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Classic Features

ProBoards

Business Features

Forums.net

Reliable

Hosting forums for over 14 years, ProBoards is the largest provider of free forum hosting on the Internet. With data redundancy and offsite backups, your community is safe with us.

24/7 Support

With staff on hand every day of the week and people online to answer your questions at any time, come find out why people rave about our best-in-class support!

Simple Admin Tools

Our super simple admin tools make managing your forum a snap! You'll like the clean organization of our easy to use admin area with clear language and a simple layout.

Theme Library

Find and install complete themes made by other ProBoards members that will transform your forum with the click of a button. With hundreds of themes to choose from, there's bound to be one that's perfect for you.

Plugin Library

Browse hundreds of user-submitted plugins that allow you to customize your forum with a single click. Adding new functionality has never been this easy.

Mobile & Apps

Your forum comes with a built-in mobile view so you can take your community with you wherever you go. Every ProBoards forum is also compatible with the Tapatalk family of native apps for even easier mobile browsing.

Built-in Analytics

Our built-in forum analytics make sure that you always know exactly what's happening on your forum. Easily track pageviews, new member registrations, and more from a single page.

Social Media Integration

With integrated sharing options, your community can share links to your forum quickly and easily. Your content is automatically optimized for sharing and displays beautifully in social networks.

Search Engine Optimized

ProBoards v5 was built from the ground up to be searched. Utilizing the latest technologies, your forum is already set up to rocket up the search rankings, helping you grow your community.

What is a forum/message board?

An internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion website where you and your visitors can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. These messages can then be viewed at any future time, even if you were not online when they were posted. Forums are a great way to foster interaction, discussion, and improve customer loyalty.

Why choose ProBoards?

While other free message board hosts may claim to be the biggest, they aren't. ProBoards is home to over 22 million registered users with over 3 million forums created. Easy to create, simple to use, reliable free forum hosting is what we're best at. In fact we were voted Best Hosted Forum 2011!

How do I create a forum?

Creating a free forum on ProBoards is quick and easy. Just head over to our Create a Free Forum page to begin - it literally takes less than 30 seconds to have your forum up and running! Remember, once your new forum is created, your login username is "admin".

Do I need a forum?

Of course you do! Whether you're a sports fan, hobby enthusiast, music buff, computer geek, animal lover, gardening fanatic or business owner, there's no better venue to exchange ideas and stimulate the free flow of collaborative discussion between like-minded individuals than an online forum. Besides, it's FREE! Make a forum today!

Why should I remotely host?

There are many advantages to using ProBoards' free forum hosting service. There's never any software to buy, license, download, install, integrate, update or debug. We're on the job 24/7 maintaining a completely reliable and secure environment for your forum. You'll enjoy a robust and powerful feature set to manage your community. There are no limits to how many members, topics, or posts your forum has. Last, but not least, we provide you continuous free upgrades to our forum software.

Move my existing forum to ProBoards

If you switch your existing forum to ProBoards, we can offer you some relocation incentives. If you wish to import your existing forum data, check out Forums.net which offers a data migration service.

How much does a forum cost?

Here's the great news: ProBoards forums are completely free! It's free to create a forum, invite your friends or colleagues to join, and even free to create as many topics and discussions as you want. ProBoards is the leading host of free forums!

Can I use my own domain name?

Yes you can! For just $14/year, ProBoards will link your existing domain name directly to your ProBoards free forum. Please note, domain registrars do charge a separate yearly fee for ownership of the domain name.

How much bandwidth do I get?

With ProBoards' free forum hosting service, there are no limits on pageview bandwidth, the size of your membership, number of discussion threads, or forum activity levels. You are welcome to build a community of monumental proportions. Our forums are built to scale for large communities!

What features does ProBoards offer?

ProBoards provides its members the richest feature set of any free forum host including state-of-the-art customization tools, enhanced privacy controls and, powerful moderation tools to name a few. Please see the ProBoards features page for a complete listing of what we have to offer.

Question not listed here?

If you haven't found the answer to your question here, there are many more resources available. You can read through our Forum Help Guide or contact us on our Support Forum for additional assistance.