NucleusCMS vs. b2evolution vs. Movable Type vs. Blogger

General Features NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Version
3.24
2.4
4.21
N/A
Release Date
2006-11-10 (17 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
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
Wouter Demuynck and others
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Six Apart
Google Inc.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
free
0 - Free
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
N/A
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
Hosting Features NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
None
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
None
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
None
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
System Requirements NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Perl 5
N/A
Operating System
Linux, Windows, UNIX
Linux, Windows or other
Platform Independant
N/A
Webserver
Apache with PHP
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
N/A
Root Access
No
No
No
N/A
Other Requirements
N/A
Datastorage NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Text Files
No
No
Yes
N/A
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
N/A
Oracle
No
No
Yes
N/A
SQLite
No
No
Yes
N/A
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
N/A
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
N/A
Other
(must overload DB abstraction class)
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
N/A
Anti-Spam NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
N/A
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
SpamBayes, MBL
several specialized antispam plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
User Access Features NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Plugin
Optional
N/A
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
Pluggable
N/A
Support NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://faq.nucleuscms.org/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://help.blogger.com/
Issue Tracker
http://dev.nucleuscms.org/tracker/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
Books
1
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
None
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Blog API
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
XML-RPC and Atom
Blogger data API
Post Editing NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Undo
No
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Comment Features NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Workflow NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Content Approval
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
Yes
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Content Import
yes
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
none
Content Export
backup to SQL
Yes
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
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
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting NucleusCMS b2evolution Movable Type Blogger
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Yes
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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