Invision Community

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We like their self-hosted applications for use in our local environment which is used as our company intranet. It has been really useful and giving us more features than other software previously used which also had alot more issues coming up. The customer service has been great but ensure self-hosted installations are setup within a Linux operating system to ensure support is available. (limited support via Windows)

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The pricing for renewals every 6 months are low, but in order to keep the site updated with any bug fixes, features etc. should be required, so it's worth keeping in mind.

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1. Lots of templates available for Forums, Calendar, Blogs Pages which will helps the users to create more dynamic content.
2. Helps to engage the customer base with the product related FAQ and queries.
3. Helps to create a mirror of your company's overall image in community platform.
4. Creation of Automated workflows with Invision Community and various applications.
5. Makes job more easier by automating and providing drag and drop tools.
6. Create websites for campaign very easily.

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1. Needs to improve the UI components and add more features
2. DB restore in Invision community little bit time consuming.
3. Price wise little bit high as compared to other alternatives.
4. Fetching old data sometimes requires more time.

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Warum Invision Community gewählt wurde

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Their off the shelf product remains best in class.

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They're pricey, bureaucratic, and their attitude always seems to be "the customer is always wrong.

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The software is well-optimized to run smoothly. Essential functions offer a lot of flexibility, excellent security, and stay well updated.

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The support team can sometimes be slow to help with some problems.

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An awesome content suite with a powerful and modern forum functionality to support your online community. They really kill the competition with their clean templates, powerful community management tools and awesome editor that has great functionality for adding pics and embedding social media like tweets.

Nachteile

If it only had better gamification options (badges, achievements) it would be perfect.

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We are two information technology managers and consultants both having 20+ years of experience who decided to launch a community directed towards executives. We chose “Invison Power Board” (IPB) from Invision Power Systems (IPS) as the tool for this since it had one for our offering critical functionality. The software had also been around for 10-20 years (depending on how you count a major version upgrade) and could be expected to be stable. This explains why we stayed on board through an 18-month-long orgy of bug reports.

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We used the SAAS “Invison Power Board” from May 2021 to October 2022. The application was used by two admins configuring and testing multiple use case scenarios and front-end designs. The site was plagued by quite a few issues. We estimate that the 18-month-long process would have taken us about 6 months with a stable and fully documented software, and an open-minded Support.

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What I like about Invision Community is that it allows you to create Community forum for your site with ease, and allows SSO integration with your Wordpress site, and you don't need to be a hardcore developer to do all that. Plus, it has extensive features like Badges, Profile timeline, Messages and much more, which makes it, worth it.

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Nothing apart from it seems a bit pricey to me.

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The Invision Community makes the some of the best forum software out there. It is secure, has a lot of mods, and can be installed on your own site or hosted by Invision in a cloud. They have decent customer service and the software itself has some of the easiest to use moderation tools out there. I highly recommend an Invision Board if you wish to have a forum for your customers, or fans. It has great security and stays well updated.

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Sometimes database backups can be rocky to install when needed.

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What I like most about this community software is the way it allows you to make changes easily to suit your brand. Another great asset is that you can easily run Google AdSense on it.

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The price is a bit steep but I also believe in paying for quality so in all I would say it's worth it

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Reliable system with a large selection of plugins. Quick support. Constant system updates

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Need more features for search engine optimization.

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Invision Community has taken forum software to a new level, providing users with modern functionalities as seen on many social media platforms. The software is also well optimized to run smoothly on any mobile device. Core functions offer a lot of flexibility. The software is well documented and administration is mostly straight forward. It's also a great choice if the community should be monetized at some point.

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Nothing really so far. It's been the best forum software I've ever used and worth the money. It would be nice to have a few more features for polls, e.g. to allow polls also for guests.

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Invision Community provides forums, paid membership management, and event management. These 3 features are what we needed to serve parents in Chicago.

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Tech support can sometimes be slow to response.

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I loved how many plugins & modules Invision community brings to you

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constant updates, that don't really make that much of a change. But they almost always manage to be not compatible with plugins that I had installed. If you get let's say 4.3.x, then your plugins from 4.2.x would crash. pretty often.

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Invision Community is a well-known community software and that means there is a very good amount of support and resources available for your site. The software is well developed and it is extremely easy to manage your site through the admin control panel.

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It is an extremely pricey software compared to similar premium options. A lot of "basic" features are missing and require an additional modification/plugin which is also quite pricey.

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Seamless implementation and a non-existing learning curve . There is a variety of plugins you can implement and each can improve user experience .

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I definitely find the product to be overpriced . Accessing past records should be easier .