dasBlog vs. b2evolution vs. FlatPress vs. Pivot

General Features dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
2.4
0.1010
1.40.6
Release Date
2007-08-13 (16 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
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
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Francois Planque / evoTeam
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD License
GPL
GPLv2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0 - Free
Free
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
System Requirements dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
PHP
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
Linux, Windows or other
Platform Independent
Any
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, works on IIS
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
Datastorage dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
Structured XML data store
(must overload DB abstraction class)
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Akismet Support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
several specialized antispam plugins
User Access Features dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
OpenID plugin
Support dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Commercial Support
No
No
No
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
Books
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Blog by Email
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
WordPress (plugin)
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Undo
No
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Comment Features dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
Open-ID Support
None
Client
None
Extended Features dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom Pages
Patch
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Google Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Workflow dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Content Import
BlogML pending
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
Content Export
BlogML pending
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog b2evolution FlatPress Pivot
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Media Converter
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
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