Blogger vs. ExpressionEngine vs. DotClear vs. Forest Blog

General Features Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Version
N/A
1.6
2.1.3
1.2.2
Release Date
N/A
2004-04-22 (19 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
13/02/2007
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
Google Inc.
EllisLab, Inc.
Olivier Meunier
Patrick Robin
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
No
Yes
No
License
N/A
Proprietary
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
0
From 0$ - 249.95$
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Yes
No
Hosting Features Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Storage Quota
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Programming Language
N/A
PHP
PHP 5
ASP 3.0
Operating System
N/A
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Unix/Linux, Windows
Windows
Webserver
N/A
IIS, Apache
Apache, Lighthttpd
IIS 5+
Root Access
N/A
No
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
PHP must have XML support
Datastorage Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Text Files
N/A
No
No
No
MySQL
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
Yes
No
Oracle
N/A
No
No
No
SQLite
N/A
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
N/A
No
No
Yes
Other
N/A
No
Access
Anti-Spam Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Akismet Support
N/A
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
IP Ban List
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
Trackback validation
posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser
User Access Features Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
N/A
No
Optional
Unknown
Other Authentication
N/A
No
Extendable authentication API
Support Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://help.blogger.com/
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Downloads/Blog/guide.pdf
Issue Tracker
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
None
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Categorization
None
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
No
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
No
No
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog API
Blogger data API
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Yes
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Undo
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Optional
No
Comment Features Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Optional
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
None
None
Extended Features Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Workflow Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
none
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Content Import
none
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
MySQL
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
E-Mail Notifications
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Blogger ExpressionEngine DotClear Forest Blog
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Yes
No
No
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