vBulletin or IPB

[Captain Tycoon]

Is it easier to create/develop a modification on vBulletin than in IPB?

 

[Vlad]

as far as I know and from my experience, yes.. vbulletin is easier

 

[Joe]

I haven't developed for the newer versions of IPB. I have however for vB, and it is quite easy to do.

Joe

 

[iulianh]

IPB is harder and it costs more then Vbulletin . Vbulletin is the best forum software you will ever find .

 

[Captain Tycoon]

So I guess it would cost me more to pay someone to develop a modification for IPB than vBulletin...

 

[iulianh]

The license is cheaper for VBulletin, i don`t know how much will cost for an custom modification . You can get some prices on vbulletin.org , too see actualy how much will cost .

 

[Peter]

There would be a good chance that a modification that you want may already be developed. vBulletin has a sister site at http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/portal.php which is purely for people posting and developing mods etc. The forum is well established so houses many thousands of mods.

I have never really dealt with IPB much so am not familiar with their modding user base.

 

[Captain Tycoon]

How about vBulletin and PhpBB 3? Do you think it is harder to develop a custom mod on PhpBB 3 than in vB / Will it cost more in PhpBB 3 if the same mod were to be developed?

 

[Cradle]

vbulletin for sure, and id choose any forum just about over phpBB they really lack in the security area, phpBB3 might be better

 

[tru1]

Actually I believe the license costs are cheaper for IPB when you pay the whole package (forum + gallery + blog), renewal is only at like $30/year or something, pretty cheap ^^

Back to the discussion at hand, IPB modifications are probably harder since there's more mods for VB, but it could just be that VB is more popular thus more mods are made for VB. Not a coder so wouldn't know

 

[ablaye]

My choice would be for vBulletin. More people are used to this forum software. There are tons of mods and templates.

 

[yphanh2002]

VBulletin is my choice. I is more expensive but you have a tons of modification and templates for Vbulletin.

 

[whiteknight]

Vb is the best one out there thats for sure

 

[simon johnson]

I've been using IPB for many, many years. They are very quick to fix security issues. However I would say that vBulletin has a lot more bells and whistles to it. In answer to your question you will probably find more developers for vBulletin than IPB, so I'd go that way.

 

[deleted984054565403]

I've extensively used both, and I prefer vBulletin. It has more support, has a lot of features (but not too many to the point that it takes away from the board like IPB). I used to skin for IPB before they went paid. I think IPB was good free software, but I'm not paying practically the same price as vBulletin for software that should be free.

In terms of development, vBulletin has more support all around. That's why there are so many more modifications. As Joe mentioned, it's easier to develop for.

 

[Captain Tycoon]

Ok cool. I've made up my mind and I'm going for vBulletin. Thanks for the help everyone!

 

[tru1]

Good Luck Captain hope you enjoy VB

 

[snowbird]

I myself have always been a big fan of Vbulletin. But I cannot say to much about IPB since I have never used it all that much. But as far as mods go, I have seen far more mods for vbulletin than IPB. So I would have to assume that vBulletin is better when it comes to mods.

 

[-AW-]

IPB over vB. Maybe it's just the look, but I find it a slight bit harder to run vB. However, the arcade is better over on the IPB, and it's not as bloated. A lot of the vB features are stuff I don't need anyway, but don't get me wrong, getting EITHER ONE on your forums is a good thing, unless it's cracked.