vBulletin

5.9easy start · #44of 54
in Online Community Platforms

Free to practise onno
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workno

Runs on self-hosted, Web. Paid plans from $14.99/mo.

vBulletin is ranked #44 of 54 in online community platforms on The Geeks Club. It runs on Self-hosted, Web. There is no free plan. Paid plans start at $14.99/mo.

vBulletin plans and pricing

All plans

vBulletin Cloud $14.99/mo Starts at $14.99/month Hosted service with hosting and maintenance prnewswire.com · 9 Oct 2026

vBulletin 6 license $179 once Includes one year of updates and one month of ticket support Self-hosted installation prnewswire.com · 9 Oct 2026

Compared on online community platforms

Free plan: No
Moderation tools: advanced
Private groups: Yes
Direct messaging: Yes
Custom domain: Yes
Mobile apps: web app

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The record

Product: vBulletin is forum and community publishing software.
Site building: Site Builder uses drag-and-drop tools to create custom pages and includes a style generator.
Search: The manual describes a search architecture designed to make all content searchable.
Community tools: The manual describes forums, blogs, social groups, private messages, visitor messages, and user albums as channels.
Moderation: Inline moderation lets administrators and moderators manage threads and posts from forum pages.
Customization: Administrators can change styles through the Style Generator and edit templates through the Style Manager.
Integration: The vBulletin 6 announcement identifies Shopify integration as a new feature.
Security: The manual says post requests are restricted to the site's domain unless other referrers are added to a whitelist.
Support: The vBulletin 6 license announcement includes one month of ticket support and says the average ticket is answered within 24 hours.
Hosting requirements: For self-hosting, the manual recommends PHP 7.3 or greater and MySQL 8 or greater.
Operating systems: The manual says the software runs on any operating system using a modern web server.
Price from: $14.99/mo

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

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Sources

prnewswire.com/news-releases/all-new-vbulletin-6-packs· checked 9 Oct 2026
dev.vbulletin.com/docs/onepage/· checked 9 Oct 2026
docs.vbulletin.com/docs/onepage/· checked 9 Oct 2026
ww.vbulletin.com/docs/onepage/· checked 9 Oct 2026