Wordpress vs. Movable Type vs. WikyBlog vs. SamePage

General Features Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Version
2.0.7
4.21
1.5.4
3.3
Release Date
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
3.3
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
WordPress Development Team
Six Apart
Josh Schmidt
eTouch Systems
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
Commercial
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
Pls check www.etouch.net
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
No
Optional
Hosting Features Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
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
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Optional
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
No pornography
System Requirements Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Programming Language
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
Java
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Platform Independant
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows/Linux/Solaris
Webserver
Anything with PHP
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Bundled with Tomcat. Can be proxied via webserver of choice
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
Oracle 9i/10G, JSDK1.4
Datastorage Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
None
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Akismet Support
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
No
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
various other plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Moderated Comments
User Access Features Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
LDAP Authentication
No
Optional
No
Yes
Other Authentication
None
Pluggable
Single-Sign On
Support Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Available
Issue Tracker
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
support.etouch.net
Books
5+
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
No
No
Blog API
metaWeblog, MovableType
XML-RPC and Atom
Can be provided on request
Post Editing Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
Yes
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Undo
No
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comment Features Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
Workflow Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Content Approval
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Versioning
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Content Import
from 22 other blog systems
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Using custom import framework
Content Export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Yes
No
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Syndication Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Wordpress Movable Type WikyBlog SamePage
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
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