Anti-Spam
Multiple tools, including flood control, user banning and suspension, and post approval, keep your board free of unwanted users and spam.
Cheap phpBB Hosting Pricing
Start a phpBB forum example site with the 7-day free phpBB hosting trial. Choose the one that best fits you from the four cheap phpBB hosting plans.
Express Plan
$4.99
/month
Free Trial - 2 CPU Cores
- 2GB Memory
- 60GB SSD Disk
- 60GB SATA Backup Storage
- Monthly : $6.99/month
- Semi-Annually : $6.49/month
- Annually : $5.99/month
- Biennially : $4.99/month
- Unmetered Bandwidth
- Twice per Month Backup
- On-Demand Backup
- 24/7 Technical Support
Basic Plan
$8.99
/month
Free Trial - 3 CPU Cores
- 4GB Memory
- 100GB SSD Disk
- 100GB SATA Backup Storage
- Monthly : $12.99/month
- Semi-Annually : $11.99/month
- Annually : $10.99/month
- Biennially : $8.99/month
- Unmetered Bandwidth
- Twice per Month Backup
- On-Demand Backup
- 24/7 Technical Support
Professional Plan
$15.99
/month
Free Trial - 4 CPU Cores
- 8GB Memory
- 160GB SSD Disk
- 160GB SATA Backup Storage
- Monthly : $23.99/month
- Semi-Annually : $21.99/month
- Annually : $19.99/month
- Biennially : $15.99/month
- Unmetered Bandwidth
- Weekly Backup
- On-Demand Backup
- 24/7 Technical Support
Advanced Plan
$31.99
/month
Free Trial - 6 CPU Cores
- 16GB Memory
- 240GB SSD Disk
- 240GB SATA Backup Storage
- Monthly : $43.99/month
- Semi-Annually : $40.99/month
- Annually : $37.99/month
- Biennially : $31.99/month
- Unmetered Bandwidth
- Weekly Backup
- On-Demand Backup
- 24/7 Technical Support
8 Features of phpBB Forum Hosting
Whether you want to build a forum to stay in touch with a small group of friends or set up a large multi-category board for a corporate website, you can rely on Cloud Clusters's phpBB hosting service and get your phpBB forum up and running in no time.
One-Click phpBB Installation
Install the phpBB forum software quickly and conveniently without the hassle of a tedious installation process.
US Data Centers
We have a robust infrastructure in US data centers, ensuring that your phpBB forum websites can achieve stable network connections.
24/7 Technical Support
Cloud Clusters' phpBB web hosting provides round-the-clock technical support to help you resolve any issues related to phpBB hosting.
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
Cloud Clusters ensures the high availability of your phpBB forum website, minimizing downtime to the greatest extent possible.
Scalability
We offer different levels of phpBB hosting plans, allowing you to easily upgrade or downgrade to meet the growing needs of your phpBB website.
Backup and Restore
Regularly backs up your phpBB website according to your plan, allowing you to restore website data and settings at any time.
Powerful Control Panel
You can quickly start your phpBB forum example site with just one click, import/export any files via FTP, and securely manage your phpBB through Shell/SSH, all in one place.
Free phpBB Migration
Users can migrate at any time. Whether they are migrating from other phpBB hosting providers, or need to migrate data when upgrading the hosting plan, there will be no restrictions and no fees.
Protecting Your phpBB Hosting is Our Priority
Discover the comprehensive security measures we use to keep your phpBB website safe and secure.
Container Technology
Compared to shared hosting, phpBB hosting uses Docker container technology to isolate and protect each hosted phpBB website, enhancing website security.
DDoS Protection
phpBB hosting utilizes a professional DDoS protection system that can detect and filter malicious traffic, keeping your website secure and accessible.
WAF Protection
Our phpBB cloud hosting service includes web application firewall protection to shield phpBB sites from cyberattacks and malicious behaviors.
Free SSL Certificate
Managed phpBB hosting also provides a free SSL certificate to protect the security of the website and improve its search engine ranking.
Easy-to-Use Control Panel to Manage phpBB Hosting
A control panel helps users to manage phpBB hosting and database easily.
