BlogBaker vs. Wordpress vs. Blogger vs. LifeType

General Features BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Version
N/A
2.0.7
N/A
1.2.6
Release Date
N/A
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
N/A
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Sparklit
WordPress Development Team
Google Inc.
The LifeType Project
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
N/A
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
From $0
0
0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
N/A
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
No
No
Yes
Hosting Features BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Storage Quota
1GB - Unlimited
N/A
None
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
N/A
None
N/A
Other Limits
Upload Bandwidth
N/A
None
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
No
N/A
Own Domain
Optional
N/A
No
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
System Requirements BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Programming Language
N/A
PHP
N/A
PHP
Operating System
N/A
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
N/A
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Webserver
N/A
Anything with PHP
N/A
Apache, IIS
Root Access
N/A
No
N/A
No
Other Requirements
N/A
N/A
Datastorage BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Text Files
N/A
No
N/A
No
MySQL
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
N/A
No
Oracle
N/A
No
N/A
No
SQLite
N/A
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
N/A
No
MS SQL Server
N/A
No
N/A
No
Other
N/A
None
N/A
Anti-Spam BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Akismet Support
N/A
Yes
N/A
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Tubby Spam Filter
various other plugins
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
User Access Features BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
N/A
No
N/A
No
Other Authentication
N/A
None
N/A
The so-called "user data providers" allow LifeType to access user data from other sources transparently, be it an external application or an LDAP or ActiveDirectory directory
Support BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
Personalized Support
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://help.blogger.com/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
Issue Tracker
http://support.sparklit.com
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://bugs.lifetype.net
Books
None
5+
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
Blogging Features BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
None
Single
Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Blog API
metaWeblog, MovableType
Blogger data API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Post Editing BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Undo
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Comment Features BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
E-Mail on Followup
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Gravatars
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client
Extended Features BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Workflow BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Content Approval
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Content Import
csv
from 22 other blog systems
none
Content Export
csv
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
Podcasting/Videocasting BlogBaker Wordpress Blogger LifeType
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Media Converter
Optional
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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