How many companies use Discourse vs phpBB?

142 companies use Discourse and 86 companies use phpBB in our database. Discourse is more widely adopted with 1.7x more companies than phpBB.

Can I get a list of companies using both Discourse and phpBB?

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Discourse is used by 142companies — 1.7x more than phpBB (86).

142 use Discourse86 use phpBB

	Discourse	phpBB
Companies	142	86
Category	Message boards	Message boards

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