Geeklog vs. b2evolution vs. Blogger vs. ExpressionEngine

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