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Feature Comparison
| General Features | Blogger  | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
does not apply | 2.0.7 |
2.4 |
2.0 (2.0.7226.0) |
| Release Date |
does not apply | 2007-01-15 |
02-dec-2006 |
14 August 2007 |
| Author |
Google Inc. |
WordPress Development Team |
Francois Planque / evoTeam |
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team |
| URL |
www.blogger.com |
wordpress.org |
b2evolution.net |
dasblog.info |
| Free and Open Source |
does not apply |  Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
does not apply | GPL |
GPL |
BSD License |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
0 |
0 - Free |
Free |
| Development status |
does not apply | Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
| Interface Languages |
9 |
46 |
en,fr,de,da,id,fi,it,ja,nl,sv |
Over a dozen languages |
| Multi-User Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
 Optional |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
 No |
 No |
Yes |
Optional |
| Hosting Features | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Storage Quota |
None |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Bandwidth Quota |
None |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Other Limits |
None |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Corporate Branding |
No |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Own Domain |
No |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Ads allowed |
Yes |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Topic Restrictions |
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| System Requirements | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Programming Language |
does not apply | PHP |
PHP |
asp.net 2.0 |
| Operating System |
does not apply | Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
Linux, Windows or other |
Any Windows IIS platform |
| Webserver |
does not apply | Anything with PHP |
Apache, IIS or other |
IIS 4.0+ |
| Root Access |
does not apply | No |
|
No |
| Other Requirements |
does not apply | |
|
IIS process account write access to web folder |
| Datastorage | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Text Files |
does not apply | No |
No |
Yes |
| MySQL |
does not apply | Yes |
Yes |
No |
| PostgreSQL |
does not apply | No |
No |
No |
| Oracle |
does not apply | No |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
does not apply | No |
No |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
does not apply | No |
No |
No |
| MS SQL Server |
does not apply | No |
No |
No |
| Other |
does not apply | None |
(must overload DB abstraction class) |
Structured XML data store |
| Anti-Spam | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Akismet Support |
does not apply | Yes |
 Plugin |
Yes |
| Word Blacklist |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| IP Ban List |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only |
various other plugins |
several specialized antispam plugins |
|
| User Access Features | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| ACL |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audit Log |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| LDAP Authentication |
does not apply | No |
Plugin |
|
| Other Authentication |
does not apply | None |
OpenID plugin |
Vista CardSpace pending |
| Support | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Commercial Support |
No |
Yes |
|
No |
| Online Help |
help.blogger.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
manual.b2evolution.net |
dasblog.info |
| Issue Tracker |
knownissues.blogspot.com |
trac.wordpress.org |
|
sourceforge.net |
| Books |
None |
5+ |
|
None |
| Support Forum |
groups.google.com |
wordpress.org |
forums.b2evolution.net |
dasblog.us |
| Mailing List |
groups.google.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
|
sourceforge.net |
| IRC-Channel |
No |
codex.wordpress.org |
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net |
|
| Blogging Features | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Categorization |
None |
Multiple |
Multiple |
Multiple |
| Tags |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Trackback |
No |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
| Pingback |
No |
Send+Receive |
|
Send+Receive |
| Ping Service Support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Blog by Email |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
Yes |
|
|
No |
| Blog API |
Blogger data API |
metaWeblog, MovableType |
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2 |
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API |
| Post Editing | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Multi-paged posts |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Spell Checker |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Undo |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| File Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Asset Management |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Comment Features | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Comment Layout |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
| Feeds for Comments |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| E-Mail on Followup |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Gravatars |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Open-ID Support |
None |
|
Client |
None |
| Extended Features | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Plugin System |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Photo Gallery |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Polls / Surveys |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
| Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Pages |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
 Patch |
| Google Sitemap |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Workflow | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Content Approval |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Versioning |
No |
No |
|
|
| Article Publishing |
simple |
simple |
scheduled |
scheduled |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperability | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Content Import |
none |
from 22 other blog systems |
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog |
BlogML pending |
| Content Export |
HTML via FTP/SFTP |
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML |
|
BlogML pending |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
No |
|
|
No |
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
HTML 4 |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trash |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Web Statistics |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| RSS 0.9x |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| RSS 1.0 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
Yes |
No |
|
No |
| ATOM 1.0 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Blogger | Wordpress | b2evolution | dasBlog |
| Podcast Feeds |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No |
No |
|
No |
| YouTube Support |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Media Converter |
No |
No |
|
No |
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No |
No |
|
No |
| Last updated | 2006-12-07 | 2007-03-01 | 2008-01-28 | 2007-08-18 |
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