How fast can we be live?
Answer
About five minutes. Sign in, name your portal, and it is online at yourcompany.myforumcat.com. Nothing to install.
Compare
Website Toolbox pricing, and the simple alternative
Website Toolbox is a low-cost hosted message board on your domain. We are built for customer questions: search, one accepted answer, and pages Google can read.
Free for 7 days. No credit card. Live in about five minutes.
5 minfrom sign-up to a live portal
0servers to run or patch
$9one time for a working portal
7 daysfree, no card needed
About Website Toolbox
What Website Toolbox is, and who buys it
You can run Website Toolbox as a hosted forum on your own domain. It is one of the older products in this market, and it sits at the low-cost end of the shelf.
The pitch is simple. Pick a plan, get a forum, point your domain at it. For a group that wants a classic message board, that is enough. It has been doing that job for many years.
It is built around a message board rather than around answering questions. If your members mostly chat, that fits. If your customers mostly ask, weigh the shape before you buy.
Pricing
Website Toolbox pricing, in plain words
Website Toolbox sells tiered hosted plans. Reviewers warn that the entry tier caps arrive sooner than buyers expect. One says so plainly in the quotes above.
So read the caps rather than the sticker. Check the price of the tier above the one you plan to buy.
Ours has two plans. $9 one time covers 100,000 page views a month under fair use. Pro at $99 a month raises that to 1,000,000 and adds your own domain.
What your customers see
The portal, in your brand
A question with one answer marked as the solution, not a thread you have to read twice.
What buyers say
Public reviews, quoted as written
Public reviews of Website Toolbox, quoted as written, as of Jul 2026.
It might be cheap to get started with this $35 beginner plan… But once you get rolling I think it would be easy to surpass those limits.
I did have a period of time that users were unable to login and our forum was inactive.
Side by side
Website Toolbox and Forumcat, line by line
Our column is what we ship today. Their column is sourced or plainly descriptive, and says so when we cannot source it.
| Website Toolbox | Forumcat | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup time | Sign up and configure, hosted by them | About five minutes |
| Price shape | Per plan, hosted, with a low entry tier | $9 one time, or $99 a month |
| Who hosts it | The vendor | We do |
| Your own domain | Check with the vendor | Yes, on Pro, with SSL set up for you |
| REST API and MCP on every plan | Check with the vendor | |
| Private questions and categories | Check with the vendor | |
| Roles for the support team | Check with the vendor | Five: owner, admin, agent, finance, member |
Sources as of Jul 2026. We only print a competitor number when a public source gives one. Otherwise the cell says "check with the vendor". Unlimited seats and questions on Pro carry a quiet fair-use backstop, lifted for any real portal that reaches it. Page views are fair-use limits, not a meter.
Fair to them
When Website Toolbox is the right pick
Stay if a classic message board is what your members want and your plan has room. It is inexpensive and it does that job.
Cheap and working beats a migration you did not need. There is no importer waiting on the other side either.
Why teams move
When teams pick Forumcat instead
Teams come to us when the forum is for customer questions rather than chat. The whole shape here is a question with one right answer that other people can find later.
That means search across every question, and related questions in the sidebar. Answered questions also carry QAPage structured data and a raw markdown view.
- One accepted solution pinned under each question
- Duplicate suggestions while a customer types
- Page views are fair-use limits, not a meter
- Private questions and private categories
A closer look
See it before you decide
Your plan and its limits in one place, with no meter running.
Pricing
Two plans. Both flat.
The bill does not grow with traffic, questions, or seats. Pick a plan, and that is the price.
| Basic | Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9 one time | $99 a month, or $990 a year |
| Portal address | yourcompany.myforumcat.com | Your own domain, SSL included |
| Team seats | 2 | Unlimited |
| Registered members | 1,000 | 10,000 |
| Questions | 10,000 | Unlimited |
| Media storage | 1 GB (≈2,000 images) | 50 GB (≈100,000 images) |
| Page views a month (fair use) | 100,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Search, votes, accepted solutions | ||
| Structured data, sitemap, markdown view | ||
| REST API and MCP server | ||
| Google sign-in under your brand | ||
| Analytics and search log | ||
| Free trial | 7 days, no card | 7 days, no card |
Unlimited seats and questions on Pro carry a quiet fair-use backstop, lifted for any real portal that reaches it. Page views are fair-use limits, not a meter.
FAQ
Questions buyers ask at this stage
What does it cost in month twelve?
Answer
The same as month one. $9 one time for a portal on a Forumcat subdomain, or $99 a month for your own domain. The bill never grows with traffic or questions.
What happens when we pass a limit?
Answer
Limits are stored per portal, and Pro lifts them. Page views are fair-use limits rather than a meter, so a good week does not turn into a bigger bill.
Can we import our old forum or help docs?
Answer
Not today. There is no importer. Most teams start fresh and let the new questions build the archive, which is live in minutes.
What happens to our answers if we leave?
Answer
They are yours. Every question and answer is readable through the REST API, so you can pull it all out any time.
Does it replace our help desk?
Answer
No. Keep your help desk for one-to-one work. Forumcat is the public place beside it where the answers many customers share get written once.
A forum shaped for answers
Create a portal and post the question your customers ask most.
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