Comments
Threaded, sortable, moderated. Every comment is signed, identifiable, attached to a real account. No throwaway, no leakage to social.
See the comments moduleConversation infrastructure for media · EU-native, DSA-ready
Where conversation becomes an editorial asset, not noise.
Logora is a Paris-based company, founded in 2019, that runs comments, structured debates and consultations for news publishers in Europe and Latin America. Moderation by OpenModeration: our AI handles clear cases, our team the doubtful ones. Hosted in Europe (EU), GDPR & DSA-ready, live in 1.5 days.
- GDPR & DSAready by default
- EU-hostedGDPR
- 99.96% uptimestatus.logora.fr
An independent French company, since 2019. No ads, no reader-data resale.
Trusted by 23 press groups · 50+ media outlets · 12 countries
Three publishers, three signature results
Real newsrooms. Real numbers.
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Der Spiegel · Germany
21%
of subscribers cite the debates as one of the reasons they keep their subscription, month after month.
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Milenio · Mexico
+150%
more daily comments in the first year, after Milenio replaced Facebook Comments with Logora.
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RTS · Switzerland
Romansh
one platform for every language of the Swiss audience, each comment moderated in its own language.
Read the case
Why Logora · built for the newsroom
Built for press editorial standards, not generic moderation.
Disqus, Viafoura and OpenWeb were designed for brand communities and ad-supported social. Three structural differences shape what Logora ships first, and what it does for your conversion, retention and reader loyalty.
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01 · Editorial
Tuned to your editorial standards.
Othersgeneric toxicity thresholds tuned for retail and social UGC.
Logorathresholds calibrated against publisher editorial standards. Strong political disagreement stays in. Personal attacks don’t.
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02 · Sovereignty
European data, European hosting, by default.
OthersUS infrastructure, Schrems II exposure on every reader cookie.
Logorahosted in Europe (EU), GDPR by construction, DSA Articles 14 / 17 / 24 shipped by default, not as a paid module.
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03 · Business model
A conversion and retention asset, not an ad slot.
Othersad inventory inside the widget, reader data resold or programmatically auctioned.
Logoraannual SaaS license, no ads, no resale. The conversation drives registrations, time on site and subscriber loyalty, it never competes with them.
Conversation infrastructure · three modules, one platform
Built for the way newsrooms actually work.
From thread to ballot, every interaction stays inside your ecosystem, your data, your brand. The same product for a national daily and a regional weekly.
Live product screenshots, on Kronen Zeitung, Der Spiegel and Ouest-France.
Debates
Frame an editorial question, surface the strongest arguments on both sides, give your readers a stake. The anchor format for subscription retention on our reference newsrooms.
See the debates module
New emphasis
Consultations
Beyond for/against: a consultation collects ideas. Readers submit propositions, themed buckets organise them, the strongest surface by vote. Built for elections, year-end specials and public-budget moments.
See the consultations moduleAcross every module · the plumbing underneath, not modules of their own
Authentication & SSO
Single sign-on with your existing reader database. Identity belongs to the publisher, not to a social network. Optional badges, levels and leaderboards on top.
- OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
- SSO with your paywall
- Badges & levels
Hybrid moderation
AI + human pipeline calibrated for newsroom standards, not generic platforms. A full audit trail for the DSA, and approval rates that don’t sacrifice civility.
- Clear cases: our AI
- Doubtful cases: our team
- DSA audit trail
- EU-hosted
2026 roadmap · what comes next
- Reader tribunes Top contributors unlock the right to publish a longer opinion, gated by an editorial quality score.
- Prediction debates Non-monetary stakes on future events, built to pair with year-ahead editorial editions.
- Named-journalist interventions Branded avatars for journalists. Surface arguments inside articles, build the rédaction-community feedback loop.
Try the moderation engine · live
Type a comment. See the verdict.
The same Logora pipeline that runs on production newsrooms. Paste any comment, sober argument, hostile rant, spam, the engine returns a verdict, a reason, a toxicity score, and the categories it flagged. No demo data, no scripted response.
