In starting a forum I looked at a few different programs, some free and some not. When it really came down to choosing, I chose vBulletin. I chose vBulletin because a majority of the forums that I was a member of used vBulletin. vBulletin was the natural choice for me, I liked to use it as a member.
Complaints I have heard about vBulletin?
- The cost…$160
- While this may be expesive to some, it’s not to me.
- The admin panel is confusing.
- Take the time to familiarize yourself with. It took me about an hour to figure out what I needed to know. Everything else I learn as I go.
- There are too many features.
- Only use what you need. I don’t use many of the features. Many people use the features that I don’t.
There you go, I went through those real quick. Oh, I forgot the one about vBulletin providing terrible support. I have always recieved the correct answer to my question, from vBulletin staff, in less than 24 hours. If you don’t have that long, throw your question on the forums at vBulletin. Someone will help you out.
Why did you start with the complaints?
The complaints about vBulletin are very short and very easy to challenge. I started with the easy part. Now I need to tell you about the positives. This post could go on all day with postives, a few of them are listed below.
- Feature rich, but can be scaled down to your liking
- Great support
- Thousands of communities use it
- Huge group of third party developers (vBulletin.org)
- Powerful moderation tools
- and on and on…
I am very happy with vBulletin and have no plans of changing or even researching other software. Are there other good programs?…sure. It all depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for high quality forum software that has great support and can do almost anything, then vBulletin is for you.
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