diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index 90cf5670..a803d5cc 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 Thanks for using ArduinoJson :-)
 
 Before opening an issue, please make sure you've read these:
-https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/wiki/FAQ
+https://bblanchon.github.io/ArduinoJson/faq/
 https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/wiki/Avoiding-pitfalls
 
 Next, make sure you provide all the relevant information: platform, code snippet, and error messages.
 
 Please be concise!
--->
\ No newline at end of file
+-->
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f90f60f9..0649c8fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ HEAD
 ----
 
 * Fixed an access violation in `DynamicJsonBuffer` when memory allocation fails (issue #433)
+* Added operators `==` and `!=` for two `JsonVariant`s (issue #436)
 
 v5.8.2
 ------
diff --git a/include/ArduinoJson/Data/JsonVariantComparer.hpp b/include/ArduinoJson/Data/JsonVariantComparer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a198253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ArduinoJson/Data/JsonVariantComparer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright Benoit Blanchon 2014-2017
+// MIT License
+//
+// Arduino JSON library
+// https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson
+// If you like this project, please add a star!
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../JsonVariantBase.hpp"
+#include "../StringTraits/StringTraits.hpp"
+#include "../TypeTraits/EnableIf.hpp"
+
+namespace ArduinoJson {
+namespace Internals {
+template <typename TComparand, typename Enable = void>
+struct JsonVariantComparer {};
+
+template <typename TString>
+struct JsonVariantComparer<
+    TString,
+    typename TypeTraits::EnableIf<TypeTraits::IsString<TString>::value>::type> {
+  template <typename TVariant>
+  static bool equals(const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant,
+                     const TString &comparand) {
+    const char *value = variant.template as<const char *>();
+    return Internals::StringTraits<TString>::equals(comparand, value);
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename TComparand>
+struct JsonVariantComparer<
+    TComparand, typename TypeTraits::EnableIf<
+                    !TypeTraits::IsVariant<TComparand>::value &&
+                    !TypeTraits::IsString<TComparand>::value>::type> {
+  template <typename TVariant>
+  static bool equals(const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant,
+                     const TComparand &comparand) {
+    return variant.template as<TComparand>() == comparand;
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename TVariant2>
+struct JsonVariantComparer<TVariant2,
+                           typename TypeTraits::EnableIf<
+                               TypeTraits::IsVariant<TVariant2>::value>::type> {
+  template <typename TVariant1>
+  static bool equals(const JsonVariantBase<TVariant1> &left,
+                     const TVariant2 &right) {
+    if (left.template is<bool>() && right.template is<bool>())
+      return left.template as<bool>() == right.template as<bool>();
+    if (left.template is<JsonInteger>() && right.template is<JsonInteger>())
+      return left.template as<JsonInteger>() ==
+             right.template as<JsonInteger>();
+    if (left.template is<JsonFloat>() && right.template is<JsonFloat>())
+      return left.template as<JsonFloat>() == right.template as<JsonFloat>();
+    if (left.template is<JsonArray>() && right.template is<JsonArray>())
+      return left.template as<JsonArray>() == right.template as<JsonArray>();
+    if (left.template is<JsonObject>() && right.template is<JsonObject>())
+      return left.template as<JsonObject>() == right.template as<JsonObject>();
+    if (left.template is<char *>() && right.template is<char *>())
+      return strcmp(left.template as<char *>(), right.template as<char *>()) ==
+             0;
+
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+}
+}
diff --git a/include/ArduinoJson/JsonVariantBase.hpp b/include/ArduinoJson/JsonVariantBase.hpp
index b2024894..8961a3f4 100644
--- a/include/ArduinoJson/JsonVariantBase.hpp
+++ b/include/ArduinoJson/JsonVariantBase.hpp
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ class JsonVariantBase : public Internals::JsonPrintable<TImpl> {
     return impl()->template as<T>();
   }
 
+  template <typename T>
+  FORCE_INLINE bool is() const {
+    return impl()->template is<T>();
+  }
+
   // Mimics an array or an object.
   // Returns the size of the array or object if the variant has that type.
   // Returns 0 if the variant is neither an array nor an object
@@ -126,4 +131,9 @@ class JsonVariantBase : public Internals::JsonPrintable<TImpl> {
     return static_cast<const TImpl *>(this);
   }
 };
+
+namespace TypeTraits {
+template <typename T>
+struct IsVariant : IsBaseOf<JsonVariantBase<T>, T> {};
+}
 }
diff --git a/include/ArduinoJson/JsonVariantComparisons.hpp b/include/ArduinoJson/JsonVariantComparisons.hpp
index 590670e3..9e8b9fff 100644
--- a/include/ArduinoJson/JsonVariantComparisons.hpp
+++ b/include/ArduinoJson/JsonVariantComparisons.hpp
@@ -7,100 +7,82 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "JsonVariantBase.hpp"
-#include "StringTraits/StringTraits.hpp"
-#include "TypeTraits/EnableIf.hpp"
+#include "Data/JsonVariantComparer.hpp"
 
