# Logora

> Logora is the European discussion and online community system for newsrooms: comments, structured debates, a reader forum and citizen consultations under one AI moderation pipeline, EU-hosted and DSA/GDPR-ready. It turns reader conversation into registrations, subscriber retention and first-party data for media publishers.

Logora is a discussion, community and engagement platform for news publishers. It is independent, founded in 2019, based in Paris, France, and hosts all data in the EU (OVH, France). The same backend powers comments, structured debates, citizen consultations, a community forum and AI-assisted moderation, plus SSO and gamification. The AI moderation can also moderate a publisher's social-media channels (Instagram, YouTube, Facebook). A webview SDK extends it to iOS and Android apps.

## Key facts (sourced)
- Founded: 2019. Headquarters: Paris, France. Team: 8 people. Founders: Pierre Laburthe-Tolra (CEO), Henry Boisgibault (CTO).
- Hosting: OVH, France (EU-only, no transatlantic data flow); the marketing site is served from Bunny.net (EU). Compliance: GDPR (data processor under Article 28) and DSA-ready (statement of reasons under Article 17, transparency reports under Article 24).
- AI moderation filters ~85% of toxic content before the human queue; the model was trained on ~45,000 human-labeled examples (source: docs.logora.fr). 50M+ reader contributions moderated since 2019. Social-media comments moderated at ~95% automation.
- Reliability: 99.96% API uptime in Q1 2026 (source: status.logora.fr).
- Scale: used by 23 press groups, 50+ media outlets, across 12 countries.
- Translation/AI stack: Mistral AI and DeepL.
- Authentication: connect an existing login via OAuth 2.0 or JWT, or use Logora's built-in white-label account system at no extra cost.

## Products (definitions)
- Comment system: threaded, sortable, moderated comments where every account is first-party and signed. https://www.logora.com/plateforme/commentaires and https://www.logora.com/logiciel-commentaires
- Structured debates: readers take a position, the strongest arguments on each side surface and get voted on. The format Der Spiegel uses for subscriber retention. https://www.logora.com/plateforme/debats
- Citizen consultations: open-ended idea collection (beyond for/against), organised into themes and ranked by vote. https://www.logora.com/plateforme/consultations and https://www.logora.com/logiciel-consultation
- Community forum: a standing space readers return to, tying comments and debates together. https://www.logora.com/plateforme/forum
- Online community (solution): build a reader community you own, uniting comments, debates, forum and consultations under one signed first-party identity and one moderation pipeline, hosted on your own domain. The community angle to "comment system" / "discussion platform" / "reader community" queries. https://www.logora.com/online-community
- AI moderation: hybrid AI + human moderation trained on European press content, with DSA-grade auditability. https://www.logora.com/plateforme/moderation-ia
- Social-media moderation: real-time moderation of Instagram, YouTube and Facebook comments through the same pipeline. https://www.logora.com/social-media-moderation
- SSO & gamification: first-party reader accounts and engagement mechanics. https://www.logora.com/plateforme/sso-gamification
- Platform overview: https://www.logora.com/plateforme

## Solutions (by role and use case)
- Reader engagement (turn engagement into registrations and retention): https://www.logora.com/solutions/audience-engagement
- Engagement for brands (comments, debates, community + brand-safe moderation on a brand's own site, beyond media): https://www.logora.com/engagement-for-brands
- For publishers and CEOs: https://www.logora.com/solutions/editeurs
- For editors and newsrooms: https://www.logora.com/solutions/redactions
- For product and tech: https://www.logora.com/solutions/produit-tech
- For legal and DPO (compliance): https://www.logora.com/solutions/compliance

