# ProBoards Reviews **Vendor:** ProBoards **Category:** [Online Community Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/online-community-management) **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 15 ## About ProBoards ProBoards is a tech company that allows consumers to create online communities and forums. ## ProBoards Reviews ### 1. communicative community **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** katys m. | Gerente de oficina, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** Creating your own communication line facilitates several aspects of your life. Working to provide the same information without it being misinterpreted by several people at once makes it very useful. The best thing you can do is to make yourself appear more professional and reliable. If your work mainly involves communicating and talking to people, a good site created to facilitate complicated tasks is beneficial. **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** the program needs more tools to create more creative and engaging lines. The flashy elements also make you feel more comfortable, especially if there are tools that make the lines easy to use for everyone. That's why it is not very well known; more publicity would increase its reliability. **Recommendations to others considering ProBoards:** I am not afraid to use this innovative program, it is very easy to use, it gives you the opportunity to develop yourself in various areas, both personal and professional, you maintain active communication in terms of communication, it is excellent if you want to break away from the traditional and implement something new. ProBoards is quite advantageous, it doesn't need to compete as it is quite original for use with family and friends, and especially if you are starting a business, it is quite useful. **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** The good communication I now have with my network of entrepreneurs, which I achieved myself thanks to this program, helps my businesswomen do the same with their operators. Make it known through advertising websites and campaigns to raise awareness of this excellent product. ### 2. Pro Boards is useful to connect with others like you **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Natalie R. | Company Owner, Veterinary, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** Pro Boards is a wonderful free to use forum system. I have several boards for different topics including one to help with Compulsive Hoarding Disorder which has helped hundreds of people affected by the disorder. I love how simple it is to use. You can create a new basic forum in minutes, and they are completely customizable for whatever topic they are created for. It is easy to post or reply, and means you can use the forum system to answer any and all questions quickly and efficiently. **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** The only thing I dislike is that it is not great for Search Engine Optimization. I have had members join via other forums i have mentioned mine on, and via Facebook links, but none have reported to have found the forums via Google or other search engines. **Recommendations to others considering ProBoards:** If you are looking for something to use to create your own forum, this is the system for you. They have a free ad based option so you can find out if the forum system works well for you before spending out. You can even link it to your own website easily. **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simple to communicate with everyone on the board with a simple post. Its very easy to make new forums for new projects as needed. ### 3. Cloud Based and Helpful! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Larkin S. | Crafts Director, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** Love this forum software. Pro boards has helped my business’ client base grow and connect through messaging, discussion boards, and more. Now we can collect data and reactions from our customers without having to ask them to take surveys- they just talk on their own and we get moreno honest feedback! **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** This is a small and usual complaint, but I dislike that you have to pay a yearly fee to maintain the domain name. It’s oretty low as far as fees go so it’s not terrible though! **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** We’re solving the problem of worrying whether or not our customer surveys comeback with honest answers. Through free form forums, moderators from inside the business can help answer customer problems, customers can answer customer problems, and the client base feels in charge. ### 4. If you are looking for a forum software for your website that is easy to use, easy to customize. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** The best thing about Proboards is the fact that you can start creating an account now without the need to ever pay anything. You read that right, this forum software is free to use! What's more, just because it is free does not mean that they are skimping on features. It is, in fact, the complete opposite; Proboards has a robust set of features despite it being free. **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** Technically, Proboards is not 100% free as it does have a paid option, though you wouldn't know that unless you dig deep into their website. Some features will also only be available, such as the ability to use your own domain name, if you pay for the premium version. **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** Unlike some forum software, you do not need to download, install, or worry about system compatibilities in order to start using Proboards. Due to the fact that it is remotely hosted, anyone can just create an account and start right away. Less technically savvy message boards owners can definitely rest easy knowing that they do not have to worry about things like that and start focusing on creating their forums. Hi ### 5. Proboards is easy to use **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Marissa P. | Co-Founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** We enjoy proboards, it’s easy and convenient to use. You can create any forum you want, anytime, anywhere for $0 **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** I can not say that I dislike anything about proboards, there’s nothing about it to dislike. **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** It didn’t really solve business problems other than when we need forums they’re easier to create/access on proboards versus go to a staples or office supply store ### 6. Reliable but not very user friendly **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Adit N. | Web Designer, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** It's reliable and provides a non expensive solution for building a forum. You need to have some skills to implement it, but also to manage it. **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** Is not so intuitive. I get quite some requests for support from users