phpbb or vbulletin3???

[CubanLinx2]

please help me decide which one to use, which is better and more reliable?

[Jale]

Both systems are really good, the one with most features is vBulletin (this forum), just that phpBB is free (at least the one I tried is) and vBulletin is not.

[alcoatjez]

VBulletin is pretty expensive, so I would suggest you use phpBB or SMF.

[RockY]

vBulletin is a powerful and constantly updated. If you can afford it then get it.

[CubanLinx2]

thanks guys, but what about using free online forums like InvisionFree (Free message board hosting), ipbfree.com or proboards (which totally sucks). i think its the same just that with free, they do everything for you.

[Jale]

The only problem is that free boards won't let you do backups and they lack of features.

[CubanLinx2]

oh tell me about it damn im using proboards right now and it sucks really bad so i decided to switch to phpbb or some other professional board but cant anymore because im having problems with hosting the forum on a free web hosting server with mySQL and database, plus moding one of those boards takes forever.

[Zach]

Phpbb is free and you can do backups just fine last I checked

[Jale]

By the way, there's a bug with the latest version of phpBB. I think they fixed it.

[CubanLinx2]

screw phpbb or vbulletin, you can do so much with ipbfree.com boards aka invisionboard. its not even funny.