Audience
Brands, businesses, large enterprises, and communities looking to engage with their customers, fans and enthusiasts
About Higher Logic Vanilla
Vanilla Forums allows you to create an online community that your customers or audience will love. Thousands of companies use our open source and hosted products to increase loyalty, brand advocacy and reduce customer service costs. Vanilla's customers are made of a broad group of organizations from around the world.
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Company Information
Vanilla Forums
Founded: 2009
Canada
vanillaforums.com
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Higher Logic Vanilla Frequently Asked Questions
Higher Logic Vanilla Product Features
Collaboration
Brainstorming
Calendar Management
Chat / Messaging
Contact Management
Content Management
Document Management
Project Management
Real Time Editing
Task Management
Version Control
Video Conferencing
Community
Content Management
Content Moderation
Discussions / Forums
Event Management
Group Management
Ideation / Crowdsourcing
Member Directory
Membership Management
Social Media Management
Website Management
White Label
Social Networking
Activity / News Feed
Advertising Management
Data Security
Event Management
Group Management
Media Library
Privacy Options
Social Media Integration
Social Media Tagging
User Profiles
Blogs
Real-time Chat