ExpressionEngine vs. b2evolution vs. Blogger vs. Geeklog

General Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Version
1.6
2.4
N/A
1.8.2
Release Date
2004-04-22 (19 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
N/A
30 Dez 2012
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.
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Google Inc.
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
Proprietary
GPL
N/A
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
From 0$ - 249.95$
0 - Free
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Hosting Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
System Requirements ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
N/A
php
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Linux, Windows or other
N/A
any
Webserver
IIS, Apache
Apache, IIS or other
N/A
any
Root Access
No
No
N/A
No
Other Requirements
PHP must have XML support
N/A
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Text Files
No
No
N/A
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
N/A
No
Oracle
No
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
N/A
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
N/A
Yes
Other
No
(must overload DB abstraction class)
N/A
no
Anti-Spam ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
N/A
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
several specialized antispam plugins
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Plugin
N/A
Yes
Other Authentication
No
OpenID plugin
N/A
Support ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://help.blogger.com/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
None
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
None
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Blog by Email
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blog API
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Blogger data API
Post Editing ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Undo
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Comment Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Optional
Yes
No
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
No
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client
None
Client + Server
Extended Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Workflow ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Content Import
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
none
Content Export
MySQL
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
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
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting ExpressionEngine b2evolution Blogger Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
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