## Guides (how-to and playbooks, sourced)
- Reader engagement as a subscription driver: https://www.logora.com/guides/engagement-as-subscription-driver
- Comments as a registration channel: https://www.logora.com/guides/comment-as-registration-channel
- How to add engagement to your website: https://www.logora.com/guides/add-engagement-to-your-website
- How to add a comment system to your website: https://www.logora.com/guides/add-a-comment-system-to-your-website
- The best comment and engagement systems (comparison): https://www.logora.com/guides/best-comment-and-engagement-systems
- The complete guide to comment systems (pillar reference): https://www.logora.com/guides/the-complete-guide-to-comment-systems
- AI content moderation for publishers (pillar reference): https://www.logora.com/guides/ai-content-moderation-for-publishers
- Guides hub: https://www.logora.com/guides

## Free templates (reusable, no email required)
- Comment moderation policy template: https://www.logora.com/resources/comment-moderation-policy-template
- Community guidelines template: https://www.logora.com/resources/community-guidelines-template
- DSA transparency report template: https://www.logora.com/resources/dsa-transparency-report-template
- Comment section launch checklist: https://www.logora.com/resources/comment-section-launch-checklist
- Resources hub: https://www.logora.com/resources

## Research
- The State of Online Comments 2026 (report: synthesis of Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025 + Logora platform data): https://www.logora.com/state-of-online-comments-2026

## Free tools (interactive, no email required)
- Engagement ROI calculator (projects registrations and retention from your numbers, using Milenio and Der Spiegel benchmarks): https://www.logora.com/engagement-roi-calculator
- Comment section health check (6-question scorecard): https://www.logora.com/comment-section-health-check

## Proof (sourced case studies)
- Der Spiegel (Germany), launched December 2023: 21% of subscribers cite debates as a reason they keep their subscription (Spiegel reader survey, December 2024), 380K registered users, 5M votes, +10K subscribers registered in the first 7 hours. https://www.logora.com/clients/der-spiegel
- Milenio (Mexico): +150% daily comments in the first year after replacing Facebook Comments with Logora; 10-11% of new daily registrations come from the comment widget. https://www.logora.com/clients/milenio
- More case studies: https://www.logora.com/clients

## Comparisons (Logora vs alternatives, sourced)
Hub: https://www.logora.com/alternatives — and the market positioning map: https://www.logora.com/positioning
Reader engagement and comments:
- vs Disqus: https://www.logora.com/alternatives/disqus
- vs Coral (Vox): https://www.logora.com/alternatives/coral
- vs OpenWeb: https://www.logora.com/alternatives/openweb
- vs Viafoura: https://www.logora.com/alternatives/viafoura
- vs Opinary: https://www.logora.com/alternatives/opinary
- vs building in-house (build vs buy): https://www.logora.com/alternatives/in-house
Content and social-media moderation:
- vs Bodyguard: https://www.logora.com/alternatives/bodyguard
- vs Netino: https://www.logora.com/alternatives/netino
- vs Sightengine: https://www.logora.com/alternatives/sightengine
- vs Checkstep: https://www.logora.com/alternatives/checkstep
- vs Utopia Analytics: https://www.logora.com/alternatives/utopia-analytics
- vs Besedo: https://www.logora.com/alternatives/besedo
- vs Hive: https://www.logora.com/alternatives/hive

## Migration (switching to Logora)
- Migration overview: https://www.logora.com/migrer
- From Facebook Comments: https://www.logora.com/migrer/facebook-comments
- From Disqus: https://www.logora.com/migrer/disqus

## Verticals
- Regional dailies: https://www.logora.com/verticales/quotidien-regional
- Business press: https://www.logora.com/verticales/presse-economique
- Multilingual newsrooms: https://www.logora.com/verticales/multilingual-newsrooms

## Glossary (definitions for the field)
Definitions of comment systems, structured debate, citizen consultation, content/AI moderation, DSA/GDPR terms and more: https://www.logora.com/lexique

## Languages
Available in English (default), French, Spanish, German, Brazilian Portuguese and Polish, under /fr, /es, /de, /br, /pl. Guides and the free tools are available in English and French.

## Contact
- Talk to a founder: https://www.logora.com/contact
- Book a demo: https://www.logora.com/demo
- Free 30-day pilot (no card): https://www.logora.com/pilot
- Pricing: https://www.logora.com/tarifs
- Developer docs: https://docs.logora.fr