Do not go with v3chat right now.
I found a serious exploit which can allow anyone to compromise your site.
Also searched Google for users and see alot of Index of/ links so someone
else apparently has found the same exploit who isnt as friendly as I.

For v3chat owners, I would advise disabling it until the exploit is resolved.
Please dont PM me for the exploit. I have already notified v3chat.

We've used the Addonchat free version for a couple years and it's worked good. Not much control in the free version though. Their customer support was quick to answer when we had an issue. We are about to integrate a paid chat into our new vb forum.

As for the question about a chat the allows sharing of images. 123Flashchat has that option module for $99 more.

How is the customer service with 123Flashchat? So 123Flashchat is run on our server? We have a dedicated server with 28,000 members and maybe 15 to 20 in chat at one time now. The load issue is important to us.

i had flashchat but kept on getting hacked !! and yes it got laggy after 15 chatters..

vbchat looks good but not supported in 3.8.1 yet so i'm still looking for something what is very low or resources for around 50 chatters at a time but don't want to get kicked off shared hosting is it possible? im using pjirc atm its very good but am getting lots of people moaning about the java to run many not getting in

I just paid around £70 for blab! chat software and think it is amazing. Integrated perfectly and they have guides to help you along the way, and to integrate it with your forum properly.

Thanks to their guides, i now have a chatroom that opens inside my forums design, shows how many people is online inside it, has passworded rooms and non passworded rooms, a VERY clean and easy to use Admin CP, and members can upload photos/videos etc whilst chatting. Very happy customer!

http://hot-things.net/?q=blab
Not cheap at $100, but I'd like to hear more. Their website just goes in circles but never actually tells us how to integrate blab! with vb. Where are the instructions?

<a href="http://hot-things.net/index.php?q=3rds" target="_blank">http://hot-things.net/index.php?q=3rds</a>

In that blue box it says

Mine doesn't. And I don't even see a "blue box" on that page. I've even tried disabling AdBlock. There's a link to a screenshot, a blue screenshot, and a link to vbulletin.com.

hrm...weird...thats what it says. I've seen this running on a board and it was really cool...can't for the life of me remember the board though! haha

Okay, clearly you've misunderstood my question. I was wondering HOW it installs into vbulletin. The installation instructions. The quote you just gave is a teaser, but says nothing about how to install.

ahhh hahah

this is a little more complete ;)