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- aGNeS
News Forum BBS, by Vestris
- Free, ad-supported. Also available as a
product for installation on your own site.
- AGSG
Bulletin Board
- Monthly fee.
- Aimoo
- Free. Also offers chat and polling.
- AnyBoard
- Free. Also available as a product.
- Be Seen,
by Looksmart
- Free. Also offers chat, guestbook, and other tools.
- Boardhost
- Free with banner ads, or monthly fee for
service without ads.
- Bulletin
Boards, by Bulletin Board Corp.
- Monthly fee.
Bravenet
- Free. Also offers many other tools,
including mailing lists, guestbooks, polls, chat rooms, classified ads,
instant messaging, and more.
- ByteCenter
- Free. Also offers mailing lists, guestbooks,
and other tools.
- CGI4All
Diskussion Board
- Monthly fee (priced in German Deutsche
Marks).
- CGI
For Me
- Free, ad-supported. Also offers other CGI tools.
- Dachshboard
- Free, ad-supported.
- DiscussionApp
II, by Server Corp.
- Free with banner ads, or annual fee for
service without ads.
- DiscussionOnTheWeb,
by JADA Productions
- Fee-based. Also available as a product.
- Echelon
Forums
- Free; ad-supported.
- Everyone.net
- Free; ad-supported. Gives you half of the
banner ad space to sell yourself. Also offers chat, site search, and free
e-mail services.
- ezboard
- Free; ad-supported.
- EZCGI
Converse
- Monthly fee.
- Forumcities
- Free; ad-supported.
- Forum
Explorer, by Creative Digital Resources
- Free with banner ads, or annual fee for
service without ads.
- ForumHost
- Monthly fee.
- ForumUniverse
- Free, ad-supported.
- Forumworld.com
(formerly SMD-Forum)
- Monthly fee varies depending on maximum
number of posted messages.
- Freeboards
- Free, ad-supported.
- Free
CGI Web Forum
- Free with banner ads, or monthly fee for
service without ads.
- Freeforums
by Inspiring Technologies Ltd.
- Free, ad-supported.
- ForumCo.com
- Free, ad-supported.
- Gamers.com
Message Boards
- Free, ad-supported. Centered around, but not
limited to, computer gaming.
- Groupboard
- Simple message board, chat rooms, and
whiteboards, all based on Java. Free for limited usage, fee for larger
numbers of users.
- HostedScripts.com
- Free, ad-supported. Also offers mailing
lists, a form mailer, and other tools.
- HotBoards
(Formerly Paradise Online Message Forum)
- Annual fee.
- i-Depth
- Monthly fee. Also offers chat, classified
ads, shopping carts, and other tools.
- Infora
- Monthly fee. Also available as a product for
installation on your own site.
- Internet
Business Boards (formerly Better Business Boards)
- Free, or monthly fee, depending on level of
service. Uses Ultimate
Bulletin Board.
- Kudosnet
Web Forum
- Free, or monthly fee, depending on level of
service. Also available as a product.
- LiveUniverse
- Free, ad-supported. Javascript-based forums,
chat rooms, guest books, mailing lists, and other tools.
- Message-board.net
- Free with their banner ads, or monthly fee
without ads.
- MSN
Communities (Microsoft Network)
- Free, ad-supported.
- Multicity
- Free with banner ads, or monthly fee for
enhanced service without ads. Offers message boards, chat rooms, polls, and
auctions, all with a multilingual interface.
- NEX
Web Bulletin Board Wizard
- Instantly create a free board, or create a
"deluxe" board for a small one-time fee.
- Quick
Topic (formerly Take It Offline)
- Free. No customization features, but this is
probably the easiest and quickest place to set up a single-topic bulletin
board.
- Site
Forums
- Monthly fee. Hosts forums using WebBoard.
This is at the high end of services in this category, both in features and
in price.
- SitePowerUP
- Free, ad-supported. Also offers polling and
form processing tools.
- StarForums
- Free with their banner ads, or monthly fee
without ads.
- Stuffincommon
- Free service featuring forums, chat rooms,
whiteboards, file sharing, and other collaborative tools.
- SwiftBoards
- Free; ad-supported.
- Swingout
Forums
- Free, ad-supported.
- Talkdungeon
- Free, ad-supported.
- VantageNet
- Free with their banner ads, or monthly fee
without ads.
- Village
2000 Project
- Monthly fee. Also offers full Web site
hosting services. Provides forums at no charge to non-profit organizations.
- VoiceBoards
- Free. Allows posting voice messages.
- VoyForums
- Free, ad-supported.
- Webforums,
by Waveshift (formerly MediaFax)
- Annual fee. Also offers surveys, secure
order forms, and other tools.
- WebPost
- Free with their banner ads, or monthly fee
without ads. You can create an entire Web site here for free, and use their
forums, guestbooks, and other tools.
- WebsiteToolbox
- Free, ad-supported. Also offers guestbooks,
polls, and other tools.
- WebToys
- Annual fee. Uses WebBBS.
- Wimba
Voice Forums
- Free, ad-supported. Both voice and text
messages can be posted.
- World
Crossing
- Free, ad-supported. Offers public and
private forums and chat rooms. This service is offered by the makers of the
popular Web Crossing conferencing
software.
- WWWThreads,
by Show Me the 'Net
- Free.
- YourBBS
- Free, ad-supported.
Omar R. Hadjar
2002-01-20