phpBB vs vBulletin
 

I'm looking at using vBulletin as an internal community system but am being asked to compare it to phpBB. Does anyone have a side-by-side comparison of the two?

I would say vBulletin. Thousands of mods and themes which can be installed within 2 minutes, fast support - vBulletin of course.

Lol, phpBB doesn't even compare too vBulletin :)

Thanks

You're welcome.

You're on a vBulletin site, so you'll most likely get biased opinions. But that's how it is :p.

There are a few threads on our main website vBulletin.com comparing these 2, but for an unbiased opinion i suggest you visit some independent websites that discuss board software.

if anything if your looking at free i would compare Mybb to Vbulletin and with its soon release of its new version its looking to be the best and better than Vb =]

Here are some threads that may be helpful:

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=649761
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...t=53516&page=5
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=276207
There are a load of threads about importing phpbb3 forum into vbulletin, so that may say something as well.

Vbulletin is better, but sometimes it depends on what mods are available. For example, the only time we've used phpBB is for a cartoon web site or an A.I. site because more mods were available.

However, even for the A.I. side, we are switching to vbulletin once a new mod is finished.

To be honest, it is always good to understand both. I've taken a lot of phpBB ideas and have always made requests to convert those ideas over to vbulletin. vBulletin is always the first choice.

Really, this question shouldn't even be asked. I've tried both - vBulletin FTW.

You get what you pay for.