The Battle of Board Softwares

[Deleted member 9315]

Since all forum software is on the rise, I don't know how to choose, I guess most forum softwares have something good about them.

 

[Gizmo]

vBulletin is my favorite these days.

 

[Branden]

phpBB3 is by far the best FREE software. It is so versatile and amazing!

But if you do not mind paying for software, I would use XenForo. It has a nice feeling to it. The only downside to it-is that there are not that many modifications for it yet so you have to do with what it has.

 

[CRiTiQue]

Paid; Vbullentin
Free; phpBB of course!

 

[Branden]

Paid; Vbullentin
Free; phpBB of course!

The only reason I have to disagree with your paid is because of what they did with vB 4.0.

 

[Gizmo]

Paid; Vbullentin
Free; phpBB of course!

The only reason I have to disagree with your paid is because of what they did with vB 4.0.

vBulletin 4 is the best version they've done.

 

[Branden]

Paid; Vbullentin
Free; phpBB of course!

The only reason I have to disagree with your paid is because of what they did with vB 4.0.

vBulletin 4 is the best version they've done.

I have to disagree with you on that. The 3.8.X versions were much better.

 

[Gizmo]

I have to unagree and say that 3.8 was a bit meh in feature wise.

 

[Branden]

I have to unagree and say that 3.8 was a bit meh in feature wise.

The features were a lot better then they are now. Everything is destroyed now.

 

[Gizmo]

I would love to buy vBulletin.

 

[ManSkirtDude101]

Free: zetaboards is the best you don't even have to install it hosts for you

 

[Ikram45]

I have used vBulletin in the past but phpbb ftw! 😀

 

[Advertise4you]

xenforo is awesome with query^^

 

[D]

I would love to buy vBulletin.

Go and buy it, Make the worst decision in your forum life 😉

xenForo is the only forum software I ever want to purchase again and that's my 3rd license btw.

 

[Gizmo]

I would rather end up with a mental disorder than use XenForo.

 

[D]

Each to their own, Vbulletin is a real peice of s!?! though.

 

[Xuan Zhongda]

If you're looking for something completely free, ZB is definitely the way to go if you ask me. A lot of people say they dun like it, I really don't understand why.

However, if you have a few bucks to spare, XF is the way the go.

 

[Austin01]

Paid: IPB
Free: MyBB

vB is horrible IMO. Never appealed to me.

 

[THA]

You can see screenshots and demos of some top softwares here:

http://www.forum-software.org/

 

[Nebulous]

Since all forum software is on the rise, I don't know how to choose, I guess most forum softwares have something good about them.

Ive been foruming for 5 years and used many popular free and paid softwares live on my forums. All of them have their upsides and downsides. Im pretty happy with IPB at the moment.