🆚 Invision Community vs. XenForo

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 XenForo is twice as popular as Invision Community.
🌎 XenForo is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Invision Community is more popular in Russia, France, and Poland.

Type

Internet forum software

About

Invision Community is a commercial, customizable community software built with PHP and MySQL.

It includes discussion forums, a drag-and-drop page builder (introduced in version 5), progressive web app (PWA) support with push notifications, built-in commerce for subscriptions and digital products, reputation and achievement systems, and integrations with Zendesk, Salesforce, Zapier, and PayPal.

XenForo is a commercial Internet forum software based on PHP and MySQL.

It includes built-in support for question and answer threads, articles, media embedding, Markdown and BBCode editing, a robust add-on ecosystem with thousands of extensions and custom themes, and a full REST API for external integrations.

Headquarters

Richmond, Virginia, United States

London, United Kingdom

Website

invisioncommunity.com #202,931

xenforo.com #20,016

Pricing

Free version ❌Free 30-day trial

Creator (500 GB)$99/month

Creator Pro (1,750 GB)$169/month

Team (3,000 GB)$259/month

Business (6,500 GB)$619/month

Free version ❌

XenForo License$195

Branding Removal$350

XenForo CloudStarter (400K pageviews)$60/month
Standard (1M pageviews)$100/month
Business (4M pageviews)$250/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The XenForo Internet forum software is 1.9 times more popular than Invision Community.

Total websites

Market share

Internet Forum Software

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

XenForo is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Invision Community is more popular in Russia, France, and Poland.

United States

Russia

Germany

United Kingdom

Vietnam

France

Poland

Netherlands

Turkey

Canada

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in Russia in the Internet Forum Software category.
🥈 Second most popular in Poland in the Internet Forum Software category.
🥈 Second most popular in Brazil in the Internet Forum Software category.
🥉 Third most popular in France in the Internet Forum Software category.
🥉 Third most popular in Italy in the Internet Forum Software category.

🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Internet Forum Software category.
🥇 Most popular in Turkey in the Internet Forum Software category.
🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Internet Forum Software category.
🥈 Second most popular in Canada in the Internet Forum Software category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

XenForo is more popular among sites focused on forum, bulletin boards, recreation and hobbies, and games, while Invision Community is more commonly used on entertainment, travel, and real estate sites.

Forum/Bulletin Boards

Recreation/Hobbies

Games

Marketing/Merchandising

Technical/Business Forums

Sports

Blogs/Wiki

Entertainment

Business

Internet Services