What do you think about Vbulletin vs Xenforo?

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Originally Posted by katie hunter

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.

Did you forget, XenForo renewals are optional

Even if they wern't, it would take 2 years of renewals to cost more than vBulletin, by which time I would be expecting major new functionality or new version to be available... which means comparatively speaking, when you then have to spend $199 for an upgrade, I already have it for... nothing extra as its in my renewal price... so I then get 3-4 years of being better off before the prices equalise again!

Not to mention, the carrot and stick method of XenForo is better for me as a customer. If the product looks like its poor quality or lacking updates, I dont renew, XenForo loses money. They're encouraged to work better and harder to get me to renew.

With vbulletin, they have all your money upfront. What incentive do they have now to give you a better product?