Battle Blog vs. dasBlog vs. Loudblog vs. Movable Type

General Features Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Version
1.0d
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
0.6
4.21
Release Date
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2007-08-13 (17 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (16 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)
Author
David Pinero
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Gerrit van Aaken
Six Apart
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD License
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
System Requirements Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Programming Language
Classic ASP
asp.net 2.0
PHP
Perl 5
Operating System
Windows
Any Windows IIS platform
all
Platform Independant
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
Datastorage Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Text Files
No
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Yes
Other
MS Access
Structured XML data store
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Akismet Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Definable Questions
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Pluggable
Support Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
None
None
2-5
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
Yes
No
Yes
Archiving
Yes
No
No
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Protected Posts
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
No
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
none
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
No
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Comment Features Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client + Server
Extended Features Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
No
No
Plugin
Search Engine
No
Yes
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Workflow Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Content Import
BlogML pending
none
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
BlogML pending
via RSS
Yes
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
No
Yes
Administration Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Yes
Yes
YouTube Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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