- APPROVE auto-publishes on production.
- FLAG goes to our moderation team. You can override any decision.
- REJECT auto-blocked with a DSA Article 17 reason sent to the user.
Case study · Milenio (Mexico)
Before Logora, comments were a leak. Now they’re a registration source.
In two years, Milenio replaced Facebook Comments with Logora. Comments became their fourth biggest source of new sign-ups.
Before · Facebook Comments
- ~60 comments per day
- 60% approval rate
- 1 min 48 average time on site
- Double login, audience leakage to social, no useful moderation
After · Logora
- +150% comments year 1, +100% year 2
- 80–85% approval rate
- 4 min 40 average time for engaged readers
- SSO with Milenio account, hybrid AI + human moderation, locally adapted identity
Logora helped us create a community where there was none, while improving the metrics that matter most time on site, registered loyal readers and helping us prepare for the next step into subscriptions.
Juan Manuel Nava
Chief Reader Revenue · Milenio
How a pilot works · most are free for the first 1-2 months
From first call to live debate, in 4 steps.
What every pilot looks like, whether you’re a national daily or a niche subscription title.
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Day 0
60-minute call with an expert.
Pierre or Henry walks through your articles, your moderation pain, your retention goals. We come back within 48h with a scoped plan and a price.
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Day 3-5
Account + JS snippet on a gated audience.
We open a debate space scoped to 500-5,000 subscribers, often anchored to one newsletter or topic. Testable locally in under 2 hours, in production in 1.5 days. We handle the rest.
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Day 14-30
Editorial onboarding + first debates live.
Your editorial team learns to create debate prompts tied to articles. We share moderation dashboards, weekly sync with Logora’s CSM. The community starts talking back.
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Day 30-60
Decision call with measurable data.
Engagement, moderation load, retention signals, journalist sentiment, all on a single dashboard. You decide whether to roll out site-wide. No commitment until you say yes.
FAQ · for publishers comparing solutions
What buyers ask us first.
What is Logora?
Logora is a Paris-based company, founded in 2019, that provides comments, structured debates, forums and citizen consultations for news publishers. It runs in production at 50+ media outlets in 12 countries, including Der Spiegel, Bild, Milenio and RTS.
Who is Logora for?
News publishers first: national and regional dailies, magazines and broadcasters. Brands and public bodies use it too, when they want to host the conversation on their own site, with their own reader accounts and their own data.
How does moderation work?
Logora’s moderation runs on OpenModeration, our AI comment moderation. Our own AI, trained on millions of messages over 7 years and cross-checked by other AI models, handles the clear cases. Our team handles doubtful cases, user reports and contested decisions, and this is included. You see every decision and its written reason in real time, and you can override it.
Which languages can you moderate?
Moderation is multilingual: each comment is analysed in its own language, including the languages of your audience. The same rules apply on comments, debates and consultations, and on your social media channels if you connect them.
Is Logora compliant with the DSA and the GDPR?
Logora is built for the DSA: a written reason for every decision, a traceable history, reports and appeals followed, and exportable transparency figures. Data is hosted in Europe (EU), under the GDPR, and stays yours: no ads, no resale of reader data.
How long does integration take?
A JavaScript snippet, the WordPress plugin or the API. It is testable locally in under 2 hours and live in production in 1.5 days. Single sign-on connects Logora to your existing reader accounts and paywall.
How much does Logora cost?
An annual licence sized to your audience: Starter up to 0.5M monthly page views, Pro up to 10M, Enterprise without a cap, on quote. Most pilots are free for the first one to two months. Book a call and we come back with a price within 48 hours.
Can we switch from Disqus, Viafoura, OpenWeb or Coral?
Yes. We handle the migration on our side, in about two weeks: existing comments are kept, with no SEO loss and no SSO disruption. Our migration guide walks through each platform.
Where others see noise, leading newsrooms see value.
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