Today more than half of the world (4.57 billion) people use social media. Thanks to the global Covid-19 pandemic people now resort to an online social gathering. A video conference call handles varied tasks from interviews, business propositions to birthday celebrations.
Social networking sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc are the most accessed websites online. Their popularity warrants businesses to make their social network be it a forum, community or a Facebookesque website. Take PlayStation support community, HP Support Community or Royal Enfield Community forum for example.
When creating a WordPress website you can use one of these top plugins BuddyBoss Platform or PeepSo for attaining that desired social website look, feel and accessibility. We dive into a comparison between them both.
BuddyBoss Vs PeepSo
BuddyBossPeepSo
SupportPriority Support available on the paid license.Free Support.
UpdatesUpdates available on a paid license.Free Updates
Privacy optionsMembers can organize self in public, private or hidden.User control Content privacy. (Public, Site Members, Only Me)
Banning & ReportingNo such feature.Can ban users and report content.
ThemesBuddyBoss Theme, OneSocial, Boss.Gecko.
Major Differences are:
Support
Although both the plugins are open-sourced. It is PeepSo that offers Free Support to all its users. Whereas BuddyBoss Platform requires a paid subscription to one of their membership models to provide Priority Support to its patrons.
First party Themes
BuddyBoss offers three unique themes with its plugin. The themes go by the name of BuddyBoss theme, Boss and OneSocial. Each theme comes at a different price point targeting different user needs.
While PeepSo offers a one-stop solution theme which is Gecko. Gecko was designed specifically with PeepSo First approach which in turn allows the theme to make the most of PeepSo as a Social Networking Platform.
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Reactions
One of the most unique features of social networking platforms has been the Reactions. On Facebook you can Like, Love, Laugh, Wow, etc whereas on Instagram you can Heart. This feature is available with both BuddyBoss and PeepSo but with varying options.
BuddyPress allows its users to react with a Like. While on the contrary, PeepSo has constituted more than just Like. Giving reactions like Love, Laugh, Like, Wink and much more, inbuilt with a robust admin panel that lets you customize everything, from adding your reaction to changing icons and more.
Updates
Regular plugin updates guarantee optimum website performance. BuddyBoss platform does provide updates but only to its paid members. Whereas PeepSo has promised to give every user be it a free or paid user, regular and timely updates.
Notification
While both of the plugins support E-mail notifications and Push notifications. BuddyBoss Platform requires a bit of customization of API for it while PeepSo comes with an inbuild notification customizer.
Privacy
Having privacy settings is a must for a social platform. It is the right of the user to decide which post deserves to be public or be hidden. (BuddyBoss Vs PeepSo) BuddyPress and PeepSo deal with the privacy issue to varying success.
PeepSo allows control of the user post to be in the hand of the user. The user can select from three options, Public, Site Members, Only Me. Placing the control of privacy setting in the hands of the user. If and when necessary users can also Report other users and posts. While also banning repetitive offenders on PeepSo.
Whereas BuddyBoss Platform allows members to censor themselves by categorizing them into Public, Private or Hidden figures on the website. But it doesn’t have inbuilt dedicated support for banning, blocking or reporting individuals or posts.
Verdict
For us, PeepSo Reign supreme with its wide customizable options, better privacy settings, better user interface and all the Facebookish features which lack in BuddyBoss platform. We hope that you now have enough information to decide between these two WordPress plugin giants. If you need more information get back to us in the comment section below or Contact Us.
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