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Fully Managed Comentario
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Deploy Comentario as a fully managed service starting at €9/mo. Get automated backups, SSL, updates, support and monitoring included.

Comentario is a privacy-first commenting system — threaded discussions, Markdown, voting, and moderation — combining the convenience of Disqus with the control of self-hosted infrastructure. It adds about 20 KB to a page, sets no tracking cookies, and shows no ads.

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Comentario

Comentario

STARTING AT

€9/month
Automated Backups
Monitoring
Automated Updates
Auto SSL

USAGE

Unlimited
Human Support
Custom Domains
Terminal Access
File Manager Access
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ABOUT THE SOFTWARE

What is Comentario

Comentario is an open-source comment server you embed under your articles, docs, or lessons. It gives readers threaded discussions with Markdown and voting, and gives you moderation — without ads or reader tracking.

Comentario is released under the MIT licence and developed by Dmitry Kann, trading as Yktoo Solutions in the Netherlands. It is the maintained successor to the now-dormant Commento project, and its source lives on GitLab.

The backend is written in Go and the admin interface in Angular. It installs as a single binary, a Docker image, or a Helm chart, and stores comments in PostgreSQL for production sites or a file-based SQLite database for low-traffic ones. The reader-facing part is one small web component that adds about 20 KB to a page. On DANIAN you skip all of that setup — we run the binary, the database, and the upgrades, and you embed one tag.

FEATURES

What Comentario does

These are Comentario's own capabilities — the things your readers and moderators interact with. The hosting underneath them is what DANIAN runs.

Threaded comments with Markdown

Readers reply in nested threads and format with Markdown, including code blocks, tables, and images — useful well beyond plain text.

Voting and sticky comments

Up and down voting surfaces the best replies, and moderators can pin a comment to the top of a thread.

Flexible sign-in options

Anonymous, email and password, social login with Google, GitHub, GitLab, Facebook, and X, plus OpenID Connect and single sign-on.

Privacy by design

No ads, no third-party tracking scripts, and reader IP collection off by default. The comment data stays yours.

Live updates over WebSockets

New comments, edits, and votes appear without a page refresh, so an active thread stays current while readers are on the page.

Multi-domain administration

One dashboard moderates comments, pages, and users across every site you run, with per-domain settings and statistics.

Moderation and spam filtering

Built-in rules auto-flag risky comments, with optional Akismet, APILayer, and Google Perspective extensions per domain.

Import and export

Bring comments in from Disqus, WordPress, and Commento, and export everything to a portable JSON file whenever you want.

Software Source
Documentation
Video Tutorials

WHAT'S ALWAYS INCLUDED

Every app. Fully managed.
Nothing extra to pay for.

Every app you deploy includes the full managed service — security, backups, updates, and support from day one.

Automatic updates and patches

Apps run the latest stable version. Security patches applied silently, with rollback if needed.

Daily off-site backups

Multiple daily backups in redundant off-site locations. One-click restore if anything goes wrong.

24/7 uptime monitoring

Continuous monitoring with instant alerting. We respond before you notice.

SSL, firewall, DDoS protection

Auto-renewing SSL, hardened firewall rules, DDoS mitigation on every deployment.

Performance and scaling

We monitor resource usage continuously. When your app needs more headroom, we flag it and upgrade with your explicit approval.

Dedicated engineering support

Real engineers on chat. DNS, SMTP & migration help. All included in €9.

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WHY MANAGED

Why teams pick managed Comentario

On 30 April 2025, Disqus changed its plans: the free tier now requires an ad placement at the top of your comments, and the ad-free option starts at $12/month. For sites that do not want ads above their own writing, that was the push to move.

Self-hosting Comentario solves the ads problem, but it hands you a server to run. Comments arrive over a database that needs patching and upgrades. Notification emails need an SMTP setup that survives spam filters. Configuration is split across a main file and a separate secrets file for database, mail, and login credentials, which is easy to get subtly wrong on the first install. None of that is hard once. All of it is a standing job once your readers depend on it.

That is the work we take on. We run Comentario on the PostgreSQL database it recommends and keep it on the current stable release. We configure SMTP so comment notifications reach inboxes. We back up the comment database daily to off-site storage, and monitor the instance around the clock.

REVIEWS

Hear from customers ​like you​​​​​​​

Successful businesses and professionals around the world rely on DANIAN every day
5 stars review

No more maintenance headaches!

