Aside from having to pay for Vbulletin, what is it’s advantage over mybb? they seem to have the same plugins/hacks/options.
i’m looking to convert my forum and want to select the most fitting forum software, but not seeing the draw to vbulletin
mybb is good and all, but vbull is leaps and bounds better
I prefer vbulletin and feel it’s no contest. But mybb is a solid free option. What are you using now? What are you looking for?
The main plus about vB is it’s what most the big forums use.. so the members already know how to use it. People are stupid (mostly), and struggle with anything that’s outside what they already know.
Then again, with the latest version of vB i’m starting to re-think staying with them. It’s fucking horrid.
No responses so far saying what the differences are.
I’m also wondering. I’m mainly interested in knowing if myBB can scale as well as vBulletin, and if it can’t, then what shortcomings prevent it?
You should consider SMF too:
In terms of features this site is useful:
not seeing the reason to spend $200
Especially since you can theme it to look like whatever the fuck you want anyway lol
vBulletin does have a good template system though
Looks so far like the primary difference is that "VBULLETIN COSTS MONEY SO IT’S BETTER LOLOL!!"
Forums are a nice target for hack attacks if you pay for it they usually patch vulnerabilities pretty quick.
Most of what i’ve read says that MyBB is "nearly" as good as vBulletin, with the only major downside being that they’re really slow at patching security issues..
Being a paid product, vBulletin /has/ to be on the ball with patches and security issues, where MyBB only really has to do a "best efforts" basis. In saying that, MyBB is a pretty refreshing piece of kit.. I like some of the new features and the fact that it’s free is a big bonus of course.
I’d imagine that with vBulletin, you’re primarily paying for technical support.
The claims about them lagging on security issues sounds bogus to me. Rather, it sounds like you guys are just voicing assumptions, not actual research.
According to the CVE database, myBB hasn’t had any open security vulnerabilities since 2009.
MyBB:
vBulletin: