Tabulas.com vs. Blogger vs. LifeType vs. Geeklog

General Features Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Version
N/A
N/A
1.2.6
1.8.2
Release Date
N/A
N/A
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
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
Roy Kim
Google Inc.
The LifeType Project
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
N/A
GPL
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
none
Development status
N/A
N/A
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
No
Yes
Optional
Hosting Features Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Storage Quota
NA
None
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
NA
None
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
NA
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
No
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
No
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
None
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Programming Language
N/A
N/A
PHP
php
Operating System
N/A
N/A
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
any
Webserver
N/A
N/A
Apache, IIS
any
Root Access
N/A
N/A
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
N/A
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Text Files
N/A
N/A
No
No
MySQL
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
N/A
No
No
Oracle
N/A
N/A
No
No
SQLite
N/A
N/A
No
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
N/A
No
No
MS SQL Server
N/A
N/A
No
Yes
Other
N/A
N/A
no
Anti-Spam Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Akismet Support
N/A
N/A
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Akismet
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
ACL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
N/A
N/A
No
Yes
Other Authentication
N/A
N/A
The so-called "user data providers" allow LifeType to access user data from other sources transparently, be it an external application or an LDAP or ActiveDirectory directory
Support Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
Yes
http://help.blogger.com/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
Yes
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
None
None
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Categorization
Single
None
Single
Single
Tags
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blog API
metaweblog api
Blogger data API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Post Editing Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Comment Features Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
No
Plugin
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Yes
No
Gravatars
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client
Client + Server
Extended Features Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Content Approval
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Content Import
None
none
Content Export
RSS and HTML
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
No
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Tabulas.com Blogger LifeType Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
Media Converter
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
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