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Product Overview

Explore Discourse in action

See how Discourse works and what you can do with it.

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Discourse software screenshot
Want a deeper dive? Read our full guide on Discourse features, setup, and best practices.
Features

Discourse features & resources

Conversations, not pages

Why break conversations into awkward and arbitrary pages, where you have to constantly find the Next Page button? We’ve replaced all that with the power of just-in-time loading. Want to read more? Keep scrolling down.

Dynamic notifications

When someone quotes your post, we’ll notify you. When someone mentions your @name, we’ll notify you. When someone replies to your post… well, you get the idea. And if you’re not around, we’ll email you, too.

Simple, but with context

Discourse is a simple, flat forum, where replies flow down the page in a line. Expand context at the bottom and top of each post, and also in quotes, to reveal the full conversation without losing your place.

Links automatically expand

Want to share a cool link you found? Just paste it in on a single line and we’ll make it awesome. Links to Wikipedia, YouTube, Amazon, GitHub, Twitter, Flickr, and hundreds of other popular websites automatically expand to provide additional context and information.

Community
Source Code
Changelog
Documentation
Database Migration

Migrate to Elestio with ease

Our DB Migration Service makes switching seamless and stress-free.

migration-steps

Migrate your Discourse to Elestio in few clicks

Our DB Migration Service (DBMS) offers a seamless and efficient way to transfer your databases to Elestio. With just a few clicks, you can enjoy enhanced performance, robust security.

Save time and reduce the risk of data loss during migration, allowing you to focus on your core business activities while we handle the complexities of database transfer. Experience minimal downtime and ensure a smooth transition to a more scalable and reliable platform.

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Why Elestio

Benefits of Discourse fully managed by Elestio

Deploy a fully managed instance of Discourse in few minutes on Elestio. We handle installation, configuration, encryption, security, backups, live monitoring, software & OS updates. No more DevOps.

Dedicated Hardware

We deliver all services on dedicated virtual machines: you get full access to the underlying resources and kernel-level security.

Dedicated VMs

Automated Updates

Let's save your business a lot of hassle, whilst ensuring that you get the performance and security benefits of regularly updated software and systems.

Always up-to-date

Predictable pricing

A guaranteed monthly price covers everything: compute, storage, bandwidth, updates, security & maintenance.

All-inclusive

No vendor lock-in

You can migrate your software and data to any cloud providers any time you want. With Elestio you are totally free and in control.

Full freedom

Compliance

We are ISO 27001, SOC2, and GDPR compliant. We are committed to protecting your data and privacy.

SOC2 + GDPR

Global Availability

Deploy close to your users with support for multiple cloud providers and on-premise options. Elestio ensures low-latency and high-performance anywhere in the world.

Multi-cloud

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  • Can I migrate/clone my service to another cloud or region?
    Yes, from the service dashboard you just need to click on the 'clone' button to migrate/clone the running service to any other target cloud or region.
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