| Price from | $14.99/mo | $60/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 5 |
| Spec score · Discussion Forum Software | 6.9 (#10) | 7.1 (#9) |
| Spec score · Forum Software | 6.9 (#16) | 7.1 (#15) |
| Spec score · Online Community Platforms | 6.9 (#50) | 7.1 (#48) |
| Spec score · Community Building Platforms | 6.9 (#25) | 7.1 (#22) |
| Moderation | Inline moderation lets administrators and moderators manage threads and posts from forum pages. | Staff can edit content in place, moderate items in bulk, review an approval queue, and handle user reports. |
| Security | The manual says post requests are restricted to the site's domain unless other referrers are added to a whitelist. | Security features include two-factor authentication, automatic account lockouts, CAPTCHA integrations, one-way password hashing, and input filtering. |
| Support | The vBulletin 6 license announcement includes one month of ticket support and says the average ticket is answered within 24 hours. | The Cloud Starter and Standard plans list lifetime support, while Business lists lifetime priority support. |