Wiki Comparison

VaultWiki remains competitive with other wiki products with its robust feature list and its potential for expandability. It is designed for vBulletin forums, itself software that is well-known for its feature set, expandability, and flexibility.

The following compares VaultWiki with the product NuWiki, another vBulletin-based wiki.

Description	NuWiki	VaultWiki
What is it?	a full wiki for vBulletin	a full wiki for vBulletin
Integrated user logins	Uses vBulletin's users, usergroups, and login system.	Uses vBulletin's users, usergroups, and login system.
Integrated look and feel	Uses vBulletin templates and phrases.	Uses vBulletin templates and phrases.
Editing syntax	vBulletin's BB-Code.	vBulletin's BB-Code. If enabled, most of MediaWiki's syntax and very little of NuWiki's syntax.
Polls	Uses vBulletin polls	Uses vBulletin polls. Allows users to place the polls above or below the article, or on a separate AJAX tab.
Integrated search	Uses vBulletin's search system	Uses vBulletin's search system. Includes a Special:Search page that first looks for the existing article, before showing vBulletin's results.
Article discussion threads	Fully integrated. Option to have discussion in a separate page, or right below article.	Discussions appear on a separate AJAX tab.
Wiki Permissions	Uses vBulletin's Usergroup permissions.	Uses vBulletin's Usergroup permissions. Possible to modify on a per-forum basis using Custom Forum Permissions.
Templates	Supported	Supported
Article Revisions / Comparison / Rollback	Supported	Supported
Protect / Unprotect	Supported. On/off	Supported. 5 protection levels.
Installation Difficulty	Easy. NuWiki is distributed as a vBulletin product. Upload the files, install the product XML, and that's it.	Easy. VaultWiki is distributed with an install script. After installation, configure a number of settings to achieve core functionality.
Auto-Links	Supported	Supported
Books	Supported	Supported
Forum Headers	Supported	Supported
Forum Main Page	Supported. Article must have same title as forum.	Supported. Flexible using vBulletin's Forum Link feature.
Namespaces	Not supported. Only one article may have a given title.	Supported. One article in each namespace may have a given title.
Question / Answer Wikis	Supported by enabling the wiki in the second post.	Not directly supported. Similar functionality can be achieved using a combination of features.
Special pages	Not supported	Supported
Section Editing	Not supported	Supported
Tabbed Layout	Not included	Default style
Developer Tools	None	Uses vBulletin's Hook system extensively.
Supported	Not Supported. Developer disappeared.	Supported. Actively developed.