PlushForums Alternatives

PlushForums is described as 'Plush is the most polished, user-friendly forum experience ever, featuring real-time discussions, beautiful design, an integrated blog, member directory, private messaging, paid subscriptions and a world-class mobile experience' and is a Forum Software in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to PlushForums, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best PlushForums alternative is Discourse. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Discourse or Minds. Other great sites and apps similar to PlushForums are Flarum, phpBB, Simple Machines Forum and MyBB.

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  1. FluxBB icon
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    FluxBB is a fast, light, user-friendly forum application for your website. FluxBB was designed as a lighter, faster alternative to some of the traditional feature heavy forum applications. It is easy to use and has a proven track record of stability and security making it an...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  2. vBulletin icon
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    vBulletin (abbreviated as vB) is a commercial Internet forum software written in PHP using a MySQL database server.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • PHP
     
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    Invision Community is a flexible, feature-packed and easy to customize platform that powers some of the biggest and best communities on the web.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. WoltLab Suite icon
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    WoltLab Suite (formerly Burning Board) is an enterprise grade CMS built for communities and forums.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  5. phpFox icon
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    An all-in-one social network platform tailored for niche communities, offering user-friendly customization, advanced features, scalability, and seamless integration for enhanced community engagement, branding, and functionality.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • iPhone
    • Android
     
  6. Storyden icon
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    With a fresh new take on traditional bulletin board forum software, Storyden is a modern, secure and extensible platform for building communities.

    21 Storyden alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  7. Booklet icon
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    Booklet is a asynchronous discussion forum as an alternative to chat. It sends calm, automated summaries to everybody so that they stay informed and engaged - without having to stay logged in.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Booklet is the most popular SaaS alternative to PlushForums.

    • Booklet is Freemium and ProprietaryPlushForums is Paid and Proprietary
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    With Instaforum, you can build a forum website that's as simple and usable as a modern messaging app. It can be public or private, and users don't have to install anything. It's easy to set up, runs on your domain with your branding, and you control your data.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. Foru.ms icon
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    Cloud Hosted Forum Communities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Spirit is a modern Python based forum built on top of Django framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. EasySocial icon
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    Social Network For Joomla to grow your communities with the least time.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Joomla
     
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