EchoThread

What it does

EchoThread is a privacy-first Disqus alternative for blogs, docs, and small publishers. Its first-party ML filter catches AI-generated comment spam as it lands. It features optional no-account commenting, threaded replies, reactions, and moderation tools. Includes one-click Disqus or WordPress import, full export, and a free-forever Hobby tier.

AI spam filter for comments, optional no-account commenting, threaded replies, reactions, and moderation. Free for your first site.

Comment spam is AI-generated now — fluent, on-topic, and invisible to a word list on its own. EchoThread scores every comment with a trained classifier before anyone sees it. One script tag. No ads, no tracking, no server to run. Paid plans start at $9/mo — a fraction of Disqus Pro , and unlike Disqus there are no ads on your free tier . Three comments, scored by the classifier that guards every EchoThread site. None of this is a screenshot. Built around Google's Core Web Vitals and the HTTP Archive page-weight budget — so the widget is under 60 KB gzipped, loads asynchronously, and doesn't tank your LCP, INP, or CLS scores. Most teams looking for a comment system are not starting from…from echothread.io

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