1,000 single sign-on users and $5 per moderator, and Flex removes FastComments' branding. Creators includes 500,000 page loads, 5,000 new comments a month and one moderator across three sites. Figures from FastComments' pricing and its pricing calculator, in US dollars. Disfora has no page view, comment or vote limits on any plan.
What FastComments does that Disfora doesn't
Single sign-on on every plan
Readers can comment with your site's own accounts on any FastComments plan. Disfora readers sign in with Google or an email code.
Live comments and more importers
New comments appear without a reload, and it imports from more systems, including Hyvor Talk, Cusdis, IntenseDebate and Muut. It can also run on your own servers.
Switching from FastComments
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Export from FastComments
Download the CSV export to keep. On WordPress, the FastComments plugin has already copied your comments into WordPress, so export them from Tools → Export instead.
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Remove the FastComments code
Delete its script tag and the element it renders into, or deactivate the FastComments plugin on WordPress.
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Add your site to Disfora
Create a free account, start a project and enter your domain. No card needed.
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Add Disfora to your pages
Paste the script tag once, and put an empty container where the comments should go. On WordPress, install the Disfora plugin instead: it does this for you.
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Verify your domain
Prove the site is yours with a meta tag, a file or a DNS record. Comments start showing straight away.
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Choose who can comment
Readers sign in with Google or an email code. To let them comment with just a name too, add free Cloudflare Turnstile keys in Settings and turn on guest comments.
Your old comments
On WordPress, the FastComments plugin copies your comments into the WordPress database every day, so the WordPress export carries them. Upload it under Import comments in your project's settings and they land under the same posts, with their replies, names and dates.
Elsewhere, FastComments exports CSV, which Disfora can't import yet. Tell us if you need it: it decides which importers we build next.
Keep your own copy from day one
Webhooks send every comment to your own server as it's posted, edited or deleted, as signed JSON. They're on the free plan, so your comments don't have to live only in someone else's database.
Questions about switching
No. It has a 30-day trial, after which the widget hides itself until you pay. Flex has a $0.99 monthly minimum and meters page loads, stored comments, extra sites, moderators and single sign-on users. Disfora is free for one site, with no usage limits.
No. Plans are priced by the number of sites, not by usage. Comments, page views, ratings, poll votes and form submissions are unlimited on every plan, including Free.
Not from its CSV export yet. On WordPress, the FastComments plugin copies comments back into your WordPress database every day, so export them from WordPress (Tools → Export) and import that file instead. Otherwise, tell us through the contact page: it decides which importers we build next.
Yes, if you turn on guest comments in your project's settings. Guests comment and reply with just a name, after a Cloudflare Turnstile check that runs on your page with your own free Turnstile keys. Their comments wait for your approval, and they can't vote. Readers who sign in, with Google or an email code, keep one account for every site that runs Disfora. Guest comments are on every plan.
No. Disfora renders directly in your page from a single script tag, so it uses your site's fonts and layout.
Yes. One site is free with comments, ratings, polls, forms, moderation and webhooks. Paid plans add more sites, automations, form email alerts, unbranded widgets and team members.
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