Textpattern vs. Blogger vs. SamePage vs. blogSpirit

General Features Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Version
4.0.7
N/A
3.3
5.0
Release Date
2008-11-29 (17 years ago)
N/A
3.3
2007
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
Team Textpattern
Google Inc.
eTouch Systems
blogSpirit
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
No
No
License
GPL
N/A
Commercial
From $0 to Enterprise
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Pls check www.etouch.net
From $0 to Enterprise
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
No
Optional
Yes
Hosting Features Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Storage Quota
N/A
None
None
does not apply
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
None
None
does not apply
Other Limits
N/A
None
None
does not apply
Corporate Branding
N/A
No
Yes
No
Own Domain
N/A
No
Optional
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
No
Yes
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
No pornography
does not apply
System Requirements Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Programming Language
PHP 4.3+
N/A
Java
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
N/A
Windows/Linux/Solaris
Linux
Webserver
Apache, IIS, lighttp
N/A
Bundled with Tomcat. Can be proxied via webserver of choice
Apache
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL 3.23+
N/A
Oracle 9i/10G, JSDK1.4
None
Datastorage Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Text Files
No
N/A
No
No
MySQL
Yes
N/A
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
No
Oracle
No
N/A
Yes
No
SQLite
No
N/A
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
N/A
No
No
Other
N/A
None
Anti-Spam Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Akismet Support
Plugin
N/A
No
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
No
No
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Moderated Comments
Antispam spirit
User Access Features Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
N/A
Yes
No
Other Authentication
N/A
Single-Sign On
DNA SSO
Support Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://textpattern.com/
http://help.blogger.com/
Available
www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/
Issue Tracker
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
support.etouch.net
DNA/ys
Books
1
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#textpattern on freenode
Blogging Features Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Categorization
Multiple
None
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
No
Optional
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
No
Yes
No
Blog by Email
No
Yes
No
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Yes
No
No
Blog API
MovableType, metaWeblog
Blogger data API
Can be provided on request
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Undo
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Comment Features Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
No
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Open-ID Support
None
None
None
Extended Features Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
No
No
No
Google Sitemap
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Workflow Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Content Approval
Yes
No
No
No
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Content Import
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
none
Using custom import framework
Movable Type, blogSpirit
Content Export
Unlimited, template-based
HTML via FTP/SFTP
No
blogSpirit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Syndication Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Textpattern Blogger SamePage blogSpirit
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
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