Talkyard

Talkyard operates a B2B software model built around community and discussion infrastructure. Debiki AB develops the core platform, distributes it as software that can be self-hosted, and monetises organisations that prefer managed hosting, administration convenience, bundled infrastructure and commercial support. The open-source and self-hosted route broadens adoption and technical credibility, while the hosted product converts teams that want lower operational burden, SSO, API access and multi-community management.

Debiki AB is a Swedish software company that develops Talkyard, a discussion forum and blog commenting platform. The product is sold primarily to organisations that want to run structured online discussions, comments, Q&A and community knowledge bases on their own sites. It supports hosted SaaS deployment as well as self-hosting, with APIs, SSO, moderation tools and embeddable components aimed at publishers, product teams, developers and community operators.

The company makes money mainly through subscription-based SaaS hosting for Talkyard, with pricing that scales by active internal user and higher-priced business and enterprise tiers. Additional revenue appears to come from enterprise support and related professional services. Its value proposition is centred on persistent, threaded discussions and knowledge retention rather than transient chat.