Proboards - Good or bad?

[fantv]

I am thinking of using proboards - is it good or bad? Vote now!

 

[fantv]

Proboards Review 2018
Pros: Free; Remotely Hosted; Clean, Easy to Understand Layout; Easily Customizable; Mobile Apps
Cons: Paid Option; Ads

 

[Nomad]

I heard that you cannot migrate proboards forums to other forum software, is that true?

 

[meetdilip]

I don't think they have that option.

 

[Deleted member 49125]

I heard that you cannot migrate proboards forums to other forum software, is that true?

I use Proboards & that is a stickler for many of us. Unless they change the rules, we are stuck or have to start over from scratch.
Unless somebody has found out differently. The only thing I had read is that their sister site forums.net can migrate over. But I don't know enough about it. Proboards Support is so big & they don't delete any posts, it's so hard to use their Search engine to find what you are looking for.

 

[zappaDPJ]

Proboards allows you to download your data only via 'account settings'. There is no facility which allows the migration of your member's data to another platform. For that reason alone I have to vote 'bad'.

 

[Nomad]

I use Proboards & that is a stickler for many of us. Unless they change the rules, we are stuck or have to start over from scratch.
Unless somebody has found out differently. The only thing I had read is that their sister site forums.net can migrate over. But I don't know enough about it. Proboards Support is so big & they don't delete any posts, it's so hard to use their Search engine to find what you are looking for.

Do they offer a premium plan where you can use your own domain, instead of their subdomain?

 

[Deleted member 49125]

Proboards allows you to download your data only via 'account settings'. There is no facility which allows the migration of your member's data to another platform. For that reason alone I have to vote 'bad'.

Yes, that's true. They allow us to download our own only.

Do they offer a premium plan where you can use your own domain, instead of their subdomain?

This is what I found:
"Do you want to access your ProBoards forum with your own custom domain name? Instead of using holisticallysecular.proboards.com for your forum URL, you could use your-domain.com! We can link your existing domain name to your ProBoards forum for $19.99/year. Please note that domain name registrars charge an annual fee to own a domain name as well. These fees and companies are separate from the service we offer."

However, I don't know what the benefits would be in having my own domain if I would still be tied into Proboards rules & still can't migrate over.
Anybody know?

 

[Deleted member 4320]

I don't like ProBoards, they don't always look great and the way the login and profile sections are displayed and function make no sense whatsoever. I'd never personally use ProBoards.

 

[Nomad]

Yes, that's true. They allow us to download our own only.

This is what I found:
"Do you want to access your ProBoards forum with your own custom domain name? Instead of using holisticallysecular.proboards.com for your forum URL, you could use your-domain.com! We can link your existing domain name to your ProBoards forum for $19.99/year. Please note that domain name registrars charge an annual fee to own a domain name as well. These fees and companies are separate from the service we offer."

However, I don't know what the benefits would be in having my own domain if I would still be tied into Proboards rules & still can't migrate over.
Anybody know?

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question. Personally, I found the charges too high. Spending $20 per year for hosting your forum and still not having the ability to control your website files is not something a lot of people will find attractive.