Flarum vs Forumotion
Flarum
flarum.orgForumotion
forumotion.comSide by side
| Figure | Flarum | Forumotion |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 3 |
| Spec score · Forum Software | 7.9 (#6) | 7.8 (#9) |
| Community tools | The homepage lists groups and permissions, moderation and flagging, themes and custom CSS, and in-browser notifications among its features. | Features include a chatbox, gallery, portal, calendar, role-playing game tools, mentions and tags, and backups. |
| Customization | Flarum's extension-based design lets administrators disable unneeded features and add extensions. | Forum owners can customize templates and CSS through the administrative panel and can add JavaScript code. |
| Integrations | Flarum's documentation describes a REST API for consuming forum data. | Forumotion supports Facebook Connect registration and Discord webhooks for alerts about new topics and posts. |
| Intended users | Flarum describes itself as suitable for communities ranging from small hobby groups to large enterprise forums. | Forumotion presents its hosted service as suitable for people who want to create a community forum without technical knowledge or installation. |
| Product | Flarum is free, open-source forum software for running a discussion community on a website. | Forumotion is a hosted service for creating and customizing online discussion forums and communities. |
| Security | The installation guide says Flarum's default public directory keeps sensitive source code files inaccessible from the web root. | Forum administrators can order an SSL certificate to secure a forum URL with HTTPS. |
| Support | Flarum directs users with questions to its community forum, where users can get help with their instances. | Forumotion says its support team is available to help administrators and members, and also provides a support forum. |
Plans
Forumotion
- Free packageFree
- Advanced packagePrice not published
- Premium packagePrice not published
In their own words
Flarum
Flarum is free, open-source forum software for running discussions on websites and online communities. It provides group permissions, category access controls, moderation and flagging. Administrators can adjust settings, themes, CSS and extensions, and disable unneeded features. Members can write with lightweight Markdown or WYSIWYG editors. Notifications include in-browser alerts and email digests, while extensions can provide real-time notifications. A REST API lets external scripts interact with the forum and follows JSON:API practices. The extension manager discovers and installs add-ons, most of which are open source and free. Self-hosting requires Apache or Nginx, PHP 8.3 or later, a supported database and SSH access for some maintenance. Flarum is MIT-licensed and directs support questions to its community forum. Its documentation describes version 2.0 as a release candidate, not a final stable release. The project serves communities from small hobby groups to large enterprise forums.
Forumotion
Forumotion has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.