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Recommendations wanted for software for: forum, faq, jobs board

Hi all,

Looking into this on behalf of a startup client. They don't want to go the self-hosted route, and want to be able to embed on their own site. They're after:


Forum software

I've previously used Vanilla https://vanillaforums.com/en/software/ extensively, so I know what one. It was good, but I used the Open Source version and it did need quite a few custom fixes. The client wants to go no-code, so that leaves their hosted option which starts from $689 a month. Ouch!

There's also discourse https://www.discourse.org/ hosted of course, from $100 a month. The client likes it, but even $100 a month could be a stretch for a startup.

FAQ software

I've always coded these myself, so needed to do some research.

I've found https://www.reamaze.com/ ($20 user/month) which does work nicely and has great site chat options too. The FAQ itself can't be customised with custom icons, which is annoying as that's one of the client's requests.

https://helpjuice.com looks great, beautiful customisation options, $120 a month for 4 users (bit pricey).

Job board software

The client likes https://www.lever.co/ but they have no pricing info so we're probably talking mega-bucks (have requested pricing). I have found https://www.jobboard.io/ ($249 a month) and https://www.smartjobboard.com ($179 a month).


Any other suggestions in any of these categories?

Thanks!

Leon

on January 13, 2020
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    I made a job board and forum using the nocode approach back in 2018, and did some research then.

    Forum

    • Flarum
    • Discourse - I used a managed hosting solution DiscourseHosting
    • Mighty Networks - easy for non-tech folks
    • Spectrum.chat
    • Wordpress
    • Discord (more like Slack) - quite techie

    Job board

    • Nocode - Sheet2site, Table2site. You can create a job board with a spreadsheet as db. Great for non-technical clients.
    • Open source - Simple Job Script
    • Managed hosting - Seeker
    • Good ol' Wordpress - WorkScout theme, or WP Job Manager plugin. Everyone knows WP.
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      Thanks Jason! That's really useful.

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    For a forum, check out flarum https://flarum.org/
    Even though I don't know the detail, it is free for the API and there is a free hosting service as well https://www.freeflarum.com/

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      Thanks! Looks nice...

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    Job Board Software

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    @ThePaulMcBride your job board solution done yet?

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      Still working on BoardRocket, but getting close to the point where I'll be looking for users!

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