Finaly, I can relax and not bother with maintenance. Each of the softwares that we run on DANIAN is automated and running stable for couple months already. They even assist us with modifying the DNS records. Once we needed to modify the config of Nextcloud so that we are able to upload higher than 5GB files and they assisted us fast. I also love their documentation!

Review from Kevin Blackwell

Kevin Blackwell

Review Origin United States
5 stars review

Best managed service

I previously ran Peertube, Mastodon, Mattermost and Mirotalk on other providers before switching to DANIAN. I was tired of handling the updates and backups myself. Not only that the performance is "out of this world" fast, but their tech support is amazing. Since then I added 5-10 more Apps on my account. I also love how they add more softwares on their list constantly!

Review from William Northfield

William Northfield

Review Origin United Kingdom
5 stars review

Love the personalized service!

I own an ecommerce startup. I knew that I need some softwares so that I add automations in my biz. I hopped on their livechat and I explained my needs. Albert recommended me couple softwares, each for a specific use-case. I signed up for the free trial and tested all. Ended up activating 6 apps. Everything is running smooth 2 months so far. I love the personalized service that I get with them!

Review from George Adams

George Adams

Review Origin United States
5 stars review

n8n runs excellent

We needed to add the ffmpeg functionality to our n8n instance. I contacted their support team. They made the required changes in couple minutes and notified me. Usually for this type of service I would need to hire a developer on a hourly basis. Love them!

Review from David Hartmann

David Hartmann

Review Origin Germany
5 stars review

Smooth experience

I needed a way to manage the projects and files for my company. This was the first time I learn about opensource. I asked their support and livechat and they assisted me immediately. I started with Openproject. Later I added Nextcloud. My team were able to get used to the apps fast.

Review from Levi Nilsso

Levi Nilsson

Review Origin Norway
5 stars review

Bye GA

I wanted to replace GA with something but I didn't know the options. I talked with Jack on the livechat. Couple minutes after that, I have a running Matomo Analytics. They even configured the tracking and connected it with my website. I have only words of appreciation and respect!

Review from Wyatt Mitchell

Wyatt Mitchell

Review Origin Canada
5 stars review

Love the freedom

I wanted to use a crm for my startup. I signed up for the free trial. Tried out espocrm and dolibar and picked one. Their dashboard is very easy for a beginner. I recommend them and feel confident in choosing them.

Review from Elias Koch

Elias Koch

Review Origin Germany
5 stars review

Wow just wow

After discovering DANIAN, I wished I'd found them sooner — their solution is excellent and deserves wider recognition. Very good solution!

Review from Tyler Hollander

Tyler Hollander

Review Origin Canada
5 stars review

Professional tech support!

I thought that I knew what I was doing and I made changes in the Mattermost backend config file. Then it broke. I reached out to their tech and received an incredibly specific and fast response. They found the error fast and provided a clear solution.

Review from Bastian Engel

Bastian Engel

Review Origin Germany
5 stars review

Their support team is the best!

I had a problem with my card and the subscription could not be renewed in time. I notified their support and surprisingly, they showed much understanding. They basically left my apps run until I solved the card issue. Other providers would have deleted my data in a heartbeat. This is the way to build client-vendor trust!

Review from George Adams

George Adams

Review Origin United States
5 stars review

Fair price and fast

4 months ago I activated n8n, Uptime kuma, Vaultwarden and Paperlessngx. So far everything is perfect. The performance of all apps is excellent. I contacted their support team couple times for using custom subdomains for the apps and they were fast and kind. I'm constantly recommending them to my network!

Review from Atanas

Atanas

Review Origin Macedonia
5 stars review

Vaultwarden 10/10

I wanted to selfhost a passwords manager for my company but I didn't trust the mainstream providers. I tried out Vaultwarden for the free trial. I loved how their support team communicated with me professionally but still kind. I know that I can contact them whenever with whatever question I have. Recommended!

Review from James Smith

James Smith

Review Origin United States
5 stars review

Multiple locations options

I run an agency. The majority of our clients are in different countries. I love that DANIAN has 20+ countries and I can spin up any app in any location. This gives us the freedom to focus on our clients. Sure, I can employee a dev in my team, but honestly, I prefer to not have those headaches. With DANIAN everything is running 24/7.

Review from Edward Nelson

Edward Nelson

Review Origin United States
5 stars review

Everything just works!

My focus is on my business, not running servers. I love that I can lauch any app without having to think about the tech behind it. Everything just works!

