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Lots of webmasters installed and started using forums on their sites over the last years. As a result of the high interest, many hosting companies have started supporting some of the most preferred bulletin boards - phpBB, Simple Machines Forum,
Invision Power Board and vBulletin. However, not so many web hosts have the special expertise needed to serve a forum. That is why at Forum Hosting Directory, we have researched the most reliable forum web hosting services and ranked the Best 10 Hosts, known for offering professional forum support and a powerful set of features.
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SiteGround web hosting services more than 10,000 forum sites built on phpBB, SMF, vBulletin, IPB, etc. SiteGround offers installation of forum application, forum tutorials and expert technical assistance. |
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$5.95 |
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7500 GB |
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Free professional phpBB installation; Free phpBB templates; Forum tutorials
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LSMedia offers free phpBB installation and setup. The hosting packages support PHP, unlimited MySQL databases and FTP access. |
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$16.60 |
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10 GB |
$9.95 |
Free phpbb installation
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The top positions in our chart are occupied by SiteGround and LSMedia. These two companies offer the best forum hosting services. Apart from the standard features they provide many extra services for forum users like free forum installation, forum upgrades, installation of forum addons and more. SiteGround forum hosting plan is ranked higher due to its lower price and richer plan features.
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$5.95 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
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Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP |
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$7.95 |
10 GB |
100 GB |
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Auto installation of Forums; Forum tutorials; PHP, MySQL, and FTP |
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$7.95 |
600 |
6000 |
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Instant Forums Installation via Fantastico |
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$6.95 |
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3500 |
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Free Installation via Fantastico |
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$6.95 |
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15000 |
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Auto-Installation |
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$9.95 |
250GB |
2000GB |
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$4.95 |
1500GB |
15000GB |
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$8.95 |
0.2 GB |
5 GB |
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$25.00 |
4 GB |
100 GB |
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$7.50 |
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3000GB |
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$19.95 |
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80 GB |
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We handle all the operations associated with hosting and all other technical issues associated with web hosting. |
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$8.46 |
0.25 GB |
5GB |
$9.95 |
SMF forum pre-installed; paid forum addons; PHP, MySQL |
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$9.95 |
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25GB |
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Auto installed phpbb2 and SMF plus others
also would install most others manually for free.
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$4.36 |
0.5GB |
30GB |
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Software and Free Web Tools Site Management Tools Massive CGI Script Library
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$10.95 |
0.5 GB |
2 GB |
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Server-Side virus protection, web based e-mail, spam filters |
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13EUR |
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