What do you think about Vbulletin vs Xenforo?

[katie hunter]

Originally Posted by Necrovaris

So your ok with buying the addon for vBulletin but not for XenForo. Little hypocritical no?

Which is why having it as an addon like XenForo makes sense. Why charge people who don't need it by having to bump up the cost of the base software to cover the development and support (which again, XF + Seach addon is still cheaper than vBulletin) for all those boards which WONT be using it?

Put another way, if XenForo included the search addon in the core software, but that meant the price went up from $140 to $150, would you be happy that all the little boards have to pay extra for something they wont use?

Lol i ignored all your recent replies to me and yet you keep trying to reply back to me :d Don't be intimidated.

There is no comparison between VB 4.x and XF, the product is still in development and needs 2 years to catch up to VB, why is it so hard to accept the truth : ) it hurts i really know but that is the reality. Both XF and Vb 5.x needs another 1 to 2 years to shape up better.

In the meantime VB 4.x with all its features and functions is the best out there and beats both of them.

Originally Posted by Necrovaris

vBulletin 5 - $249.00

XenForo - $140
XenForo Search Addon - $50
Total - $190

Yea id go with XenForo, its $60 cheaper

Did you forgot about Xenforo renewal policy?

XenForo 1-Year Extension - $40, additional cost with add-ons
XenForo Enhanced Search - $50 (extension $10)
XenForo Resource Manager - $60 (extension $15)

So you're looking at giving XF $50 each year vs Vbulletin which is a one time $199 renewal for the next big version i.e., 6.x do the math.