What is the best forum software?

Is it a free forum? Is it commercial? Is it the same forum software your favorite websites are using? Is it the same forum software your affiliates use? The same forum software your competition uses?

NO, we don't think so. We think the best forum software is the software that best suits your needs. On a case by case or project by project basis there should be a few suitable forum applications that would work. When choosing a forum software, your first steps should be to determine what your requirements are.... what you need out of your forum... and choose a budget to go with it weighing how important it is to choose the best forum software for your needs from scratch or if there is room to upgrade later when requirements or budgets might change.

ForumMatrix is a handy tool for narrowing down your choice!

Created by the people of CosmoCode. It is part of a small but popular suite of comparison websites:

• WikiMatrix
• PodcatcherMatrix
• ForumMatrix

Forummatrix.org is the right place to compare the features of all those forum tools (aka. bulletin board systems) you've ever heard of and to help you decide which forum is the best for your needs. It is quite common that a consumer/business needs to choose an adequate forum software depending on requirements. You'll notice millions of websites out there have have a forum as part of their website for community purposes, collaboration, discussion etc and many of these sites use different forum software, not necessarily because one is better then the other but because it fits their requirements best. The decision as to what forum software to use is specific to the needs and budgets of each and every project -- different requirements, different solutions!

If you need to choose which forum software is best for your next project, forummatrix.org would be a good start.