vBulletin powered the golden age of forums, and many great communities still run on it proudly. Two decades of posts deserve careful hands. ForumSpark brings that history onto modern software your members will feel at home in, without losing a single topic.
| vBulletin | ForumSpark | |
|---|---|---|
| Yearly cost | $249 license or cloud subscription, plus hosting | ✓Flat from €5/mo, unlimited members on every plan |
| Modern member experience | Showing its age on modern devices | ✓A fast, modern experience members expect today |
| Updates & security patches | Manual and increasingly delicate | ✓Automatic, zero downtime, never your job |
| Themes | Template edits by hand | ✓Theme Studio: no code, AI Smart Start included |
| AI answers & summaries | Not available | ✓Built in, sourced from your own board with citations |
| Mobile experience | Separate paid mobile suite historically | ✓Installable PWA with push notifications included |
Also switching from: XenForo · Invision Community · phpBB · Discourse
Yes. Every member arrives with their username, email, join date and post history. Depending on the platform, passwords either migrate directly or members set a new one with a single reset on first login.
Old topic URLs redirect to their new homes, so every link that ever pointed at your community keeps working and your search rankings carry over instead of resetting.
Most communities switch over a single weekend. We import everything to a private staging board first, you review it and pick a theme, and your current forum keeps running untouched until you flip your domain.
Nothing. We run the import for free on any plan. You only ever pay your flat monthly plan, starting at €5/mo with a 30-day free trial. Email [email protected] and we take it from there.
Start a free 30-day trial, then email [email protected] and we will plan your move together.
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