ExpressionEngine vs. Movable Type vs. Serendipity vs. Wheatblog

General Features ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Version
1.6
4.21
1.1
1.1
Release Date
2004-04-22 (19 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2006-06-29 (17 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
EllisLab, Inc.
Six Apart
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Wheat, Josh, Pete
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Proprietary
GPL
BSD
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
From 0$ - 249.95$
$0
0
$0.00
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
System Requirements ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Programming Language
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
PHP, SQL
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Platform Independant
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
Webserver
IIS, Apache
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Apache
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP must have XML support
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
MySQL or SQLite
Datastorage ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
No
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
No
Pluggable
Support ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
Issue Tracker
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
Books
None
2-5
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
No
No
No
Blog API
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
XML-RPC and Atom
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Yes
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Undo
Yes
No
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Comment Features ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Google Sitemap
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Workflow ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Versioning
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Content Import
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
MySQL
Yes
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting ExpressionEngine Movable Type Serendipity Wheatblog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Yes
No
Plugin
No
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