Best Hosting for Forums

Forum hosting plans list dozens of features, but only a handful truly affect your board. This guide cuts through the noise to the features that matter

Forum hosting ranges from a few pounds a month to well over a hundred. Knowing what drives the cost helps you budget properly and avoid renewal shocks

A slow forum drives members away. This guide covers the practical steps that speed up a community board, from caching and a CDN to faster hosting.

Discourse is modern and powerful, but it asks more of your host than older forum software. This guide shows why it needs a VPS and how to set it up pr

Managed hosting hands the technical work to your host, but it costs more than a basic plan. This guide helps you decide whether the trade-off is worth

A growing forum is a good problem, but heavy traffic can slow the board. This guide shows how to keep a busy community fast with the right hosting and

Forum hosting keeps your community board online so members can post, reply, and chat at any hour. Getting the basics right saves money and keeps the s

Choosing hosting for a forum feels harder than it needs to be. A simple step-by-step process helps you match your software and traffic to a plan that

Knowing what a forum actually needs stops you overpaying and undershooting. This checklist covers the core hosting requirements for a busy community b

phpBB is free, popular, and light enough for shared hosting. This guide shows what it needs and how to get your board online without any fuss.