Movable Type vs. Geeklog vs. Battle Blog vs. Blogger

General Features Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Version
4.21
1.8.2
1.0d
N/A
Release Date
2008-08-21 (18 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2006-11-08 (19 years ago)
N/A
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
Six Apart
Geeklog Team
David Pinero
Google Inc.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
License
GPL
GNU version 2
GPL
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
$0
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
N/A
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Hosting Features Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
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
No
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
System Requirements Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Programming Language
Perl 5
php
Classic ASP
N/A
Operating System
Platform Independant
any
Windows
N/A
Webserver
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
any
IIS 4.0+
N/A
Root Access
No
No
No
N/A
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
N/A
Datastorage Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Text Files
Yes
No
No
N/A
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
N/A
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
N/A
Oracle
Yes
No
No
N/A
SQLite
Yes
No
No
N/A
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
N/A
MS SQL Server
Yes
Yes
No
N/A
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
no
MS Access
N/A
Anti-Spam Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
Unknown
N/A
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
User Access Features Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Optional
Yes
Unknown
N/A
Other Authentication
Pluggable
N/A
Support Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://help.blogger.com/
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
Books
2-5
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
None
Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
No
Pingback
Receive
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
No
Blog by Email
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
Blogger data API
Post Editing Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Undo
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Unknown
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Comment Features Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Optional
No
No
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Workflow Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
No
Yes
Interoperability Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
none
Content Export
Yes
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Administration Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog Blogger
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
No
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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