Bevy vs NodeBB
Bevy
bevy.com
NodeBB
nodebb.orgSide by side
| Figure | Bevy | NodeBB |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $20/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 6 |
| Spec score · Community Platforms | 7.8 (#79) | 9.3 (#3) |
| Audience | Bevy says it was built to help companies build, grow, and scale global communities, and supports organizations from startups and nonprofits to large enterprises. | NodeBB describes forums as useful for brand communities and product support boards. |
| Company | Bevy says it was founded in 2017; its site identifies the company as Bevy Labs, Inc. and lists Palo Alto, California as its address. | NodeBB says it was founded in 2014 by three developers and identifies the company as NodeBB, Inc. |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2017 | 2014 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Moderation tools | Yes | Yes |
| Private spaces | Yes | Yes |
| Product | Bevy describes itself as a community engagement platform for forums, events, groups, gamification, analytics, and AI. | NodeBB is a community discussion platform for forums and online communities. |
| Security | Bevy says data in transit uses TLS encryption and database data is encrypted at rest; it also says passwords are encrypted and salted. | NodeBB operates a bug bounty program, but eligible testing is limited to try.nodebb.org and third-party plugins are excluded. |
| Support | The forums page advertises a dedicated community success team and 24/7 support for enterprise customers. | Paid hosting plans list priority support, and NodeBB also points users to its community support forum. |
Plans
NodeBB
- Starter$20 a month
- Hamlet$100 a month
- Village$250 a month
- City$750 a month
- Self-hostedFree
- Enterprise SolutionsPriced on request
In their own words
NodeBB
NodeBB is a community discussion platform for forums and online communities, including brand communities and product support boards. Members can write topics and replies using a visual editor or Markdown, chat in real time, and receive notifications for follows, likes and topic subscriptions. They can form groups with activity feeds, tag topics and follow tags for updates. Administrators can create unlimited moderator and administrator accounts and set their permissions. More than 500 plugins and themes can be installed through the control panel, and public Read and RESTful Write APIs support integrations. Spam-prevention integrations include Akismet, StopForumSpam and Project Honeypot. Self-hosted NodeBB is free to download and install under GPLv3; hosted plans start at $20 a month and include priority support. Basic full-text search uses the bundled database engine; Solr and Elasticsearch search require third-party plugins. Installation guides cover Linux, macOS, Windows and cloud deployment options including Docker.