WeblogMatrix

Feature Comparison

General FeaturesblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Version 5.0 2.4 4.21 2.0.7
Release Date 2007 02-dec-2006 2008-08-21 2007-01-15
Author blogSpirit Francois Planque / evoTeam Six Apart WordPress Development Team
URL www.blogspirit.com b2evolution.net www.movabletype.org wordpress.org
Free and Open Source No Yes Yes Yes
License From $0 to Enterprise GPL GPL GPL
License Cost/ Fee From $0 to Enterprise 0 - Free $0 0
Development status Mature Mature Mature Mature
Interface Languages 6 en,fr,de,da,id,fi,it,ja,nl,sv English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch 46
Multi-User Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multi-Site Deployment Yes Yes Yes No
Hosting FeaturesblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Storage Quota does not apply does not applydoes not applydoes not apply
Bandwidth Quota does not apply does not applydoes not applydoes not apply
Other Limits does not apply does not applydoes not applydoes not apply
Corporate Branding No does not applydoes not applydoes not apply
Own Domain Yes does not applydoes not applydoes not apply
Ads allowed Yes does not applydoes not applydoes not apply
Topic Restrictions does not apply does not applydoes not applydoes not apply
System RequirementsblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Programming Language PHP PHP Perl 5 PHP
Operating System Linux Linux, Windows or other Platform Independant Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Webserver Apache Apache, IIS or other Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver Anything with PHP
Root Access No   No No
Other Requirements None      
DatastorageblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Text Files No No Yes No
MySQL Yes Yes Yes Yes
PostgreSQL No No Yes No
Oracle No No Yes No
SQLite No No Yes No
BerkeleyDB No No Yes No
MS SQL Server No No Yes No
Other None (must overload DB abstraction class) LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license None
Anti-SpamblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Akismet Support No Plugin Plugin Yes
Word Blacklist Yes Yes Yes Plugin
IP Ban List Yes Plugin Yes Plugin
CAPTCHA Yes Plugin Yes Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms Antispam spirit several specialized antispam plugins Numerous plugins provide complete solution various other plugins
User Access FeaturesblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
ACL Yes Yes No Yes
Audit Log No Yes Yes No
LDAP Authentication No Plugin Optional No
Other Authentication DNA SSO OpenID plugin Pluggable None
SupportblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Commercial Support Yes   Yes Yes
Online Help www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/ manual.b2evolution.net www.sixapart.com codex.wordpress.org
Issue Tracker DNA/ys   bugs.movabletype.org trac.wordpress.org
Books 1   2-5 5+
Support Forum No forums.b2evolution.net forums.movabletype.org wordpress.org
Mailing List No   mtos-dev@sixapart.com codex.wordpress.org
IRC-Channel No #b2evolution on irc.freenode.net #movabletype @ freenode.net codex.wordpress.org
Blogging FeaturesblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Categorization Multiple Multiple Multiple Multiple
Tags Yes Yes Yes Plugin
Archiving Yes Yes Yes Yes
Trackback Send+Receive Send+Receive Send+Receive Send+Receive
Pingback Send+Receive   Receive Send+Receive
Ping Service Support No Yes Yes Yes
Link- / Blogroll Yes Yes Plugin Yes
Protected Posts No Yes Plugin Yes
Blog by Email Yes Yes Plugin Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS No   No  
Blog API XML-RPC and Atom blogger, metweblog, atom, b2 XML-RPC and Atom metaWeblog, MovableType
Post EditingblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Multi-paged posts Yes Yes No Yes
Spell Checker Yes Plugin No Yes
WYSIWYG Editor Yes Plugin Yes Optional
Undo Yes No No No
Syntax Highlighting Yes Plugin Yes Plugin
File Upload Yes Yes Yes Yes
Asset Management Yes Yes Yes Plugin
Emoticon Images No Plugin Plugin Yes
Comment FeaturesblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Comment Layout Flat Flat Threaded Flat
Feeds for Comments No Yes Optional Yes
E-Mail on Followup Yes Yes Plugin Plugin
Gravatars No Plugin Plugin Plugin
Open-ID Support None Client Client + Server  
Extended FeaturesblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Plugin System Yes Yes Yes Yes
Photo Gallery Yes Yes Plugin Plugin
Polls / Surveys No Plugin Plugin Plugin
Search Engine No Yes Yes Yes
Custom Pages No Yes Yes Yes
Google Sitemap No Yes Plugin Plugin
WorkflowblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Content Approval No Yes Yes No
Versioning No   Yes No
Article Publishing scheduled scheduled scheduled simple
Comment Moderation Queue Yes Yes Yes Yes
InteroperabilityblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Content Import Movable Type, blogSpirit WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR from 22 other blog systems
Content Export blogSpirit   Yes Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Unicode Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
WebDAV Support No   No  
HTML Output XHTML 1.0 Transitional XHTML 1.0 Transitional XHTML 1.0 Transitional XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs Yes Yes Yes Yes
AdministrationblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
E-Mail Notifications Yes Yes Yes Yes
Themes / Skins Yes Yes Yes Yes
Trash Yes Yes Yes No
Web Statistics Yes Yes Plugin Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management Yes Yes Yes Yes
Comment Administration Yes Yes Yes Yes
SyndicationblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
RSS 0.9x No Yes Yes Yes
RSS 1.0 No Yes Yes Yes
RSS 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
ATOM 0.3 No   Yes No
ATOM 1.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Podcasting/VideocastingblogSpirit Detailsb2evolution DetailsMovable Type DetailsWordpress Details
Podcast Feeds No Yes Plugin Yes
ID3-Tag Editor No   Yes No
YouTube Support Yes Yes Plugin No
Media Converter No   No No
Phone2Podcast Support No   No No
Last updated2007-05-092008-01-282008-10-112007-03-01

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