Review from Tony Roy

Tony Roy

Review Origin United States
5 stars review

Awesome support team!

I signed up for the free trial in order to test Chatwoot. I needed to put a livechat widget on my website but I don't have much tech experience. I contacted their support to see if they can assist. They went above and beyond by generating the livechat widget code for me and inserting it in my website. They answered all my additional questions. 

Review from Filip

Filip

Review Origin Austria
5 stars review

Very proactive!

Today couple of the videos on my Peertube got viral. Before I even noticed, their support have notified me via email that they proactively upgraded my app with more cpu & ram so that it continues to work without any downtime. They left the upgraded app with the added resources for couple days until the traffic stabilizes. After that I had the possiblity to stay on the same plan or keep the upgraded plan. Out of gratitude I stayed on the upgraded one.

Review from Luke Hall

Luke Hall

Review Origin Australia
5 stars review

Win-win!

I run a web design biz. After I perform the work for my clients, they constantly ask me for more software solutions. So I partnered with DANIAN. Not only I provide the requested softwares for my clients and get the increased revenue boost by delegating all to DANIAN, but also for those clients that wish to order directly from DANIAN, I send them an affiliate link. Win-win on all sides!

Review from Luke Walker

Luke Walker

Review Origin United Kingdom
5 stars review

Flexible

For the past couple months I was running many apps with DANIAN for my clients. But one of my clients wanted a software that isn't on the current list. I talked with their tech support. They accomodated me and added the software the same day. The next day, I signed for their Partners program. We will go long way together!

Review from Jeffrey Johnson

Jeffrey Johnson

Review Origin United States
5 stars review

Awesome customer service

I needed to add analytics on my website but I didn't know anything about DNS. Their team guided me at all phases and they performed the changes for me. Additionally they were transparent and notified me of every change applied and steps performed.

Review from Gabriele Marino

Gabriele Marino

Review Origin Italy
5 stars review

Good admin dashboard

Not only that I got Chatwoot, I also have access to the management dashboard. I love that I can view my hourly/daily usage and perform manual backups and restorations if needed. I don't need the level of control but it feels good to know that I have it if I need it.

Review from Matthew Turner

Matthew Turner

Review Origin Canada
5 stars review

Financially wise decision

Why install Chatwoot on a VPS that will cost me $20-25/month. Then worry about security, updates, backups, etc. Instead, I can activate it on DANIAN the same day for half the price. Plus, less headaches for maintenance. So happy I found out about this company!

Review from Andreas Schmitt

Andreas Schmitt

Review Origin Germany
5 stars review

Great service!

I configure custom Matomo tracking for my clients as a monthly service. Many of my clients were asking if they can selfhost Matomo instead of using the Cloud service. My employee recommended DANIAN. Basically, I can activate as much Matomo's in any of 20+ countries the same day. Additionally the affiliate revenue is a nice bonus.

Review from Jacob Turner

Jacob Turner

Review Origin United States
5 stars review

Smooth experience

I was listing through youtube tuts on how to install Bookstack myself. Then randomly, I found their video playlist exactly for Bookstack. Got curious and went at their website. For the same price (or higher) that I would pay for just the VPS, with them I'm getting a fully managed Bookstack. It's a no-brainer decision!

Review from Elias Gustafsson

Elias Gustafsson

Review Origin Sweden
5 stars review

I love opensource software

2 days ago I haven't heard about opensource softwares. Today I'm running 4 apps and enjoying the trip. Hey, 1 month later I may become a developer, haha just kidding. Love you guys!

Review from Mason Hayes

Mason Hayes

Review Origin United Kingdom
5 stars review

Its a great service

Its a great service. I love the performance of my Mastodon community. It keeps on growing and I don't have any worries about backups, secuirity, updates, etc.

Review from Vinícius Rocha

Vinícius Rocha

Review Origin Brazil
5 stars review

Very intuitive solution!

I wanted to use a nocode software for my company. A friend recommended them so I tried both Baserow and NocoDB, couple days later picked one.

Review from Haruto Hashimoto

Haruto Hashimoto

Review Origin Japan
5 stars review

Top-notch security

Honestly, I don't care much about performance and functionalities. I just wish to not bother with hacking attacks so that I can focus on my firm. I recommend them!

Review from Henrik Otto

Henrik Otto

Review Origin Germany
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USE CASES

Three teams who run Comentario on DANIAN

These are representative team types we set up most often. Each starts with the same flat €9 plan.

