SamePage vs. b2evolution vs. Movable Type vs. BlogBaker

General Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Version
3.3
2.4
4.21
N/A
Release Date
3.3
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
eTouch Systems
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Six Apart
Sparklit
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
N/A
License
Commercial
GPL
GPL
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
Pls check www.etouch.net
0 - Free
$0
From $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
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Hosting Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Storage Quota
None
N/A
N/A
1GB - Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
None
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
Upload Bandwidth
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
Optional
N/A
N/A
Optional
Ads allowed
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
Topic Restrictions
No pornography
N/A
N/A
System Requirements SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Programming Language
Java
PHP
Perl 5
N/A
Operating System
Windows/Linux/Solaris
Linux, Windows or other
Platform Independant
N/A
Webserver
Bundled with Tomcat. Can be proxied via webserver of choice
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
N/A
Root Access
No
No
No
N/A
Other Requirements
Oracle 9i/10G, JSDK1.4
N/A
Datastorage SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Text Files
No
No
Yes
N/A
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
N/A
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
N/A
Oracle
Yes
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 SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
N/A
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Moderated Comments
several specialized antispam plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Tubby Spam Filter
User Access Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Plugin
Optional
N/A
Other Authentication
Single-Sign On
OpenID plugin
Pluggable
N/A
Support SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
Available
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Personalized Support
Issue Tracker
support.etouch.net
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://support.sparklit.com
Books
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
Can be provided on request
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Undo
Yes
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Gravatars
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Workflow SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Content Import
Using custom import framework
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
csv
Content Export
No
Yes
csv
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting SamePage b2evolution Movable Type BlogBaker
Podcast Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
No
Optional
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
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