vBulletin's are simply more powerful - I was pretty shocked when I saw how little is actually present in the admin panel of phpbb.

There's nothing inherently wrong with phpbb - but you simply get a higher quality product with vBulletin. More secure, too.

phpBB is suppose to be caught up with vb and invision by the time 2.2 comes out. but im not sure we will just have to wait and see

phpbbhacks.com for all of your phpbb mods. I love the AWI message. It works great!

Usually, vbulletin makes for more of a 'community' forum experience. I've found phpbb to be a nice 'backend' forum.

I completely diagree with you, there are hundreds if not thousands of serious communities powered by phpBB

phpBB is also open source so you can fine tune, add or remove things to suit your particular needs
Temi

...and then there is me using Web Wiz Forums
http://www.webwizforums.com/

I feel that a lot of the hype between phpBB - VB - Invision comes down to a few important factors.

What sort of coding knowledge you have, and some hardcore server knowledge.

If applied correctly they are all as secure as each other.

For someone that has minimal coding or hacking knowledge VB & Invision are great platforms, however, phpBB is much more responsive if you really want to get in there and do some major structural changes to the database (VB & Invision dont allow that)

I have just converted (with help from my buddy) a VB3.03 to phpBB2.0.X which was not meant to be possible, I feel with a customised admin panel on phpBB is walks all over VB...

just my personal opinion anyway.

Oh really I am Proteus? What sort of features / hacks did you add to phpBB? I used to do some phpBB moding before I switched to vBulletin - and I feel that w/ vB, I don't really need many hacks for all of the power But that's just me :-D

phpBB All the Way.

In the First Post, They said Smaller Sites at phpBB and Bigger are VB, Thats a Lie. Look at http://www.gaiaonline.com/ that is a Huge phpBB Site. Both can hold many Members and such!

And for the second poster. I think phpBB Has more Add-On Features, Its easier to edit, I think (I've tried both). But if you are a new User go with phpBB (Its Free).

Thanks,
Kevin

I used IPB before, like every other forum, most use IPB or phpBB, I wanted to stand out from the crowd, I went VB, its faster, its different from the rest, if you have to pay, it shows you are serious and committed to make the site grow/work, its better software, well at least I think. Yes its expensive for a small site like me, but its worth it in the end, and I have already got new memebers that I didnt have when using IPB, and I think its down to being different from the majority of other motorsport forums.

I do support PHPBB and fully satisfied with its existing features. Well since my forums are smaller(may be thats the reason), never noticed any problems. And installation is like a breeze...
I love phpbb