INDEPENDENT TECH MAGAZINE

Dropping Disqus after ads landed above the fold

A 120,000-pageview title chose a region close to most of its readers, switched comments to GitHub and Google login, and turned on Akismet. Editors clear a moderation queue each morning. No ads now sit above their reporting.

OPEN-SOURCE DOCS SITE

Comments under a 600-page handbook

A documentation site built with Docusaurus embeds one Comentario tag across every page. Traffic per page is low, so a SQLite-backed instance is plenty. Contributors sign in with GitLab and answer each other in Markdown with code blocks.

ONLINE COURSE PLATFORM

Threaded Q&A under each video lesson

A course platform runs a Comentario thread beneath every lesson, with pre-moderation switched on. Learners sign in through single sign-on tied to their student accounts, and comment drafts let them write a careful question without losing it.

COMPARISON

Four ways to run Comentario

There are four realistic ways to add comments to your site. Three of them cost more as your traffic grows or as your time gets spent. The fourth is a flat €9.

 PATHSMALL SITE350K PAGEVIEWS1M PAGEVIEWSYOUR TIME
Proprietary SaaS (Disqus)
Free tier shows ads above your comments; reader tracking funds it		Free, with ads~$20/mo (≈ €19)~$115/mo (≈ €107)Low
Self-host on a VPS
$24/mo production-class VPS + backup + monitoring; you run Postgres, SMTP, updates		~$44/mo infrastructure
+ €60–240/mo of operations time		~$44/mo infrastructure
+ €60–240/mo of operations time		~$44/mo infrastructure
+ €60–240/mo of operations time		1–2 hrs/mo
Home server
Synology DS923+ (~€650) or HP ProLiant ML30 Gen10, plus a static IP and uplink		≈ €210–667/mo all-in; needs 24/7 uptime and a static IP for public comments≈ €210–667/mo all-in; needs 24/7 uptime and a static IP for public comments≈ €210–667/mo all-in; needs 24/7 uptime and a static IP for public comments2–4 hrs/mo
DANIAN Managed Comentario€9/mo€9/mo€9/mo0 hrs/mo

BY INDUSTRY

Comentario for specific industries

TEXT

Publishers move to Comentario when an ad-funded widget starts placing advertising above their own writing and paying for itself by tracking readers. The operational standard that matters here is page performance: Comentario adds roughly 20 KB to a page and loads no advertising or tracking scripts, which keeps Core Web Vitals scores from sliding the way a heavy third-party widget makes them.

A typical editorial workflow runs every comment through a moderation queue with Akismet spam filtering, while readers sign in with existing social accounts to cut down throwaway posts. For a mid-size title at around 350,000 monthly pageviews, the difference is concrete: the comment data and the relationship with readers stay entirely yours instead of funding someone else's ad network.
Documentation teams add comments so readers can flag an unclear step right where it lives. The standard that bites here is accessibility — many teams target WCAG 2.2 AA — and Comentario helps by shipping a single lightweight web component you drop into a static site built with Hugo, Astro, MkDocs, or Docusaurus, rather than a heavy embedded script.

Developers comment using GitHub or GitLab login instead of creating yet another account, and Markdown with fenced code blocks renders inline, so a reply can include a working snippet. Documentation sites often run hundreds to thousands of low-traffic pages; Comentario's per-URL page model creates each one automatically, and a PostgreSQL-backed instance comfortably handles that spread without per-page configuration.
Course platforms and membership sites put a comment thread under each lesson so questions stay attached to the material. The operating standard here is moderation discipline: pre-moderation can be switched on per domain, so posts are reviewed before they appear — which matters for communities that hold a consistent tone or serve younger audiences.

Members sign in through single sign-on tied to the accounts they already have, so there is no second login to manage. Comment drafts let a learner write a longer, more careful question without losing it on navigation, and threaded replies keep a busy lesson's question-and-answer exchange readable as it grows past a few dozen posts.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything teams ask before signing up — answered straight, without sales speak.

Three groups: technical setup, migration, and how DANIAN works as a service.

