Battle Blog vs. Blogger vs. Geeklog vs. Jlog vs. Loudblog vs. Movable Type vs. NucleusCMS vs. PSG

General Features Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Version
1.0d
N/A
1.8.2
1.0.2
0.6
4.21
3.24
1.12.0
Release Date
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
N/A
30 Dez 2012
2007-01-08 (17 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2006-11-10 (17 years ago)
2006-08-22 (17 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)
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
David Pinero
Google Inc.
Geeklog Team
Jeena Paradies / team
Gerrit van Aaken
Six Apart
Wouter Demuynck and others
The PSG Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
N/A
GNU version 2
GPL 2
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
0
$0
free
Free
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
No
Optional
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Hosting Features Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Storage Quota
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Programming Language
Classic ASP
N/A
php
PHP
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
PHP
Operating System
Windows
N/A
any
all
Platform Independant
Linux, Windows, UNIX
Any
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
N/A
any
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache with PHP
Any
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
None
Datastorage Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Text Files
No
N/A
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
N/A
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
N/A
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Other
MS Access
N/A
no
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Akismet Support
Unknown
N/A
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Definable Questions
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
SpamBayes, MBL
Moderation, link condom
User Access Features Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
ACL
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
N/A
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Other Authentication
N/A
Pluggable
You can write your own auth plugin
Support Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://help.blogger.com/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://faq.nucleuscms.org/
Issue Tracker
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://dev.nucleuscms.org/tracker/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
Books
None
1
None
None
2-5
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Categorization
Multiple
None
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
None
Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
No
Send+Receive
No
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
No
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Protected Posts
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Blog API
Blogger data API
none
XML-RPC and Atom
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API
Post Editing Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Optional
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Optional
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Undo
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Comment Features Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
None
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Workflow Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Content Approval
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Content Import
none
none
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
yes
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
RSS
via RSS
Yes
backup to SQL
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog Blogger Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Podcast Feeds
No
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
YouTube Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
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