🆚 BuddyBoss vs. BuddyPress

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 BuddyPress is three times more popular than BuddyBoss.
🌎 BuddyPress is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 BuddyBoss is more popular in Israel, Georgia, and Trinidad and Tobago.

BuddyBoss

BuddyPress

Type

WordPress plugin

About

BuddyBoss is a WordPress plugin that allows you to create your own online community with activity feeds, social groups, private messaging, and powerful admin and moderation tools. It is a fork of the BuddyPress and bbPress plugins.

BuddyPress is an open-source community plugin for WordPress that adds social networking features such as user profiles, groups, activity streams, and notifications.

Headquarters

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

buddyboss.com/platform/ #552,449

buddypress.org #269,371

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source

Pro$99

Pro & Theme$299

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The BuddyPress WordPress plugin is 3 times more popular than BuddyBoss.

Total websites

Market share

WordPress Plugins

Membership Management

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

BuddyPress is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while BuddyBoss is more popular in Israel, Georgia, and Trinidad and Tobago.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

France

Spain

Italy

Russia

Canada

Australia

Netherlands

Awards

⭐ 8th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Membership Management category.
⭐ 9th most popular in Germany in the Membership Management category.
⭐ 10th most popular in the United States in the Membership Management category.
⭐ 10th most popular in Australia in the Membership Management category.
⬆️ 118th most popular in the United Kingdom in the WordPress Plugins category.

🥈 Second most popular in Russia in the Membership Management category.
🥈 Second most popular in Turkey in the Membership Management category.
🥉 Third most popular in Iran in the Membership Management category.
🥉 Third most popular in Poland in the Membership Management category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Italy in the Membership Management category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

BuddyPress is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, business, and education and reference, while BuddyBoss is more commonly used on sports, religion and ideology, and real estate sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Business

Education/Reference

Marketing/Merchandising

Entertainment

Health

Sports

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Recreation/Hobbies

Travel