ExpressionEngine vs. b2evolution vs. Movable Type vs. Loudblog

General Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Version
1.6
2.4
4.21
0.6
Release Date
2004-04-22 (19 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2006-12-08 (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.
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Six Apart
Gerrit van Aaken
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Proprietary
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
From 0$ - 249.95$
0 - Free
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
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
Yes
No
System Requirements ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Linux, Windows or other
Platform Independant
all
Webserver
IIS, Apache
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, IIS
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP must have XML support
Datastorage ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
Other
No
(must overload DB abstraction class)
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
several specialized antispam plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Definable Questions
User Access Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Other Authentication
No
OpenID plugin
Pluggable
Support ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
Issue Tracker
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
None
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blog by Email
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
XML-RPC and Atom
none
Post Editing ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Yes
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Undo
Yes
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Comment Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Workflow ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Content Import
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
none
Content Export
MySQL
Yes
via RSS
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Yes
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type Loudblog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
YouTube Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
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