Vanilla vs IP.Board : Which is Better?

Vanilla

Vanilla is an open source PHP based forum software.

License: Freemium

Apps available for Online Self-Hosted

IPS Community Suite (Invision Power Suite) is an Internet community software. Developed by Invision Power Services

License: Commercial

Apps available for Mac OS X Windows Linux Online

Feature	Vanilla	IP.Board
Forums
Plugins
Email list
Integrated Spam Protection
Live Push Notifications
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Lightweight
Customer Feedback
User friendly
Chat
Website integration
Cloud based
E-commerce
Flat File CMS
Support for Themes

*community curated information: This table may not have the most accurate information. Please suggest changes

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