| Price from | €4/mo | $14.99/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Discussion Forum Software | 7.9 (#5) | 6.9 (#10) |
| Product | Talkyard is a coworker discussion forum for sharing knowledge, upvoting ideas, and building products. | vBulletin is forum and community publishing software. |
| Security | The pricing page says all plans include daily off-site backups and secure HTTPS connections. | The manual says post requests are restricted to the site's domain unless other referrers are added to a whitelist. |
| Support | The Business plan includes dedicated email support, while the Enterprise plan includes professional services. | The vBulletin 6 license announcement includes one month of ticket support and says the average ticket is answered within 24 hours. |
