Comparison of Internet forum software (ASP)

This is a comparison of the features of various Internet forum packages written in ASP, ASP.NET, and variations thereof.

General information

Basic general information about the forums: creator/company, license/price, etc.

Name	Creator	Current stable version	Programming language	License	Latest release date
Active Forums	Active Modules, Inc.	4.02.06	ASP.NET 2.0	Proprietary	2010-05-12
AspNetForum	Jitbit Software	6.6.7	ASP.NET	Proprietary	2010-07-05
ASPPlayground.NET	ASPPlayground.NET	3.9	ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 & 4.0	Proprietary	2011-02-25
Atlas	Countersoft	1.0	ASP.NET	Proprietary	2011-04-26
Betamakers Community Application	Betamakers Corporation	2.0.1	ASP	Other	2010-07-10
bttlxeForum	Battleaxe Software Ltd.	2.0	ASP	Other	2004-06-12
CMS asp net	www.cmsaspnet.com	2.4	ASP.NET 4.0	GPL	2012-01-01
Comm100 Forum	Comm100 Network Corporation	2.0	ASP.NET 3.5	Ms-RL	2010-10-18
Com(p)fy Folders	Compfy.com	0.7	ASP.NET 3.5	GPL	2010-05-14
Discussion Board	Active Data Online	6.0	ASP.NET 3.5	Proprietary	2008-02-26
dnfBB	Simon Carter	2.0	C#	IDPL v1.0	2007-03-27
FuseTalk.NET	FuseTalk Inc.	4.0	ASP.NET	Proprietary	2010-05-01
GoBoardz	Nathan Cope	1.0	ASP	Proprietary	2006-08-13
Ideal BB	Ideal Science	1.5.4b	ASP	Proprietary	2006-05-03
Ideal BB.NET	Ideal Science	3.1.7	ASP.NET	Proprietary	2007-10-07
InstantForum.net Forum	InstantAsp	2010-3	ASP.NET	Proprietary	2010-07-06
ITCN Enterprise Forum	ITCN Software	3.1	ASP.NET 2.0	Proprietary	2008-04-28
iyzi Forum	Canol Gökel	v1.0 Beta 3.02	ASP	GPL	2010-04-06
MegaBBS	PD9 Software	2.2	ASP	Other	2009-01-16
NearForums	Jorge Bay	7.0	ASP.NET MVC	MIT	2011-03-11
NeoBB	Alexander Medvednikov	1.0	ASP.NET MVC 3	Proprietary	2011-12-20
PunBB.NET	PunBB team	beta	ASP.NET 2.0	GPL	2009-01-28
Snitz Forums 2000	Snitz Communications	3.4.07	ASP	GPL	2009-03-16
Telligent Community	Telligent Systems	5.0	ASP.NET 3.5	Proprietary	2009-06-23
Toast Forums	Toastforums.com	1.8	ASP	Proprietary	2009-04-03
Web Wiz Forum	Bruce Corkhill	10.03	ASP	Proprietary	2011-08-30
Yet Another Forum.NET (YAF)	Jaben Cargman	1.9.5	ASP.NET 3.5 C#	GPL	2010-10-06
Xperience Forums	Chris Williams of CJWSoft	1.0	ASP	Proprietary	2008-01-11
SooPPortal	SooP Dev Team	2.0 RC1	ASP	GPL ?	?
	Creator	Current stable version	Programming language	License	Latest release date

Features

Name	Flat	Threaded	Duplicate thread prevention	User-selectable themes	Calendar	Image attachment	Unread message tracking	WYSIWYG Editor	Active Directory integration
Active Forums	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Full	Yes	Yes
AspNetForum	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Full	Yes	Yes
ASPPlayground.NET	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Session	Yes	Yes
Atlas	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
bttlxeForum	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	?	No
Comm100 Forum	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Com(p)fy Folders	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Discussion Board	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Full	?	No
FuseTalk.NET	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Session	Yes	Yes
GoBoardz	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	No
Ideal BB	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes
InstantForum.net	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Session	Yes	Yes
ITCN Enterprise Forum	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
iyzi Forum	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
MegaBBS	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Session	Yes	No
NearForums	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
PunBB.NET	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	No
Snitz Forums 2000	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Telligent Community	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Toast Forums	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Web Wiz Forum	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
Yet Another Forum.NET (YAF)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Session	Yes	No
Xperience Forums	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	No
SoopPortal	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Flat	Threaded	Duplicate thread prevention	User-selectable themes	Calendar	Image attachment	Unread message tracking	WYSIWYG Editor	Active Directory integration

Data storage

Information about what data storage system can be used.

Name	MySQL	PostgreSQL	MSSQL	Oracle	Access	Firebird
AspNetForum	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
ASPPlayground.NET	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Atlas	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
bttlxeForum	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Betamakers Community Application	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Comm100 Forum	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Com(p)fy Folders	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Discussion Board	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
dnfBB	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
FuseTalk.NET	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
GoBoardz	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Ideal BB	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
InstantForum.net	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
ITCN Enterprise Forum	No	No	Yes	No	?	No
iyzi Forum	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
MegaBBS	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
NearForums	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
PunBB.NET	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Snitz Forums 2000	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Telligent Community	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Toast Forums	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Web Wiz Forum	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Yet Another Forum.NET (YAF)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Xperience Forums	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
SoopPortal	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	MySQL	PostgreSQL	MSSQL	Oracle	Access	Firebird

See also

• Comparison of internet forum software (other)
• Comparison of Internet forum software (PHP)

External links

• ASP Forum Software Reviews, Live Demonstrations and Comparator
• Ranking of boards on each forum software
• ASP forums on ForumMatrix.org