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I LOVE VBulletin. I hate Invision Powerboard...

 

[sUn]

It's unfair, you can compare Invision with phpBB, but you can't compare those two with vBulletin.

Invision is as good as it gets in the free world, there's something called the vBulletin licence with is $160, then you have to pay $80 yearly.

My rankings:

Invision is the best of the best in the free segment.

 

[CDailey]

vB is #1 followed by Invision Powerboard.

 

[Jordan]

vBulletin, without a doubt.

 

[Zhukov]

I voted for vBulletin; however, I have only dealt with phpBB, Proboards, wwbb, and sparklit.

Whatever you do, stay away from wwbb; they are (or were) filled with flaws, there is hardly any upgrades, customer support stinks, and this was the first forum I had to deal with where I had to unzippe, change file programs, and FTP upload to my site -- the thing is they didn't include any text instructions, so being at the time I didn't have a clue what to do this made it frustrating/difficult. I asked help at the forum, and they didn't explain themselves very well, then when I told them how frustrated I was they basically said I should get "professional installation" from them. For your information, the license is $200 (I got it for $50 through a special offer), and installation is $400; what a crop.

For a free forum, that is hosted free and doesn't require installation; Sparklit is my recommendation. Quite a bit better than Proboards; good starter forum I suppose.

phpBB; didn't like.

vBulletin. Just recently got it for my automotive forum, and I've decided to get the license. The best in my experience; support forum is friendly and helpful..

vBulletin. Just recently got it for my automotive forum, and I've decided to get the license. The best in my experience; support forum is friendly and helpfull..

 

[Blackbird.]

vBulletin, yet I do go to a forums with Invision Powerboard.

 

[Neon_SRT]

i really like vBulliten but its really expensive! i vote for phpBB.