Create your own forum: 3 good providers compared
If you want to create your own forum, you should first compare the different providers. In this practical tip, we present three websites that you can use to create your own forum easily and free of charge.
1. Forum professional - own free forum
- Forumprofi is one of the best providers for a free forum. When creating, you can choose whether your forum should be based on phpBB 2, phpBB 3, WBBLite, MyBB, PunBB or SMF.
- A total of 300 different designs are available for the design of your forum. In addition, numerous individualizations can be made, such as the insertion of your own smileys.
- An automatic backup is created daily from your forum. The number of possible contributions and members is unlimited.
- Forumprofi offers its service free of charge and is financed by advertisements that are displayed in the user forums. For a small fee, the advertising can be removed if desired.
2. Forumieren.com - own forum with subdomain
- With phpBB2, phpBB3, punBB and Invision, Forumieren.com offers a little less choice in terms of forum software, but the offer is completely sufficient for most users. Your forum will have its own subdomain when you register.
- In the administration area you have numerous functions for designing colors, smileys, logos, fonts and more. However, Forumieren.com cannot match the 300 different designs of Forumprofi.
- Your forum can be set up for free at Forumieren.com and is also financed by advertising.
3. Xobor - alternative solution for your own forum
- Xobor is its own software solution for forums that can be used free of charge and for a fee.
- The main advantages of Xobor are the simple administration, the many different designs and the own forum address. All forums created with Xobor are also optimized for search engines so that as many users as possible can find your portal.
- Xobor offers various tariffs with premium functions at prices between 4.95 and 29.95 euros per month. The basic tariff is free and ad-financed, but does not include any features such as your own domain or chat.
Conclusion: Forum professional is the first choice
If you want to create your own forum for free, you should first look at the solution via Forumprofi. The provider has all the important functions ready and is completely free of charge with advertising financing. If you want to use a completely different software solution, you can try Xobor for free. The larger premium forums are worthwhile for larger forums.
If you want to find out more about the differences between the different forum software, you can find more information in the next practical tip.