01

Technical and configuration

We run Comentario on PostgreSQL, the database the project recommends for production, and keep it on the supported release. Comentario also supports a file-based SQLite database for low-traffic sites. On DANIAN you manage neither — we provision, back up, and patch the database for you.
Yes. Comentario's embed element accepts a setting that disables its bundled stylesheet so you can supply your own CSS, and it inherits your fonts and colours by default. You keep full control of how the comment box looks under your articles.
We configure SMTP so notification emails for new comments and moderation reach inboxes. Most email trouble people hit when self-hosting comes from sender-reputation records — missing SPF, DKIM, or DMARC on the sending domain — rather than Comentario itself, and we handle that during onboarding.
Yes. It supports anonymous comments, local email and password accounts, social login with Google, GitHub, GitLab, Facebook, and X, OpenID Connect, and both interactive and non-interactive single sign-on. Each domain configures its own identity providers from the dashboard.
Comentario applies built-in heuristic rules that can auto-flag comments from new or anonymous users, or comments that contain links. You can add external spam extensions per domain, including Akismet, APILayer SpamChecker, and Google Perspective for toxicity scoring.
Yes. Comentario pushes new comments, edits, and votes to readers live over WebSockets. The behaviour can be turned off per page or globally if you prefer comments to load only on refresh.
We help you wire the embed so the thread reloads when your framework changes routes. The comment element keys off a page identifier, and a known caveat is that changing that identifier at runtime needs the element re-initialised rather than only updated.

02

Migration and onboarding

We can activate your app on your own custom domain/subdomain. Examples: mydomain.com, anyword.mydomain.com.
Or, on our randomized free subdomain. Example: 963.apps.danian.cloud
If you wish to use a custom domain/subdomain, select that option when ordering your app (or notify us later). We will send you the required DNS records and if needed, our tech team will modify them for you.
21 datacenter locations across six continents. You choose the region at provisioning. Application data sits in the region you choose; pick whichever is closest to your users or matches your data-residency preference.
Yes. Request a region migration from the dashboard and we run the move in the background. The system emails you when the migration completes; total transfer time depends on data volume but typical instances finish in a few hours. There is no extra charge for a region change.
Yes. Full data export is available at any time, in a portable format you can bring to any infrastructure.
Comentario treats each URL as its own comment page and creates it on first use. If you restructure your site, comments and their statistics can be moved from an old URL to a new one, so threads follow your content instead of breaking.

03

Billing, support, and platform

€9 covers everything we do for that app: hardware in the region you choose, daily off-site backups with one-click restore, automatic security patches and version upgrades, 24/7 monitoring, SSL and firewall, and engineering support on Email/LiveChat. There are no setup fees or hidden line items. For more info see our Pricing page.
If you decide to continue, we charge €9/app/month from day 8. If you don't, the trial ends and you can export your data. No card is required for the trial, and we never auto-charge you without explicit consent.
No. The €9/month is flat regardless of how many users log into your app. Add 5 users or 50; the price doesn't change.
24/7 Live chat and email support, both staffed by engineers who run the systems. We handle DNS configuration, SMTP setup, app integrations, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and migration help. Response time is typically under an hour. There is no tier system — every customer gets the same support.
Yes. Cancel from the dashboard. We don't charge a cancellation fee, we don't lock data, and we will export your data to you on request before deletion. data to you on request before deletion.
Every customer instance is backed up daily to a separate region from the primary. We test restores. You can request a restore at any backup point within the retention window — usually 7 days for daily backups.
Your application data sits in the region you choose at provisioning — 21 datacenter locations across six continents. Account-level data (billing, account email, support ticket history) is processed centrally. Application data region is picked by you, per app.
99.9% uptime SLA on every app, every tenant. Service credits are documented at danian.co/service-level-agreement. The status page is located at status.danian.co.
When your tenant approaches the resource ceiling — the base tier holds 1 vCPU/RAM, 30 GB storage — we notify you. Resource upgrades happen with your explicit consent; we will not upgrade your tenant or charge you without it.
We wait. We don't suspend the app or delete your data on the first failed charge. We email you, you fix the card on file, and we continue.
Invoices can be downloaded from the billing dashboard in PDF the day each charge succeeds. EU VAT is added where applicable and the VAT-reverse-charge regime applies for VAT-registered businesses with a valid number.
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Yes. Every instance comes with a web-based terminal and a file manager in your DANIAN management dashboard. Useful for managing your data and customizations.
Resources scale with your usage. If your app needs more vCPU, RAM, or storage, we add it — and we ask first before any change to your plan. €9 is the floor; resource-heavy workloads may price higher, but you'll always know in advance.
Yes. We have both a Partner program and an Affiliate program available. Anybody can sign up.
No contract. No minimum commitment. Cancel anytime from the dashboard with one click. The 7-day free trial requires no credit card. After the trial converts to paid, you can still cancel at any month without notice or penalty.

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