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Knowledge Base Article
Forum application comparison: Invision Power Board vs vBulletin
Invision Power Board and vBulletin are probably the two most popular commercial forum solutions currently available. If you are looking for a robust bulletin board application and you are willing to pay for it, you will most probably choose one of the two.
Here is a little comparison which, hopefully, will help you with your choice:
pros: - supports MySQL, MSSQL and Oracle database engines; - customizable attachment placement; - search in active topics; - various forum rules; - address books, message drafts and attachments in private messages; - banning by email address; cons: - integration with other applications requires additional paid modules; - no backward compatibility for most IPB mods - quite often an IPB mod can work properly only with a certain IPB version; - the drivers for MSSQL and Oracle are paid; - installation of additional skins/themes is not intuitive enough;
pros: - user-based poll tracking; - XHTML compliant; - user logging; - message drafts can be posted; - tracking of topic participation; - very easy-to-use plugin installer; cons: - slightly more expensive than IPB; - integration with other applications requires additional paid modules; - does not support database engines other than MySQL; - no attachments in private messages;
If you don't wish to pay for a forum application, or you want to try a free one first, then our phpBB vs SMF comparison will certainly help you make the correct choice. Rating
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