Disqus vs Olark

Clean & Intuitive- We designed the platform to be clutter-free, which keeps people's eyes focused on the discussion itself.;Fully real-time Live discussions- Discussions unfold in real-time. Comments stream as they are posted and user activity indicates life on your website.;Activity indicators- Indicators make it easier for people to notice, see, and interact with new content and activity as it happens.;Typing presence- Disqus even shows when others are in the middle of writing and editing their comment but haven’t posted just yet.;More dynamic content- The real-time system is designed for active communities, live events, and video content.;Quality discussions- A smart voting system surfaces the best content on the page.;Loyal communities- People can see your community’s unique set of top participants and other popular discussions happening across your website.;Mobile- Disqus automatically supports rich, feature-parity on phones and tablets via a fully responsive, end-to-end HTML5 design.;Recommended Conversations- Let users easily find other interesting conversations happening on your website.;Social Sharing- Allow users to easily share any comment or discussion thread to their favorite social network.;Social Reactions- Discussions around your content happens all over the web. Disqus finds these conversations from Twitter and pulls them into the discussion on your website.;Social Tagging- With @mentions, easily include others on Disqus and Twitter in your discussion. Mentioned people are notified and encouraged to join your community.;Moderation Dashboard- Our moderation panel in the Disqus admin is built for sites that have lots of commenting activity;User Reputation- Users can participate anonymously, using a pseudonym, or with a given name.;User History- Learn how long your users have been around and how active they are.;Keyboard Shortcuts- Quickly select a group of items, take action, and change tabs without touching your mouse.;In-Line & Email Moderation- Moderate your site directly on the comment thread while logged in as a moderator or moderate your comment notifications by email with three simple commands.;Spam Controls & Word Filtering- Our smart-spam system works network wide and responds to new flare-ups automatically as moderators indicate new issues.;Blacklisting & Whitelisting- With control lists, specify users, emails, IP addresses, and words.;Import and export anytime- You can import all your existing comments or export;Flexible, Powerful Partner API- Our API is full featured and allows your developers to integrate Disqus into your mobile app, widget, forum or visualization.;Analytics- Visualize data with topical trend analysis, user segmentation and ad sales packaging.;Single Sign-On- Integrate your existing login system and allow your community to comment via your proprietary sign-in, in addition to the social options Disqus makes available.;SEO Optimized- Disqus is fully indexable for search engines out- of-the-box. We have been approved by the Google Search Quality team to be organically crawled unlike any other comment platform.

CRM & Helpdesk Integration;Concurrent chats;Phone support;Operator groups;White label;SSL;Conversation transcripts;Hide Olark unless an operator initiates a chat;Popout;Customizable Olark branding;Pre-chat name/email survey;Hide when offline;Hide on close;Chat statistics and reports;Custom CSS;Standard Olark features;Use any desktop IM client;Mobile device support;Use Google Talk;Google Apps for Your Domain integration;Attention Grabber image;Welcome Assistant proactive chat;Operator-initiated chat;Visitor details;Offline messages;Incredibly fast email support;Customize/internationalize all text;Customize colors and themes;Google Analytics integration;Javascript API