SamePage vs. blogSpirit vs. Geeklog vs. LifeType

General Features SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Version
3.3
5.0
1.8.2
1.2.6
Release Date
3.3
2007
30 Dez 2012
2008-02-01 (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
eTouch Systems
blogSpirit
Geeklog Team
The LifeType Project
URL
Free and Open Source
No
No
Yes
Yes
License
Commercial
From $0 to Enterprise
GNU version 2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Pls check www.etouch.net
From $0 to Enterprise
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Hosting Features SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Storage Quota
None
does not apply
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
None
does not apply
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
does not apply
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
No
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Optional
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No pornography
does not apply
N/A
N/A
System Requirements SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Programming Language
Java
PHP
php
PHP
Operating System
Windows/Linux/Solaris
Linux
any
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Webserver
Bundled with Tomcat. Can be proxied via webserver of choice
Apache
any
Apache, IIS
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
Oracle 9i/10G, JSDK1.4
None
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
Other
None
no
Anti-Spam SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Akismet Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
IP Ban List
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Moderated Comments
Antispam spirit
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
User Access Features SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
No
Yes
No
Other Authentication
Single-Sign On
DNA SSO
The so-called "user data providers" allow LifeType to access user data from other sources transparently, be it an external application or an LDAP or ActiveDirectory directory
Support SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online Help
Available
www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
Issue Tracker
support.etouch.net
DNA/ys
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.lifetype.net
Books
1
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Optional
No
Unknown
Optional
Link- / Blogroll
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blog API
Can be provided on request
XML-RPC and Atom
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Post Editing SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Yes
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Undo
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Comment Features SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
No
Plugin
E-Mail on Followup
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Gravatars
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Client
Extended Features SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
No
No
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Optional
No
Unknown
Plugin
Workflow SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Content Approval
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Content Import
Using custom import framework
Movable Type, blogSpirit
Content Export
No
blogSpirit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting SamePage blogSpirit Geeklog LifeType
Podcast Feeds
Unknown
No
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
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