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Feature Comparison
| General Features | Cakewalk Blogs  | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
does not apply | 2.4 |
does not apply | 2.0 (2.0.7226.0) |
| Release Date |
does not apply | 02-dec-2006 |
does not apply | 14 August 2007 |
| Author |
Kirk Carter, Service First Webmasters, Inc. |
Francois Planque / evoTeam |
Google Inc. |
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team |
| URL |
www.CakewalkBlogs.com |
b2evolution.net |
www.blogger.com |
dasblog.info |
| Free and Open Source |
does not apply |  Yes |
does not apply | Yes |
| License |
does not apply | GPL |
does not apply | BSD License |
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free |
0 - Free |
0 |
Free |
| Development status |
does not apply | Mature |
does not apply | Mature |
| Interface Languages |
English |
en,fr,de,da,id,fi,it,ja,nl,sv |
9 |
Over a dozen languages |
| Multi-User Support |
 No |
Yes |
Yes |
 Optional |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
|
Yes |
No |
Optional |
| Hosting Features | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Storage Quota |
none |
does not apply | None |
does not apply |
| Bandwidth Quota |
none |
does not apply | None |
does not apply |
| Other Limits |
none |
does not apply | None |
does not apply |
| Corporate Branding |
No |
does not apply | No |
does not apply |
| Own Domain |
Yes |
does not apply |  No |
does not apply |
| Ads allowed |
No |
does not apply | Yes |
does not apply |
| Topic Restrictions |
No spam, porn or hate speech |
does not apply | No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography |
does not apply |
| System Requirements | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Programming Language |
does not apply | PHP |
does not apply | asp.net 2.0 |
| Operating System |
does not apply | Linux, Windows or other |
does not apply | Any Windows IIS platform |
| Webserver |
does not apply | Apache, IIS or other |
does not apply | IIS 4.0+ |
| Root Access |
does not apply | |
does not apply | No |
| Other Requirements |
does not apply | |
does not apply | IIS process account write access to web folder |
| Datastorage | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Text Files |
does not apply | No |
does not apply | Yes |
| MySQL |
does not apply | Yes |
does not apply | No |
| PostgreSQL |
does not apply | No |
does not apply | No |
| Oracle |
does not apply | No |
does not apply | No |
| SQLite |
does not apply | No |
does not apply | No |
| BerkeleyDB |
does not apply | No |
does not apply | No |
| MS SQL Server |
does not apply | No |
does not apply | No |
| Other |
does not apply | (must overload DB abstraction class) |
does not apply | Structured XML data store |
| Anti-Spam | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Akismet Support |
does not apply |  Plugin |
does not apply | Yes |
| Word Blacklist |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| IP Ban List |
|
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
No trackbacks, no links in comments |
several specialized antispam plugins |
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only |
|
| User Access Features | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| ACL |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Audit Log |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| LDAP Authentication |
does not apply | Plugin |
does not apply | |
| Other Authentication |
does not apply | OpenID plugin |
does not apply | Vista CardSpace pending |
| Support | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Commercial Support |
|
|
No |
No |
| Online Help |
Context sensitive, online help |
manual.b2evolution.net |
help.blogger.com |
dasblog.info |
| Issue Tracker |
Not yet |
|
knownissues.blogspot.com |
sourceforge.net |
| Books |
|
|
None |
None |
| Support Forum |
Not yet |
forums.b2evolution.net |
groups.google.com |
dasblog.us |
| Mailing List |
No |
|
groups.google.com |
sourceforge.net |
| IRC-Channel |
No |
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net |
No |
|
| Blogging Features | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Categorization |
None |
Multiple |
None |
Multiple |
| Tags |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Trackback |
No |
Send+Receive |
No |
Send+Receive |
| Pingback |
No |
|
No |
Send+Receive |
| Ping Service Support |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Blog by Email |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
| Blog API |
None |
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2 |
Blogger data API |
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API |
| Post Editing | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Multi-paged posts |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
| Spell Checker |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Undo |
Yes |
No |
|
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
| File Upload |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Asset Management |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Comment Features | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Comment Layout |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
| Feeds for Comments |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| E-Mail on Followup |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Gravatars |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Open-ID Support |
None |
Client |
None |
None |
| Extended Features | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Plugin System |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Photo Gallery |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Polls / Surveys |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
 Patch |
| Google Sitemap |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Workflow | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Content Approval |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Versioning |
No |
|
No |
|
| Article Publishing |
scheduled |
scheduled |
simple |
scheduled |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperability | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Content Import |
Plain text, HTML, MSWord |
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog |
none |
BlogML pending |
| Content Export |
None |
|
HTML via FTP/SFTP |
BlogML pending |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
No |
|
No |
No |
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
HTML 4 |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trash |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Web Statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| RSS 0.9x |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| RSS 1.0 |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
| ATOM 1.0 |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Cakewalk Blogs | b2evolution | Blogger | dasBlog |
| Podcast Feeds |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No |
|
No |
No |
| YouTube Support |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Media Converter |
No |
|
No |
No |
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No |
|
No |
No |
| Last updated | 2007-11-26 | 2008-01-28 | 2006-12-07 | 2007-08-18 |
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