ExpressionEngine vs. b2evolution vs. Movable Type vs. dasBlog

General Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Version
1.6
2.4
4.21
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
Release Date
2004-04-22 (19 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2007-08-13 (16 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
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Proprietary
GPL
GPL
BSD License
License Cost/ Fee
From 0$ - 249.95$
0 - Free
$0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
System Requirements ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Perl 5
asp.net 2.0
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Linux, Windows or other
Platform Independant
Any Windows IIS platform
Webserver
IIS, Apache
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
IIS 4.0+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP must have XML support
IIS process account write access to web folder
Datastorage ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
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
Structured XML data store
Anti-Spam ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
several specialized antispam plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
LDAP Authentication
No
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Other Authentication
No
OpenID plugin
Pluggable
Vista CardSpace pending
Support ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://dasblog.info/
Issue Tracker
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
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 dasBlog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
XML-RPC and Atom
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
Post Editing ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Yes
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Undo
Yes
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Google Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Workflow ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Content Import
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
BlogML pending
Content Export
MySQL
Yes
BlogML pending
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
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 dasBlog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting ExpressionEngine b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
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