Do you think Xenforo is the best forum software?

[Cryckit]

I think that XenForo is currently the best forum software out there right now. This is coming from a user perspective and from a forum staff member perspective as well. It just has the best features that you could possibly want in front of and behind the scenes.

 

[Ark]

It is the best I feel but backend , Especially styling could be make little easier. Sometimes its hell to find what is what for me ,haha

 

[Sean Quinn]

For being a member of and using as a member, i would say the best in my opinion is XenForo

 

[Clarendon]

When I first experimented with the software, I wasn't overly impressed but having seen the software developed, having some great themes to choose from and the range of plugins available for it, I really am now a XF fan and any forum I create in the future will use this software as it's far superior to the alternatives out there.

 

[GPH]

Yes, XenForo all the way!!

 

[Allan]

Still up in the air on this, they have some great features but you are paying to get them. I think they are the best paid software but looking at what others offer for free I'm not sure if they are the best.

 

[ChrisG2010]

Coming from a long time IPB fanboy, I believe Xenforo has a few areas they need to continue to work on. My biggest complaint is the management of permissions for forums by the different usergroups. They could have made this way simpler such as IPB did with just the checkboxes if you wanted that group to post, view, etc in certain forums/categories.

Xenforo addons/plugins cost an arm and a leg..
The forum software already costs a heck of a lot just to own it. Why force us to pay $50 for the "good" plugins when some of them should be core features?

I do give them a good rating on the available themes... If you're looking for a good theme, XF community has that.

 

[s3_gunzel]

Xenforo addons/plugins cost an arm and a leg..

Capitalisation at its finest.

 

[Cam]

Xenforo addons/plugins cost an arm and a leg..

This is especially evident with the addons that have already been released for XenForo 2.0. I've been looking through the different addons on XF's forum to see what is already being developed, and almost all of the addons I saw were paid addons. I am hopeful that this will change once a stable release of XenForo 2.0 comes out, but I doubt it.

 

[zoldos1]

I've seen many reviews on the internet saying that Xenforo is the best software

do you think the same?
and why? what makes it the best forum software?

Yes, absolutely. It's fast, easy to configure, stable, secure, has excellent support, and over 4000 add-ons. I'm going to be buying a second license for my new forum and upgrade from a very disappointing phpBB.

 

[jyy]

Some of the disappointment with a lot of forum software could be due to the inexperience of the owner, not the software. In that case, they might be quick to say XenForo or some other premium software is the best, unjustifiably, and finally, XenForo can mess up. For instance, sometimes captchas and clever questions fail on it, bringing in as many spambots as say, phpBB.

However, though, I do own mostly XenForo forums and am satisfied, but I think it's more because I like the themes - a very subjective thing.

 

[zoldos1]

You should see my captcha question. lol I love XF because of it's base, built in features. I've been using phpBB on a new forum for the past 2 months, and it just doesn't compare in any way to my existing other XF forum.