Why is VBB so expensive??

[AnDy_LiN]

I was just wondering.

[FWC]

The answer is simple. It's not.

[Mark Hensler]

"Expensive" is a term that is relative to your budget.

[JamesUS]

vB is far from expensive when you consider the number of people working on (developing and supporting) vBulletin.

[johnr]

Compare to other packages (UBB, UBBThreads etc) and you'll see that its the cheapest (and best) forum out there

apart from the free ones

[AnDy_LiN]

Yah...I guess it is relative to my budget... :P How much does those other boards cost? I mean I know VBB IS the best

[JamesUS]

Well:

UBB is $199, and members area access renewals are $99/year (compared to $30/year for vB)

UBBThreads is $229, and members area access renewals are $125/yr

OpenTopic costs an absolute fortune (depending on the size of your board). Fees range from $299/month to $4999/month.

As you can see, vB is clearly the cheapest. It's the best as well

[AnDy_LiN]

Whoa.... :P Why do Bulletin Boards cost so much?

[Meta]

How much does those other boards cost?

The only other board i maybe would prefer to vBulletin is WebCrossing (www.webcrossing.com). It's a very mighty product ... with his own database and so on. Great magazines like in Germany "Der Spiegel" and "Die Zeit" has them. I think the "New York Times" also.

But ... if you want to setup the software on your server you have to be an engineer (me and friends of mine tried a few times to install the demo ... but no way) and ...

They begin with $ 995,-

Yeah. It's the ... beginning. For someone with 5.000 pageviews in a month. Thats ... absolutely nothing.

But ... of course ... it's all a question of money ... you also can buy an unlimited licence.

For only ... $ 64.995 ... halleluya and hosiana, this piece of software has to be written by the lord himself. I hope.

For someone like me ... only $ 2.995 ... because until now we don't get more then 20k pageviews.

But ... of course it's only for the software. If you want support also ... just $ 395,- ... for the smallest version. If you buy the largest version ($ 64.000,-) you have to add $ 12.995,- for support and updates.

And ... in fact i know only one thing WebCrossing handles in a smarter way then vBulletin does ... it's the tracking of new and unread messages.

And i know at least 10 reasons to buy vBulletin instead of it.

One of the reasons ... is the low price.