Forumeiros

Name

Forumeiros

Legal name

e-Toxic SARL

Website

https://forumeiros.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forum Hosting Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Hosting & Membership Platforms (MPACAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interest-Based Communities & Forums (BPAMABAC)

Keywords

• Free forum hosting
• PhpBB community platform
• Discussion forum software
• Community hosting service
• Online forum creation

Headquarters

HQ city

Sophia Antipolis

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Advertising: Forums display advertising blocks that contribute to financing the free services. Third-party ad networks including Criteo, Taboola, Rubicon Project, VigLink, Smart AdServer, and Google DoubleClick serve targeted advertising.
2. Premium Features (Credits System): Credits system for premium features including SSL certificates (now free since September 2019), custom domains, and other enhanced services. Users purchase credits to unlock additional functionality.
3. Domain Registration: Option for users to use their own domain name with their forum, either by registering through Forumeiros or linking an existing domain from another registrar.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Forumeiros provides a free, self-serve hosted forum creation and management service built on phpBB technology. Users can launch a forum in under two minutes, choose between five forum software versions (ModernBB, phpBB2, phpBB3, PunBB, Invision), and receive unlimited messages and users on a free forumeiros.com subdomain with optional custom domain registration. The platform monetizes through third-party advertising and a freemium credits system that unlocks premium features such as custom domains.

Product overview

Forumeiros is a free forum hosting platform offering five forum software versions (phpBB2, phpBB3, punBB, Invision, and ModernBB) built on phpBB technology. The core platform provides unlimited messages and users with free hosting and subdomain registration. The product ecosystem includes theme customization via Hitskin marketplace, image hosting through Servimg, and various built-in modules such as Chatbox, Gallery, Portal, Calendar, RPG character sheets with dice rolling, classified ads, and push notifications. Modern features include PWA support, free SSL certificates for HTTPS, Discord webhook integration for notifications, newsletter automation, and built-in blog functionality. The platform also maintains a forum directory for community discovery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hitskin: Free forum themes service allowing users to customize their forum appearance with thousands of themes
• ModernBB
• phpBB
• Servimg
• Blog Forumeiros

Products and services

• Forumeiros Free Forum Hosting Platform Self-serve hosted forum creation service based on phpBB that lets any user launch a discussion forum in under two minutes, with five interchangeable forum versions (ModernBB, phpBB2, phpBB3, PunBB, Invision), unlimited messages and users, free subdomain hosting, and optional custom domain registration. Designed for individuals, hobbyists, gaming guilds, RPG communities, and small interest-based groups.
• Forumeiros Forum Directory Public, searchable directory listing all forums hosted on Forumeiros, organized into thematic categories (trends and society, computing, art and culture, music, science, roleplay, economy and finance, games, nature, sports, animals, video games, cinema, cars, bikes) for community discovery and member acquisition.
• ModernBB Forum Theme Modern, mobile-responsive forum theme featuring simplified graphical interface, improved UI/UX, page-load optimization, Font Awesome icons, a redesigned header with social icons, and bidirectional language support for Forumeiros-hosted forums.
• Free SSL Certificate (HTTPS) Security product enabling HTTPS protocol with SSL encryption for secure data transmission on hosted forums; offered free with no expiration to all Forumeiros forum owners as of September 2019.
• RPG Module (Character Sheets and Dice Rolling) Built-in role-playing game toolkit providing customizable character sheets and dice-rolling functionality for text-based RPG, roleplay, and storytelling communities on Forumeiros-hosted forums.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 362,000 active forums hosted
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• HitskincoreTechnology or IntegrationTheme marketplace partnership providing thousands of free forum themes. Users can browse, compare, and install themes directly from Hitskin's catalog to customize their forums.
• ServimgcoreTechnology or IntegrationFree image hosting service partner. When users sign up for services, their data is automatically shared with Servimg for image hosting purposes. Users can delete their Servimg account at any time.
• phpBBcoreTechnology or IntegrationOpen-source forum software foundation. Forumeiros forums are based on phpBB technology, with Forumeiros providing hosted implementation and additional features on top of the phpBB platform.
• OVHcoreTechnology or IntegrationData center provider for hosting infrastructure. Located at 2 Rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Reddit: Largest interest-based community platform globally. Competes for the same end-user attention and community-formation behavior that drives Forumeiros' user base, though at much larger scale.
• Discord: Real-time chat and community platform that has absorbed much of the gaming and interest-based community use case that historically powered forum platforms like Forumeiros.

Emerging players

• Discourse: Modern open-source forum and community platform offering hosted and self-hosted options with a contemporary tech stack. Competes for the same community-creation use case with a more modern UX.
• Circle: Modern community platform targeting creators and course businesses with paid memberships. Adjacent offering serving the same SMB/community use case with a more modern SaaS approach.
• Flarum: Modern lightweight open-source forum software with a contemporary tech stack (PHP, JavaScript). Represents the next-generation self-hosted alternative to legacy phpBB-based platforms.

Direct peers

• Ning: Paid community platform enabling creators to launch social networks and forums with built-in monetization. Competes for SMB and creator-segment community hosting use cases.
• phpBB: Open-source forum software that Forumeiros is built upon. Self-hosted phpBB instances represent the primary alternative for users willing to run their own hosting, directly competing with Forumeiros' hosted offering.
• Forumotion: Free forum hosting platform operated by the same parent (e-Toxic SARL), offering a near-identical product under a separate brand targeted at English-speaking users. Directly comparable business model and feature set.
• MyBB: Free open-source forum software offering self-hosted phpBB-like functionality. Alternative to Forumeiros for users with technical capability to manage their own installation.
• ProBoards: Free hosted forum platform offering similar phpBB-like features, themes, and freemium monetization. Directly comparable in target audience (casual community creators) and product offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Forumeiros_PT
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/tvforumeiros
• Facebookfacebook.com/forumeirospt

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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