 namespace ArduinoJson {
-template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand, typename Enable = void>
-struct JsonVariantComparer {
-  static bool equals(const TVariant &variant, const TComparand &comparand) {
-    return variant.template as<TComparand>() == comparand;
-  }
-};
-
-template <typename TVariant, typename TString>
-struct JsonVariantComparer<
-    TVariant, TString, typename TypeTraits::EnableIf<Internals::StringTraits<
-                           TString>::has_equals>::type> {
-  static bool equals(const TVariant &variant, const TString &comparand) {
-    const char *value = variant.template as<const char *>();
-    return Internals::StringTraits<TString>::equals(comparand, value);
-  }
-};
-
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
-inline bool operator==(const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &variant,
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
+inline bool operator==(const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant,
                        TComparand comparand) {
-  typedef JsonVariantBase<TImpl> TVariant;
-  return JsonVariantComparer<TVariant, TComparand>::equals(variant, comparand);
+  return Internals::JsonVariantComparer<TComparand>::equals(variant, comparand);
 }
 
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
-inline bool operator==(TComparand comparand,
-                       const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &variant) {
-  typedef JsonVariantBase<TImpl> TVariant;
-  return JsonVariantComparer<TVariant, TComparand>::equals(variant, comparand);
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
+inline typename TypeTraits::EnableIf<!TypeTraits::IsVariant<TComparand>::value,
+                                     bool>::type
+operator==(TComparand comparand, const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant) {
+  return Internals::JsonVariantComparer<TComparand>::equals(variant, comparand);
 }
 
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
-inline bool operator!=(const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &variant,
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
+inline bool operator!=(const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant,
                        TComparand comparand) {
-  typedef JsonVariantBase<TImpl> TVariant;
-  return !JsonVariantComparer<TVariant, TComparand>::equals(variant, comparand);
+  return !Internals::JsonVariantComparer<TComparand>::equals(variant,
+                                                             comparand);
 }
 
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
-inline bool operator!=(TComparand comparand,
-                       const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &variant) {
-  typedef JsonVariantBase<TImpl> TVariant;
-  return !JsonVariantComparer<TVariant, TComparand>::equals(variant, comparand);
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
+inline typename TypeTraits::EnableIf<!TypeTraits::IsVariant<TComparand>::value,
+                                     bool>::type
+operator!=(TComparand comparand, const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant) {
+  return !Internals::JsonVariantComparer<TComparand>::equals(variant,
+                                                             comparand);
 }
 
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
-inline bool operator<=(const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &left, TComparand right) {
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
+inline bool operator<=(const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &left,
+                       TComparand right) {
   return left.template as<TComparand>() <= right;
 }
 
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
 inline bool operator<=(TComparand comparand,
-                       const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &variant) {
+                       const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant) {
   return comparand <= variant.template as<TComparand>();
 }
 
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
-inline bool operator>=(const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &variant,
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
+inline bool operator>=(const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant,
                        TComparand comparand) {
   return variant.template as<TComparand>() >= comparand;
 }
 
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
 inline bool operator>=(TComparand comparand,
-                       const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &variant) {
+                       const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant) {
   return comparand >= variant.template as<TComparand>();
 }
 
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
-inline bool operator<(const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &varian,
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
+inline bool operator<(const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &varian,
                       TComparand comparand) {
   return varian.template as<TComparand>() < comparand;
 }
 
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
 inline bool operator<(TComparand comparand,
-                      const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &variant) {
+                      const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant) {
   return comparand < variant.template as<TComparand>();
 }
 
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
-inline bool operator>(const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &variant,
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
+inline bool operator>(const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant,
                       TComparand comparand) {
   return variant.template as<TComparand>() > comparand;
 }
 
-template <typename TImpl, typename TComparand>
+template <typename TVariant, typename TComparand>
 inline bool operator>(TComparand comparand,
-                      const JsonVariantBase<TImpl> &variant) {
+                      const JsonVariantBase<TVariant> &variant) {
   return comparand > variant.template as<TComparand>();
 }
 }
diff --git a/include/ArduinoJson/StringTraits/StdString.hpp b/include/ArduinoJson/StringTraits/StdString.hpp
index 78ec5967..e9b54df9 100644
--- a/include/ArduinoJson/StringTraits/StdString.hpp
+++ b/include/ArduinoJson/StringTraits/StdString.hpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct StdStringTraits {
   };
 
   static bool equals(const TString& str, const char* expected) {
-    return str == expected;
+    return 0 == strcmp(str.c_str(), expected);
   }
 
