Vanilla Forums
8,655 websites

Vanilla Forums is free to use

https://vanillaforums.org/

Vanilla is an open-source, standards-compliant, multi-lingual, fully extensible discussion forum for the web.

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vBulletin 5.x
1,230 websites

vBulletin 5.x costs money

http://www.vbulletin.com

vBulletin is a professional, affordable community forum solution. Thousands of clients, including many industry leading blue chip companies, have chosen vBulletin - It's the ideal choice for any size of community.

Market Share by Top Websites

1 Vanilla Forums is leading in Top 10K Sites, Top 100K Sites, Top 1M Sites and The Entire Web.

2 In terms of market share, vBulletin 5.x is clearly lagging behind, losing to Vanilla Forums in all segments.

Websites Categories

1 Vanilla Forums has better usage coverage in more websites categories. Including Computers Electronics & Technology, Food & Drink, Lifestyle, Gambling and 19 other categories.

2 vBulletin 5.x is leading in Vehicles.

Geography

1 Vanilla Forums is leading in most countries, including United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada and 108 other countries.

2 vBulletin 5.x is leading in Bangladesh, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Algeria and 7 other countries.