| General Features | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.4
|
4.21
|
3.3
|
| Release Date |
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
|
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
|
3.3
|
| Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
Francois Planque / evoTeam
|
Six Apart
|
eTouch Systems
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL
|
Commercial
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 - Free
|
$0
|
Pls check www.etouch.net
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Interface Languages |
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish |
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Hosting Features | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
None
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
None
|
| Other Limits |
N/A
|
N/A
|
None
|
| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Own Domain |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Optional
|
| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No pornography
|
| System Requirements | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Perl 5
|
Java
|
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows or other
|
Platform Independant
|
Windows/Linux/Solaris
|
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS or other
|
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
|
Bundled with Tomcat. Can be proxied via webserver of choice
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
Oracle 9i/10G, JSDK1.4
|
||
| Datastorage | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SQLite |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
(must overload DB abstraction class)
|
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
|
|
| Anti-Spam | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Akismet Support |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| IP Ban List |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
several specialized antispam plugins
|
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
|
Moderated Comments
|
| User Access Features | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Audit Log |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| LDAP Authentication |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Other Authentication |
OpenID plugin
|
Pluggable
|
Single-Sign On
|
| Support | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Commercial Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Online Help |
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
|
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
|
Available
|
| Issue Tracker |
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
|
support.etouch.net
|
|
| Books |
2-5
|
||
| Support Forum | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| IRC-Channel |
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
|
#movabletype @ freenode.net
|
|
| Blogging Features | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
| Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
| Pingback |
Receive
|
No
|
|
| Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog API |
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
|
XML-RPC and Atom
|
Can be provided on request
|
| Post Editing | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Multi-paged posts |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Undo |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Comment Features | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Gravatars |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Open-ID Support |
Client
|
Client + Server
|
|
| Extended Features | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Google Sitemap |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Workflow | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Content Approval |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Versioning |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interoperability | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Content Import |
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
|
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
|
Using custom import framework
|
| Content Export |
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
HTML 4
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Syndication | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | b2evolution | Movable Type | SamePage |
| Podcast Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| YouTube Support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Media Converter |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
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