and even for myself I tend to save tutorials on how some specific tasks are done. **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sharing files with different levels of access. ### 7. Easy to use and easy to customize **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Andrés D. | Lead QA Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 25, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** It is a software that is very easy to use, intuitive and has many free features **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** The free version has a lot of publicity in the forum **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** The features of Proboards do not seem like a free service, but a paid one. They give the possibility of creating as many categories, boards, members, thread, theme and publications as one wants. Improving photo functionality is very easy thanks to the fact that you can download and install several add-ons that add new features, from adding spoiler buttons to customizable pop-up windows from PM. ### 8. Very Good Program if you have your own!!! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Beverly H. | Operations Supervisor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** I like best that it helps you create the portion of your website for feedback from clients and customers without you having to do the hard work if you had your own domain **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** It’s still in the developmental stages, which you can tell by looking at it and the options are limited **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps me gain accreditation with clientele and lets them know honest feedback from past clients ### 9. Easy to use, Easy to customize **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** I liked that it is is free, and super easy to use. I mean, it doesn't get better than that! **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** We didn't really use it long enough for me to get a strong opinion one way or the other, but what I did like is that is was free and super easy to use. **Recommendations to others considering ProBoards:** I say, give it a try, because it's free! **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** ProBoards is the best free forum provider we looked at in my opinion, although we stopped using it for whatever reason. Although we only tested it out for a short while, I really liked it when we used it. ### 10. Proboards slowly becoming unacceptably inadequate... **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 22, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** Initially using it to facilitate discussions with tax clients that are not local (I have moved a lot making it difficult to develop a client base) was extremely helpful. **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** It has been going down hill similar to a snowball and the effort to curb the decline in effectiveness has been less than awe inspiring which has me shopping other options that are more progressive. **Recommendations to others considering ProBoards:** It is becoming a bit behind in technology and needs an overhaul-type update. Its good if your needs are basic. **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows me to maintain a client-in-the-office type of relationship with even the most distant clients. ### 11. Free Forums **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 22, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** Its a discussion board with blogs and different amenities. **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** It's a new program and some of the discussion boards are brand new. **Recommendations to others considering ProBoards:** Its great for questions and interests. **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm able to ask questions for any technical problem I may be having. ### 12. Free forum to have **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Fatena Q. | Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** I would recommend proboards because it's free like other tools such as mybb. Function wise, it's easy to set up and reliable. **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** Probably I don't know how, but it's not very use to customize. **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** Building a forum ### 13. Very cool! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** I like the purpose it serves. Definitely relevant and useful. Discussion boards are a big chunk of the internet! **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** No strong dislikes. It seems very fluid and simple. Anyone can use it. **Recommendations to others considering ProBoards:** Use it! Great way to start discussions online. Easy to use for most. **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** Large discussion boards/open communication. ### 14. Proboard for forums **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 19, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** I like how easy it is to create and share a forum with my colleagues. **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** I do not dislike anything about proboard. **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use proboard to engage in digital forums to discuss educations topics to improve teaching and learning. ### 15. It was pretty okay **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about ProBoards?** The best was the board, I liked how the **What do you dislike about ProBoards?** Should be more simple and it will be easier to use **What problems is ProBoards solving and how is that benefiting you?** A lot of business - [View ProBoards pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/proboards/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-17+06%3A00%3A42+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=19f048f0-d38c-49ad-a1cb-746e4124929a&secure%5Btoken%5D=6b72f914973e634460ca19898c86fe0f7f074de27230af6e36b4bf4a28192032&format=llm_user) ## ProBoards Features **Community Building** - Member Profiles - Email & Notifications - Member Discovery - Member Referrals - Community Spaces - Paid Memberships - Multimedia Sharing - Courses **Community Improvement** - Gamification - Polls & Questions - Automation Rules **Customer Analytics** - Community Insights - Community Engagement Analytics - Downloadable Reports - ROI Tracking **Community Management** - Community Feeds & Discussions - Live Streaming - Chat & Messaging - Events Management - Admin Roles & Permissions **Agentic AI - Online Community Management** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making ## Top ProBoards Alternatives - [Influitive](https://www.g2.com/products/jigsaw-interactive-influitive/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (388 reviews) - [Mighty Networks](https://www.g2.com/products/mighty-networks/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (672 reviews) - [Higher Logic Thrive](https://www.g2.com/products/higher-logic-thrive/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (427 reviews)