Talkyard review
Affordable community software with strong moderation, identity, and API options.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Talkyard is web-based discussion and knowledge-base software from Debiki for teams, customer communities, and organizations. It supports public and private forums, external members, threaded discussions, questions and answers with accepted solutions, idea voting, moderation, blog comments, chat, and task assignment. Custom groups and permissions help organizations control access, while custom domains and CSS customization support branded community spaces. Talkyard is available as a hosted service and as open-source software that can be installed on a customer-managed server.
The Standard plan costs €4 per active coworker per month, billed monthly, and includes idea voting, question-and-answer discussions, moderation tools, a custom domain, OpenID Connect and Azure AD/ADFS authentication, plus a read API and webhooks. Business costs €12 per active coworker per month and adds dedicated email support, a dedicated server, and a professional managed VM. Enterprise includes everything in Business, along with professional services, initial configuration assistance, usage review and suggestions, and one-on-one guidance. Hosted pricing excludes VAT, and the first month is described as a free trial without requiring a credit card.
Talkyard fits organizations that want a focused community platform with practical administration and integration controls rather than a broad analytics suite. Its identity options include OpenID Connect, Azure AD, and ADFS, while read and write APIs and webhooks support connections to other systems. Self-hosting adds deployment flexibility for organizations that want to manage the server themselves. The trade-off is that analytics are unavailable, so teams needing built-in community measurement should consider another product. Talkyard is a strong fit for workplace communities that prioritize discussions, moderation, permissions, and affordable entry pricing; teams seeking extensive analytics may prefer an alternative.
Talkyard pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Threaded discussions, Q&A, idea voting, and accepted solutions
- SSO, custom permissions, domains, and CSS customization
- Read API, write API, webhooks, and self-hosting support
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan is offered
- Analytics are unavailable
- Self-hosting requires a customer-managed server
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