[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by hollywood10s

To be fair it does not say anything on the main vbulletin site that version 5 should not be used on a live site. They make it look like its a finished product. You have to actually look deeper to find out its very unfinished. The main website is a little misleading to be honest!

On the Purchase page (http://www.vbulletin.com/purchases/), before you even buy anything, next to a big giant exclamation point at the top of the page:

We are in the process of advancing to the latest version of our software, vBulletin 5 Connect. This new software is currently in beta. Your vBulletin Connect license gives you the option of deploying this beta or the previous version, vBulletin 4.2. Regardless, your license will let you upgrade to all future releases in the vBulletin 5.x series at no additional cost.

They don't get much more disclaimer-y than that. In this day and age, everyone looking to buy expensive software, purchase hosting and become a website administrator should have a concept as to what "Beta software" is. No one is more responsible for the amount of research you do before getting into something like this than you.