SMF
6,495 websites

SMF is free to use

http://www.simplemachines.org/

Simple Machines Forum is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.

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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.

Market Share by Top Websites

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

2 SMF is leading in Top 1M Sites.

Websites Categories

1 SMF has better usage coverage in more websites categories. Including Computers Electronics & Technology, Games, Vehicles, Arts & Entertainment and 10 other categories.

2 Vanilla Forums is leading in Food & Drink, Lifestyle, Gambling, Finance and 6 other categories.

Geography

1 Vanilla Forums is leading in most countries, including United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada and 68 other countries.

2 SMF is leading in Russia, Thailand, Poland, France and 51 other countries.