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There is absolutely no way you can compare Xenforo with Flarun. The differences so clear. Xenforo is a widely used premium forum software that has a plug and play features. It's probably the best we have around for now.

Self-hosting on VPS is a whole new level. You get better speed, better security, and full access, which is good. But you must know a lot about Linux and if you don't, you should be ready to watch plenty of YouTube tutorials.

Shared hosting is very okay when your forum is till very small, but once traffic start to increase, that's when you would need to upgrade to a better package. Sudden slowdowns, CPU limit warnings, or your host sending you email are the signs that your present host can't handle the traffic any more

You will know the time to switch once the site is dragging or your host stop being proactive. When there is frequent downtime, slow loading, random errors, all these are red flags. When you see all of these, it's time to switch to a better hosting.

It depends on your goal. If you’re running a serious community and you need a premium support, better security, and smooth updates, getting a premium software is not a bad idea. But if your community is still very small or you’re on a tight budget, free options like phpBB or MyBB can serve you for ...

Cloud-hosted is good because you don't stress about server problems. Just pay your subscription, sit back and enjoy. But self-hosting gives you control and cheaper long-term if you have the knowledge to set up things yourself. For beginners, cloud hosting gives peace of mind.

For the long-term, I look at stability first. Some software is quite good in the beginning but updates kill it in the future. I have used such forum software before. I dump it out of frustration. I also deemed it fit to check the community support too. If the developers and users are active, that is ...

This one is interesting because both platforms has their own strengths. MyBB is very easy to customize and the theme options are nice too. phpBB on the other hand is very stable, secure and has many extensions to choose from.
For me, MyBB feels more simple to manage. PhpBB is ok too but sometimes ...

For a small forum that is not heavy, you don't need anything too wild. A good shared hosting or small VPS can work effectively as long as the host does not oversell. I’ve used Namecheap and Hostinger for small forums before and they worked perfectly fine.
But once your users start to grow, VPS is ...