Coral

Vox Media, New York, United States

Coral is an open-source commenting platform developed by Vox Media that websites and publishers can self-host to manage on-site discussions.

It offers responsive embeds and threaded comment streams, extensible moderation with AI-assisted filtering and customizable rules, notifications, journalist badges, a GraphQL API, and flexible authentication including local email/password accounts, OpenID Connect providers, single sign-on, and social login using Google or Facebook identities.

According to our data, Coral is the 4th most popular commenting system on the web.
It has 2.9% of the commenting system market share and is detected on 0.008% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

Coral is available for free.

Free ✔️Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Coral Awards

⚡ Sites Using Coral

We have data on 266 websites that use the Coral commenting system. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Coral is ft.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 ft.com #239 United Kingdom British English
2 nzherald.co.nz #1,641 New Zealand English
3 larazon.es #1,865 Spain Spanish
4 deseret.com #3,745 United States English
5 motor1.com #5,763 English
6 thewest.com.au #6,070 Australia English
7 sltrib.com #7,679 United States English
8 insideevs.com #12,206 English
9 newyorker.com #16,109 American English
10 perthnow.com.au #18,951 Australia English
11 cagesideseats.com #23,390 English
12 ncregister.com #25,381 English
13 ksml.fi #27,903 Finland Finnish
14 defector.com #28,636 United States English
15 savonsanomat.fi #30,049 Finland Finnish
16 mmamania.com #31,902 English
17 ess.fi #32,720 Finland Finnish
18 karjalainen.fi #34,195 Finland Finnish
19 helsinginuutiset.fi #34,202 Finland Finnish
20 kouvolansanomat.fi #44,171 Finland Finnish

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Coral:

Most of the sites using Coral are from Finland, Australia, and the United States.

  • Finland 51.6%
  • Australia 15.4%
  • United States 13.2%
  • Switzerland 6.6%
  • New Zealand 5.5%
  • United Kingdom 4.4%
  • Austria 1.1%
  • China 1.1%
  • Spain 1.1%

Most Coral users speak English or Finnish.

  • English 78.9%
  • Finnish 17.7%
  • German 2.6%
  • Spanish 0.4%
  • Chinese 0.4%

The Coral commenting system is especially popular on .com, .fi, and .com.au top-level domains.

  • .com 71.4%
  • .fi 17.3%
  • .com.au 5.3%
  • .ch 1.9%
  • .co.nz 1.9%
  • .net 0.8%
  • .org 0.4%
  • .es 0.4%
  • .tv 0.4%
  • Other 0.2%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Coral include sports, blogs and wiki, and general news.

  • Sports 51%
  • Blogs/Wiki 23.3%
  • General News 13.1%
  • Forum/Bulletin Boards 2.9%
  • Recreation/Hobbies 2.4%
  • Portal Sites 1.6%
  • Entertainment 1.2%
  • Streaming Media 0.8%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 0.4%
  • Other 3.3%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Coral alternatives.

RankName
1
Disqus
New York, United States

A networked community platform that provides embedded commenting systems for websites to host discussions and user feedback under articles and pages.

Free$12+/month
3
wpDiscuz
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States

A WordPress comment plugin that extends the native commenting system with real time interactions and enhanced discussion features.

Free
10
Commento
San Francisco, California, United States

An open-source, lightweight, privacy-focused commenting widget that can be used in a self-hosted or cloud version.

FreeOpen source$10+/month
12
Gitalk

An open-source, serverless commenting component that stores comments as GitHub issues.

FreeOpen source
13
Remark42

A self-hosted, lightweight, privacy-focused comment engine.

FreeOpen source

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Coral?

Coral is owned by Vox Media, Inc., headquartered in New York, United States.

Is Coral free?

Yes, it is a free commenting system.
It is also an open-source solution, and you can find its source code on GitHub.

Which country uses Coral the most?

The majority of Coral users are from Finland.

Who uses Coral?

According to our data, Coral is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as ft.com, nzherald.co.nz, and larazon.es.

How does Coral stack up against the competition?

Coral is one of the most popular commenting systems, second only to Disqus, Facebook Comments, and wpDiscuz.

What are the alternatives to Coral?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Coral may include Commento, wpDiscuz, and Gitalk.

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