Blogger vs. DotClear vs. LifeType vs. Movable Type

General Features Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Version
N/A
2.1.3
1.2.6
4.21
Release Date
N/A
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2008-01-31 (16 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
Google Inc.
Olivier Meunier
The LifeType Project
Six Apart
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
$0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Hosting Features Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Storage Quota
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Programming Language
N/A
PHP 5
PHP
Perl 5
Operating System
N/A
Unix/Linux, Windows
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Platform Independant
Webserver
N/A
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Root Access
N/A
No
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
Datastorage Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Text Files
N/A
No
No
Yes
MySQL
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
No
Yes
Oracle
N/A
No
No
Yes
SQLite
N/A
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
N/A
No
No
Yes
Other
N/A
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Akismet Support
N/A
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Trackback validation
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
N/A
Optional
No
Optional
Other Authentication
N/A
Extendable authentication API
The so-called "user data providers" allow LifeType to access user data from other sources transparently, be it an external application or an LDAP or ActiveDirectory directory
Pluggable
Support Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://help.blogger.com/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Issue Tracker
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
None
1
None
2-5
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Categorization
None
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog API
Blogger data API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Comment Features Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client
Client + Server
Extended Features Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Content Approval
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Content Import
none
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
E-Mail Notifications
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Blogger DotClear LifeType Movable Type
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
Yes
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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