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
7,250 websites

vBulletin 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 and The Entire Web.

2 vBulletin is leading in Top 100K Sites and Top 1M Sites.

Websites Categories

1 vBulletin has better usage coverage in more websites categories. Including Computers Electronics & Technology, Vehicles, Games, Arts & Entertainment and 12 other categories.

2 Vanilla Forums is leading in Food & Drink, Lifestyle, Gambling, Finance and 4 other categories.

Geography

1 Vanilla Forums is leading in most countries, including United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada and 59 other countries.

2 vBulletin is leading in Russia, Egypt, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and 58 other countries.