Battle Blog vs. dasBlog vs. Movable Type vs. Pivot

General Features Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Version
1.0d
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
4.21
1.40.6
Release Date
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2007-08-13 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (16 years ago)
2008-07-13 (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
Six Apart
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD License
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
$0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Programming Language
Classic ASP
asp.net 2.0
Perl 5
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Operating System
Windows
Any Windows IIS platform
Platform Independant
Any
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
IIS 4.0+
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
Datastorage Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
Other
MS Access
Structured XML data store
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Akismet Support
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
No
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Pluggable
Support Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
Books
None
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Receive
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
XML-RPC and Atom
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Comment Features Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Gravatars
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Search Engine
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom Pages
Yes
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Content Import
BlogML pending
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
BlogML pending
Yes
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Trash
No
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog dasBlog Movable Type Pivot
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Yes
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
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