forums Best forum software?

[whitebread]

What is the best web forum software available? I'm not terribly concerned with programming language (I can run both PHP and ASP .NET). I'd like to keep the price under $200.

[Miuku.]

Isn't Invision Power Board <200?$ 150-170'ish?

[Max Norris]

Have had decent results with vBulletin in the past, ~$200 for the midrange version. Partial to phpBB myself though, not because its free but it's just pretty easy to work with in general and overall pretty solid. Not as many features as the paid options though.. depends on your needs really.

[Carbon Fiber]

I recommend IP.Board :-)

[Lucas]

Go for XenForo, you won't regret it, developed by the ex-developers of vBulletin 2/3 etc. http://xenforo.com. Great piece of software much more advanced (altough since it's quiet new you might miss a feature or two) than IPB, vB, Burning Board, phpBB, MyBB, SMF, etc.

[hjf288]

I use smf for its solid performance and mods.. we dont need the shiny features or extras that vbul or ipb provide

[link6155]

SMF could be a good choice, but I had bad experience with it. My forums would always be hacked with SMF somehow :| Xenforo is great, it's easy to use, simple, and get's the job done.

[whitebread]

I think I`ll check out XenForo. Thanks for the suggestions, guys :)

[-Alex-]

IPB

[Noir Angel]

I'd go with IPB personally. Been working with it since 2004 and it's power and feature set are simply unmatched.

[remixedcat]

IPB or XenForo for paid and for free I recommend vanilla (advanced users) (extremely easy to add SSOs and plugins)

[Major General]

I would go with IPB or VB just because they are the leading forum softwares out there

the thing about VB is that the cheapest package is $195 and that's with just the forum. For IPB its $175 for just the forum and $25 for the adds from the suite and $75 for Nexus. Like others have stated it is all based on your needs. XF is nice but it's fairly new and doesn't have everything IPB and VB has.

VB does have more mods and skins compared to everyone else though