BlogBaker vs. Movable Type vs. Serendipity

General Features BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Version
N/A
4.21
1.1
Release Date
N/A
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Sparklit
Six Apart
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
BSD
License Cost/ Fee
From $0
$0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Yes
Hosting Features BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Storage Quota
1GB - Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
Upload Bandwidth
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Optional
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
System Requirements BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Programming Language
N/A
Perl 5
PHP
Operating System
N/A
Platform Independant
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Webserver
N/A
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
Datastorage BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Text Files
N/A
Yes
No
MySQL
N/A
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
Yes
Oracle
N/A
Yes
No
SQLite
N/A
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
N/A
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
N/A
Yes
No
Other
N/A
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Akismet Support
N/A
Plugin
Yes
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Tubby Spam Filter
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
N/A
Optional
Plugin
Other Authentication
N/A
Pluggable
Support BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online Help
Personalized Support
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
Issue Tracker
http://support.sparklit.com
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
Books
None
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
No
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Optional
Undo
Yes
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Optional
Versioning
Yes
Yes
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Content Import
csv
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
csv
Yes
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting BlogBaker Movable Type Serendipity
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
Yes
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Converter
Optional
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Plugin
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