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Feature Comparison
| General Features | Loudblog  | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
0.6 |
4.21 |
2.0.7 |
2.0 (2.0.7226.0) |
| Release Date |
2006-12-09 |
2008-08-21 |
2007-01-15 |
14 August 2007 |
| Author |
Gerrit van Aaken |
Six Apart |
WordPress Development Team |
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team |
| URL |
loudblog.de |
www.movabletype.org |
wordpress.org |
dasblog.info |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
BSD License |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
$0 |
0 |
Free |
| Development status |
Beta |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
| Interface Languages |
about 10 |
English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch |
46 |
Over a dozen languages |
| Multi-User Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
 Optional |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
 No |
Yes |
 No |
Optional |
| System Requirements | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
Perl 5 |
PHP |
asp.net 2.0 |
| Operating System |
all |
Platform Independant |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
Any Windows IIS platform |
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS |
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver |
Anything with PHP |
IIS 4.0+ |
| Root Access |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Other Requirements |
|
|
|
IIS process account write access to web folder |
| Datastorage | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| Text Files |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| MySQL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| MS SQL Server |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Other |
|
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license |
None |
Structured XML data store |
| Anti-Spam | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| Akismet Support |
No |
 Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Word Blacklist |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| IP Ban List |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Definable Questions |
Numerous plugins provide complete solution |
various other plugins |
|
| User Access Features | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| ACL |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audit Log |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| LDAP Authentication |
|
Optional |
No |
|
| Other Authentication |
|
Pluggable |
None |
Vista CardSpace pending |
| Support | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| Commercial Support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Online Help |
loudblog.de |
www.sixapart.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
dasblog.info |
| Issue Tracker |
|
bugs.movabletype.org |
trac.wordpress.org |
sourceforge.net |
| Books |
None |
2-5 |
5+ |
None |
| Support Forum |
loudblog.de |
forums.movabletype.org |
wordpress.org |
dasblog.us |
| Mailing List |
|
mtos-dev@sixapart.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
sourceforge.net |
| IRC-Channel |
|
#movabletype @ freenode.net |
codex.wordpress.org |
|
| Blogging Features | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| Categorization |
Multiple |
Multiple |
Multiple |
Multiple |
| Tags |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Archiving |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Trackback |
No |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
| Pingback |
No |
Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
| Ping Service Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Link- / Blogroll |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
|
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Blog by Email |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No |
No |
|
No |
| Blog API |
none |
XML-RPC and Atom |
metaWeblog, MovableType |
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API |
| Post Editing | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| Multi-paged posts |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
| Spell Checker |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Undo |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| File Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Asset Management |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Features | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| Comment Layout |
Flat |
Threaded |
Flat |
Flat |
| Feeds for Comments |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| E-Mail on Followup |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Gravatars |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Open-ID Support |
None |
Client + Server |
|
None |
| Extended Features | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Photo Gallery |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
| Polls / Surveys |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
| Search Engine |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Pages |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
 Patch |
| Google Sitemap |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Workflow | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| Content Approval |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Versioning |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
| Article Publishing |
scheduled |
scheduled |
simple |
scheduled |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperability | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| Content Import |
none |
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR |
from 22 other blog systems |
BlogML pending |
| Content Export |
via RSS |
Yes |
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML |
BlogML pending |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
Yes |
No |
|
No |
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
HTML 4 |
| Friendly URLs |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trash |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Web Statistics |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| RSS 0.9x |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| RSS 1.0 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| ATOM 1.0 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Loudblog | Movable Type | Wordpress | dasBlog |
| Podcast Feeds |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3-Tag Editor |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| YouTube Support |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| Media Converter |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Last updated | 2007-01-27 | 2008-10-11 | 2007-03-01 | 2007-08-18 |
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