Event Espresso might be a bit more popular than Thrive Comments. We know about 1 link to it since March 2021 and only 1 link to Thrive Comments. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
ThriveSuite includes a Comments module that can do what you're looking for. You can place commenting option anywhere you want (top, bottom, middle, etc.) on both posts and pages (ie. Disable it for "site-wide" use and place it manually only on the pages you want). Here's the link: https://thrivethemes.com/comments/. Source: over 2 years ago
Don't know if it makes complete sense for your use case but https://eventespresso.com/ is pretty powerful - I'd recommend checking it out. Source: over 2 years ago
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