FlatPress vs. Movable Type vs. Blogger vs. BlogBaker

General Features FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Version
0.1010
4.21
N/A
N/A
Release Date
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
N/A
N/A
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
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Six Apart
Google Inc.
Sparklit
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
License
GPLv2
GPL
N/A
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
Free
$0
0
From $0
Development status
Beta
Mature
N/A
N/A
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
No
Yes
Hosting Features FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
None
1GB - Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
None
Unlimited
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
Upload Bandwidth
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
No
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
No
Optional
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
System Requirements FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Programming Language
PHP4, compatible with 5
Perl 5
N/A
N/A
Operating System
Platform Independent
Platform Independant
N/A
N/A
Webserver
Apache, works on IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
N/A
N/A
Root Access
No
No
N/A
N/A
Other Requirements
N/A
N/A
Datastorage FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Text Files
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
MySQL
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
Oracle
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
SQLite
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
N/A
N/A
Anti-Spam FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
N/A
N/A
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Tubby Spam Filter
User Access Features FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Optional
N/A
N/A
Other Authentication
Pluggable
N/A
N/A
Support FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://help.blogger.com/
Personalized Support
Issue Tracker
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://support.sparklit.com
Books
None
2-5
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
None
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blog API
WordPress (plugin)
XML-RPC and Atom
Blogger data API
Post Editing FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Comment Features FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Gravatars
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Workflow FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
No
Yes
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Content Import
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
none
csv
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Yes
HTML via FTP/SFTP
csv
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting FlatPress Movable Type Blogger BlogBaker
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Yes
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Optional
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
No
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