   static void append(TString& str, char c) {
diff --git a/include/ArduinoJson/StringTraits/StringTraits.hpp b/include/ArduinoJson/StringTraits/StringTraits.hpp
index 3f0b63f2..0e128e94 100644
--- a/include/ArduinoJson/StringTraits/StringTraits.hpp
+++ b/include/ArduinoJson/StringTraits/StringTraits.hpp
@@ -40,3 +40,18 @@ struct StringTraits<TString&, void> : StringTraits<TString> {};
 #if ARDUINOJSON_ENABLE_PROGMEM
 #include "FlashString.hpp"
 #endif
+
+namespace ArduinoJson {
+namespace TypeTraits {
+template <typename T, typename Enable = void>
+struct IsString {
+  static const bool value = false;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct IsString<T, typename TypeTraits::EnableIf<
+                       Internals::StringTraits<T>::has_equals>::type> {
+  static const bool value = Internals::StringTraits<T>::has_equals;
+};
+}
+}
diff --git a/test/JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests.cpp b/test/JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests.cpp
index 9623c84c..67614a1a 100644
--- a/test/JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests.cpp
+++ b/test/JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests.cpp
@@ -126,3 +126,103 @@ TEST_F(JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests, String) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(std::string("world") != variant);
   ASSERT_FALSE(std::string("world") == variant);
 }
+
+TEST_F(JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests, IntegerInVariant) {
+  JsonVariant variant1 = 42;
+  JsonVariant variant2 = 42;
+  JsonVariant variant3 = 666;
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 == variant2);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 != variant2);
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 != variant3);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 == variant3);
+}
+
+TEST_F(JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests, StringInVariant) {
+  JsonVariant variant1 = "0hello" + 1;  // make sure they have
+  JsonVariant variant2 = "1hello" + 1;  // different addresses
+  JsonVariant variant3 = "world";
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 == variant2);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 != variant2);
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 != variant3);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 == variant3);
+}
+
+TEST_F(JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests, DoubleInVariant) {
+  JsonVariant variant1 = 42.0;
+  JsonVariant variant2 = 42.0;
+  JsonVariant variant3 = 666.0;
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 == variant2);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 != variant2);
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 != variant3);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 == variant3);
+}
+
+TEST_F(JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests, BoolInVariant) {
+  JsonVariant variant1 = true;
+  JsonVariant variant2 = true;
+  JsonVariant variant3 = false;
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 == variant2);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 != variant2);
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 != variant3);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 == variant3);
+}
+
+TEST_F(JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests, ArrayInVariant) {
+  DynamicJsonBuffer jsonBuffer;
+  JsonArray& array1 = jsonBuffer.createArray();
+  JsonArray& array2 = jsonBuffer.createArray();
+
+  JsonVariant variant1 = array1;
+  JsonVariant variant2 = array1;
+  JsonVariant variant3 = array2;
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 == variant2);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 != variant2);
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 != variant3);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 == variant3);
+}
+
+TEST_F(JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests, ObjectInVariant) {
+  DynamicJsonBuffer jsonBuffer;
+  JsonObject& obj1 = jsonBuffer.createObject();
+  JsonObject& obj2 = jsonBuffer.createObject();
+
+  JsonVariant variant1 = obj1;
+  JsonVariant variant2 = obj1;
+  JsonVariant variant3 = obj2;
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 == variant2);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 != variant2);
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(variant1 != variant3);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(variant1 == variant3);
+}
+
+TEST_F(JsonVariant_Comparison_Tests, VariantsOfDifferentTypes) {
+  DynamicJsonBuffer jsonBuffer;
+  JsonVariant variants[] = {
+      true,
+      42,
+      666.667,
+      "hello",
+      jsonBuffer.createArray(),
+      jsonBuffer.createObject(),
+  };
+  size_t n = sizeof(variants) / sizeof(variants[0]);
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    for (size_t j = i + 1; j < n; j++) {
+      ASSERT_TRUE(variants[i] != variants[j]);
+      ASSERT_FALSE(variants[i] == variants[j]);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/TypeTraits_Tests.cpp b/test/TypeTraits_Tests.cpp
index 12a320da..0618ba27 100644
--- a/test/TypeTraits_Tests.cpp
+++ b/test/TypeTraits_Tests.cpp
@@ -11,13 +11,26 @@
 
 using namespace ArduinoJson::TypeTraits;
 
-TEST(StdStream, IsBaseOf) {
+TEST(TypeTraits, IsBaseOf) {
   ASSERT_FALSE((IsBaseOf<std::istream, std::ostringstream>::value));
   ASSERT_TRUE((IsBaseOf<std::istream, std::istringstream>::value));
+  ASSERT_TRUE((IsBaseOf<JsonVariantBase<JsonObjectSubscript<const char*> >,
+                        JsonObjectSubscript<const char*> >::value));
 }
 
-TEST(StdStream, IsArray) {
+TEST(TypeTraits, IsArray) {
   ASSERT_FALSE((IsArray<const char*>::value));
   ASSERT_TRUE((IsArray<const char[]>::value));
   ASSERT_TRUE((IsArray<const char[10]>::value));
 }
+
+TEST(TypeTraits, IsVariant) {
+  ASSERT_TRUE((IsVariant<JsonObjectSubscript<const char*> >::value));
+  ASSERT_TRUE((IsVariant<JsonVariant>::value));
+}
+
+TEST(TypeTraits, IsString) {
+  ASSERT_TRUE((IsString<const char*>::value));
+  ASSERT_TRUE((IsString<std::string>::value));
+  ASSERT_FALSE((IsString<double>::value));
+}