Battle Blog vs. Geeklog vs. Blogger vs. Pivot

General Features Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Version
1.0d
1.8.2
N/A
1.40.6
Release Date
2006-11-08 (19 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
N/A
2008-07-14 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
David Pinero
Geeklog Team
Google Inc.
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
N/A
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Hosting Features Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
System Requirements Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Programming Language
Classic ASP
php
N/A
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Operating System
Windows
any
N/A
Any
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
any
N/A
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Root Access
No
No
N/A
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
N/A
Datastorage Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Text Files
No
No
N/A
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
N/A
No
Oracle
No
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
N/A
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
N/A
No
Other
MS Access
no
N/A
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Akismet Support
Unknown
No
N/A
No
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
User Access Features Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Yes
N/A
No
Other Authentication
N/A
Support Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://help.blogger.com/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
Books
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Categorization
Multiple
Single
None
Multiple
Tags
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Blog API
Blogger data API
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
No
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Comment Features Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
No
No
Unknown
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Gravatars
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Search Engine
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Workflow Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Content Import
none
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog Geeklog Blogger Pivot
Podcast Feeds
No
No
No
Unknown
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
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