vBulletin vs. phpBB - Which is better?

[Brown Bear]

vBulletin is $160

phpBB is free

Both look very similar to me, is there any good reason why I would want to buy vBulletin?

More features? Better security?

[ricks]

more features and better security, new version of vbulletin is not hackable, phpbb is (there is a patch to fix this but still)

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally posted by Brown Bear
vBulletin is $160

phpBB is free

Both look very similar to me, is there any good reason why I would want to buy vBulletin?

More features? Better security?

Someone to bitch at when things go wrong.

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally posted by ricks
more features and better security, new version of vbulletin is not hackable, phpbb is (there is a patch to fix this but still)

Nothing is unhackable, cept my wife's fruitcake.

[Jace]

like smokey said, one has support to bitch at people with

the other doesn't

[Brown Bear]

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBear
Someone to bitch at when things go wrong.

hehe....good point

They even have a phone number

[ricks]

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBear
Nothing is unhackable, cept my wife's fruitcake.

well i suppose you are technically correct, but there is no hack for it currently

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally posted by ricks
well i suppose you are technically correct, but there is no hack for it currently

You mean no documented hack for it.

[boner 2.0]

vbulletin.

[boner 2.0]

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBear
Someone to bitch at when things go wrong.

Funny but so true.

[SmokeyTheBear]

This board is five minutes away from being hacked by anyone with a fair understanding of the internet.