XenForo is a commercial Internet forum software package written in the PHP programming language using the Zend Framework. The software is developed by former vBulletin lead developers Kier Darby and Mike Sullivan.
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- More traditional looking forum software
- Excellent support
- Extendable via large selection of addons
- No SaaS available
- Limited reporting
- UI is cumbersome and inflexible
- There is a steep learning curve if you want to heavily customise
Pricing
- Annual license $140 self-hosted
- Xenforo Branding Removal: $250
- Media Gallery: $60
- Resource Management Module: $60
- Enhanced Search: $40
- 12 month extended support: $40
- Optional Installation Support: $50
Details
- Two-factor authentication
- Canned Reports
- Supports Google Analytics
- Download CSV detail data
- API for integration/selective exports
- Gamification
- 3rd party add ons available
- Social sign-up (Google)
- Social sign-up (Twitter)
- Social sign-up (Facebook)
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Customer Reviews of Xenforo
Reviews Summary
4.3 out of 5
- Basic functionality is solid
- Extensive addon / extension library
- Incredibly active support community
- Low cost
- - Option to "discourage" annoying users with slow loading times.
- Somewhat challenging to find good programmers / developers of customization and addon development.
- - Not yet advanced enough on the "open source scene" to have a lot of really good add-ons available... but looks promising!
- - Have had some issues with users not staying signed in when they click "stay signed in." But maybe I just need to look into it more!
- Very weak reporting capabilities out of the box
- No Phone Support
Latest Reviews
Best Solution For Interest-Graph Online Forum Communities
Over the past 15 years of running over 10 different forum communities on 6 different discussion forum software platforms, I've found Xenforo to be the best solution. Read Full Review
March 15, 2017 | Anonymous
Flexible, Open Source, Gets clunky fast
Xenforo has a lot of great built in features and it's definitely affordable. It comes in a basic format and you have to download add-ons to bring in the functionality that you want. I work with an a... Read Full Review
March 14, 2017 | Missy Green Assink
Best of the non-enterprise forums
Xenforo is some of the best pure forum software at the non-enterprise level available. Lots of third-party support and inexpensive custom development can be obtained for virtually anything you can th... Read Full Review
March 13, 2017 | David Silvernail