When comparing XenForo vs ElkArte, the Slant community recommends ElkArte for most people. In the question“What are the best web forum software packages?” ElkArte is ranked 5th while XenForo is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose ElkArte is:
It is completely free to use and is licensed with an open source BSD-3 clause license.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Stable
Good stability and functional
Pro Extensible
XenForo is built to be the most extensible and flexible community software ever.
Pro Open Source
It is completely free to use and is licensed with an open source BSD-3 clause license.
Pro Easy to install
Pro Improved Anti Spam measures
Elkarte has BadBehaviour and other measures included into the core to protect your forum from spammers.
Pro Integrated video embedding
Integrated video embedding for YouTube, Vimeo, and DailyMotion.
Pro Notification centre
ElkArte has a notification center where you can see mentions, likes, quoted messages and other alerts, all included into the core of the software.
Pro Responsive design
ElkArte comes out of the box with two responsive styles.
Cons
Con Expensive
140$ for simple use, price can reach 610$ for complete system and service
Con Unique SQL system
Only MySQL system
