IP Board vs Xenforo

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I want to start a small forum with paid forum software, I did some searching and knew IP board and Xenforo are more popular and besing used by many forum owners today but I am not sure which one is better? can any one guide me which I should choose?
 

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hello,

all the very best for your new idea. You want to start a SMALL forum. It's hard to run a forum so best idea is start it with free scripts then go with paid forums. You can use PhpBB or MyBB. They are good designed and greate features. just start with this then go with paid software.
 

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XenForo for sure. Both from a user POV and from a developer POV. If you want open source/free, try SMF or MyBB
 

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+100 for xenforo
 

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Xenforo requires many manual configurations and it is pretty expensive to use thirty addons as my experience. Xenforo is not for newbie if you are expecting to have a professional forum.
 

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hello,

all the very best for your new idea. You want to start a SMALL forum. It's hard to run a forum so best idea is start it with free scripts then go with paid forums. You can use PhpBB or MyBB. They are good designed and greate features. just start with this then go with paid software.
I searched about free forum scrips and compared with paid ones then they have many limitations, if i use free forum scripts then when my forum grow, I need to move to paid scripts but that will have many problems to solve.

Simple answer Xenforo hands down.
XenForo for sure. Both from a user POV and from a developer POV. If you want open source/free, try SMF or MyBB
+100 for xenforo
@R Langley @NickR @eva2000 why you consider it better than IPB? Did you use it?
 

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A lot of the time the forum software that you use can be influenced by what one you are most comfortable with and more knowledgeable of.

After using most of the big paid forum software I prefer XenForo myself. I like the ease of use and the spam features in particular. I also like the availability of some really cool styles (Themes) and there are some really cool addon's as well.

vBulletin would be my second choice although they really need to step up their game soon.
 

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if its small I say use PHPBB I always loved that forum when I first started then I found IPB. so those two there :) but then again just go with whats best for you. Something that you know how to use already.
 

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Xenforo is more smoothly throughout to run, there is no comparison between XenForo and other software.
 

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If you have the option IPB VS Xenforo, I would say Xenforo, as I am using xenforo on one of my forums and it easy to use. Also if you look at the number of addons then xenforo has the most plugins and addons.
 

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If you need features and don't want to add anything to you site by changing code IPB might be a good idea.
If your project does not have huge need for features, go with Xenforo. Xenforo is a much better user experience and I believe the features will come in due time.
 

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If you still looking for a good forum you should use a MyBB because is open source and has many great features.
But if you choose from Xenforo and IpBoard they are simular in some things, but Xenforo is better.
 

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What you consider Xenforo is better than IpBoard? I am just curious.
If comparing on performance aspect, Xenforo will have better performance because it is using modern technologies on their system and it obviously loads faster.

I choose Xenforo because it has more features and many plugins created for it.
Yeah Xenforo has a large community and web developers supporting it and that's why it has many good plugins and themes than IPB.
 

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IPB in it's default form looks very polished with themes and features. Lot of extensions and the services properly integrate with IPB. Also it;s relatively easy to run compared to XENForo. You can see that default theme of xenforo requires a lot of tweaking. Also it may not be easy to find a good theme for free price. In terms of cost you may find IPB expensive. But If I were to choose then I would go with IPB over xenforo.
 

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ipb and xenforo it's real battle.

ipb it's hold and hasvery big assistance and module, really expensive module, theme and all system. Xenforo has more module but more cheap
 

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Based on what I saw on the sales page, IPB says to get 200 online visitors at once (IPB is a cloud solution.), you have to pay 130 USD - which for XenForo can get you as many visitors as you want, assuming your hosting can handle it.


You can see that default theme of xenforo requires a lot of tweaking. Also it may not be easy to find a good theme for free price.
Brivium has a lot of free themes for XenForo. Myself, I think a few of them, though this is a subjective thing, are top-notch. Also, I think there are free ones with Pixel Edit but they require a large company logo which is something many don't want.
 

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+100 for xenforo
Seem you are a fan of Xenforo :D

Based on what I saw on the sales page, IPB says to get 200 online visitors at once (IPB is a cloud solution.), you have to pay 130 USD - which for XenForo can get you as many visitors as you want, assuming your hosting can handle it.
I think core of Xenforo is not better than IPB but it is considered better because it is supported by more developers and you can easily search and found good addons or themes from Xenforo coders on their forum.
 

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I've used both vBulletin and Xenforo and prefer Xenforo by far. It is so much easier to administer.
 

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Yes I tried to test and see how a Xenforo is managed and it is more easier to manage if compared with vBulletin.
What do you think about users' aspect? it is also easier and more convenient for users to use Xenforo over vBulletin?
 

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ipb and xenforo it's real battle.
ipb it's hold and hasvery big assistance and module, really expensive module, theme and all system. Xenforo has more module but more cheap
really expensive module, theme and all system. Xenforo has more module but more cheap
I don't think Xenforo is cheaper than IPB because if you hire a Xen coder, you can pay hundred of dollars for an addon only.
 
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