Site and SSL Management
The control panel offers a site and SSL management section where you can set your custom URL, install SSL certificate, manage DNS zone and URL redirection for your phpBB forum hosting site.
File Management
Database Management
Performance Monitoring
Get Free phpBB Forum Hosting in 4 Steps
We provides a 7-day free phpBB hosting trial. By claiming a trial with the phpBB hosting, users can easily set up and use their phpBB forum example site in a few clicks, enabling them to make informative decisions before committing to a phpBB hosting subscription.
Sign Up and Place an Order
After registering, choose a plan, select a phpBB version, opt for a data center location, and install the phpBB forum software with just a few clicks.
Configure Domain and Website
In the control panel, you can add your custom website domain, install free SSL, set the website admin password, and manage the DNS records and HTTP redirects.
Set up phpBB Forum
After installing a phpBB forum example site, you can log in to the phpBB admin panel and start to build your forum website with a 7-day free trial.
Enjoy phpBB Forum Hosting
Cloud Clusters will take care of server operation and security, so you don't have to. Enjoy phpBB hosting and easily manage your phpBB in the control panel, such as backup, restore, and resource usage.
Main Features Provided by phpBB
phpBB incorporates a professional-quality modular design, high security, multiple-language interface, support for many database servers, and complete layout customization, all with a low execution overhead and lightning speed.
Registration
phpBB offers a fully customizable registration process for your users. You can customize it by setting rules for password length, registration attempts, COPPA registration, and more.
Caching
phpBB utilises an advanced caching system, like database query caching, template caching, and manually refresh cache, which increases performance.
Moderators
Moderators help maintain order by assisting users and enforcing the rules. Moderators with different permissions can have different access to moderation tasks for all forums on the board.
Search System
The powerful search system lets users find specific topics, posts, and users from within a topic or within a forum. It also allows users to search topics and posts that have been created in a time interval.
Plugins
phpBB boasts a powerful plugin system to connect phpBB to other applications. Plugins covers from authentication plugins and search plugins to CAPTCHA plugins and expandable modules.
FAQs of Cheap phpBB Hosting
What is phpBB?
phpBB is an internet forum package written in the PHP scripting language. The name "phpBB" is an abbreviation for PHP Bulletin Board. Available under the GNU General Public License, phpBB forum software is free and open-source.
What can I do with phpBB?
phpBB, which stands for PHP bulletin board, is an open-source forum software that enables users to create a space online where communities can gather and share information in an organized format. Forums created with phpBB let creators define the main categories and topics the community forum will cover.
What database does phpBB use?
phpBB supports many database storage servers, such as MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle Database, and SQLite. Cloud Clusters's phpBB hosting service uses the MySQL as the database storage.
What is phpBB Hosting?
phpBB cloud hosting is a cloud-based hosting service specifically tailored for the phpBB forum software. phpBB cloud hosting providers offer a managed environment for hosting phpBB instances, relieving businesses of the burden of setting up and maintaining their own infrastructure.
What is managed phpBB hosting?
Managed phpBB hosting is where the phpBB forum hosting provider takes care of the technical aspects of managing a phpBB server. This includes server setup, quick phpBB installation, configuration, security updates, backups, and performance optimization. It also typically offers customer support for any issues related to the server. By using managed phpBB hosting, businesses can focus on using phpBB forum software to manage their business operations and leave the server management, maintenance, and security to the hosting provider.
Do you provide a free phpBB hosting trial?
Yes, we offer a 7-day free phpBB hosting trial so you can experience our service before you make payment.
Do I have to install the phpBB manually?
No, you do not need to install the phpBB software manually. With our managed phpBB hosting, you can initiate phpBB installation with a click in the control panel. The installation will then take place automatically. It includes not only the installation of the phpBB forum software, but also the installation of other necessary components to run your phpBB, such as MySQL database and Apache web server. After a few minutes, you can get your phpBB forum example site ready on Linux system.
Do you provide dedicated IP for my phpBB instance?
No, we do not provide dedicated IP addresses for phpBB instances. Instead, we utilize shared IP addresses for our platform, leveraging container technology to assign different ports of IP to individual customers.
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