Thinking of switching from vBulletin?

Part of my daily routine is reading our company forums, my Twitter timeline and other forum-centric forums. There is a growing buzz of interest from vBulletin customers unhappy with the direction Internet Brands is taking the product. It seems that with each incremental ‘maintenance’ release we get an influx of new switchers and topics enquiring about switching.

This blog entry will attempt to consolidate some experiences from recent switchers. Those considering the move may find this information useful. It’s one thing for us (IPS) to tell you how good we think our product is, but it’s another to hear directly from those who have done what you are contemplating.

Bob Schwarz writes how he’s seen an increase in traffic since switching from vBulletin + vBSEO
http://bobschwarz.com/forum-seo-vbulletinvbseo-vs-ipb-with-seo-urls

Bob also writes his “Goodbye” to vBulletin
http://forum.ipbsetup.com/blog/2/entry-13-aws-blog/

Cheyne Wallace writes about his experience with vBulletin and IP.Board
http://gazeek.com/articles/vbulletin-to-ip-board-a-short-journey/

Jamie writes about his experience moving from vBulletin to IP.Board
http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/3003/entry-4821-the-move-from-vbulletin-to-ipb/

Mike switched from vBulletin a few months ago and writes about his experience:
http://www.ipb-webmaster.com/blog/2/entry-29-i-can-finally-say-it/

SonicEffect, Shuvo and Glorify switched recently and write about their experience:
http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/308554-from-internet-brands-to-invision-power-services/

Genesis writes about his experience with both vBulletin and IP.Board:
http://zack.cncfps.com/post/146-ip-board-vs-vbulletin/

Zocker-Foren writes about his experience switching:
http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/308731-my-5-cents-for-switching-to-ips-from-jelsoft-or-internet-brands/

Bob Schwarz also writes up a converting guide:
http://bobschwarz.com/howto-converting-from-vbulletin-to-ip-board

A topic containing links to recently switched sites:
http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/308385-latest-vb-to-ipb-converts-list/

A topic containing many different viewpoints of switching:
http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/304977-ex-vb-users-how-you-finding-ipb/

A list of “FAQs” written to help vBulletin users adjust:
http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/296787-vbulletin-owners-handy-faqs/

Please let me know if you find any more resources or topics and I’ll update the list. Thank you to everyone who has left feedback recently. We truly appreciate it.

(Updated 16th April with new links)