BurningBoard vs. EvilBoard vs. Invision Power Board vs. Jive Forums vs. Monkey Boards vs. MyBB vs. OvBB vs. YetAnotherForum.NET

General	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
Version	4.1.11	0.1a	3.2.3	5.0.5	0.4	1.6.3	0.16a	v1.9.3
Release Date	2016-03-13 (9 years ago)	2006-10-03 (19 years ago)	2011-10-18 (14 years ago)	2006-08-30 (19 years ago)	2007-02-19 (18 years ago)	2011-04-17 (14 years ago)	2007-04-06 (18 years ago)	2009-04-22 (16 years ago)
Last Update here	2016-05-30 (9 years ago)	2008-01-21 (17 years ago)	2012-02-07 (13 years ago)	2006-12-06 (19 years ago)	2007-02-20 (18 years ago)	2011-06-22 (14 years ago)	2008-01-21 (17 years ago)	2009-08-02 (16 years ago)
Author	Woltlab GmbH	Arne-Christian Blystad	Invision Power Services	Jive Software	James Greenwood	MyBB Group	Jonathon Freeman & Brian Otto	Tiny Gecko
URL	woltlab.com/wbb/	sourceforge.net/projects/evilboard	invisionpower.com/products/board/	jivesoftware.com/products/forums	monkeyboards.sf.net	mybb.com	sourceforge.net/projects/ovbb	yetanotherforum.net
Free and Open Source	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
License	commercial / visible source	LGPL	Commercial	Per User	GPL	Custom	MIT	GPL v2.0
License cost	$89.99		License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month	$1,950 to $19,950	0	US$0	0	Free
Main View
Thread-Type	Flat	Flat	Flat	Threaded or Flat	Flat	Threaded or Flat	Flat	Threaded or Flat
Setup	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
Installation method	wizard		wizard			wizard	wizard	wizard
Upgrade method	wizard		wizard			wizard	wizard	wizard with manual interactions
Hosting available	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Technology	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
Programming Language	PHP5	PHP	PHP 5.2+	Java, J2EE, JSP	PHP	PHP	PHP	ASP.NET, C#
UTF-8 Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data Storage	1 MySQL Database	1 MySQL Database	1 MySQL Database	5 DB2 Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database	1 SQLite File Database	3 MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database	2 MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database	1 Microsoft SQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
BBCode	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
HTML	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Emoticons	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Formatting Toolbar	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
WYSIWYG Editor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Plugin	No	Optional
Quoting	Nested	None	Nested	Nested	None	Nested	Nested	Nested
Syntax Highlighting	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Attachments	Multiple files	No	Multiple files	Multiple files	No	Multiple files	Multiple files	Multiple files
Tags	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
Categories	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Subforums	unlimited	No	unlimited	unlimited	No	unlimited	No	unlimited
Last Post	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Redirect Forums	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Trashcan Forum	Yes	No	Yes	Optional	No	Plugin	No	Optional
Anti-Spam and Security	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
CAPTCHA	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Groups	Multiple groups	Multiple groups	Multiple groups	Multiple groups	No	Multiple groups	One group only	Multiple groups
Flood Control	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
ACLs	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Blacklist	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Warnings	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Suspension	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Bans	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
IP-Block	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Audit Logging	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	No	Yes
User Reports	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	No	Yes
Other			Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System			Akismet plugin available.
Notification	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
RSS/ATOM	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
E-Mail	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Instant Messaging	Plugin		No	No	0		No
Bookmarks	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Patch
Community	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
Avatars	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
User Ranks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rating/Karma System	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Signatures	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Users Online List	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Private Messaging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Custom profile fields	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Moderation	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
Moderators	global and forums	global and forums	global and forums	global, forums and threads	global	global and forums	global	global and forums
Move Threads	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Split Threads	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Close Threads	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shadow Topics	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Sticky Threads	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Important Threads	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Search	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
Full-text search	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Author search	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced search	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Unread Topics	Database tracked		Database tracked	Database tracked	No	Database tracked	Session tracked	Session tracked
Customization	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mobile View	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Templates	global and forum specific	None	global and forum specific	global and forum specific	global	global and forum specific	global	global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Skin-Editor	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Smiley Packs	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Plugins	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Special Features	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
Statistics	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Polls	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Calendar	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Friendly URLs	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Plugin	No	Yes
Data Management	BurningBoard	EvilBoard	Invision Power Board	Jive Forums	Monkey Boards	MyBB	OvBB	YetAnotherForum.NET
Available Importers
Pruning	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Plugin	No	Yes
Archiving	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Export Formats	sql		SQL	XML	None (cannot be exported)		No
Export private messages	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Lo-Fi View	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
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