blogSpirit vs. Movable Type

General Features blogSpirit Movable Type
Version
5.0
4.21
Release Date
2007
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
blogSpirit
Six Apart
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
License
From $0 to Enterprise
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
From $0 to Enterprise
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Hosting Features blogSpirit Movable Type
Storage Quota
does not apply
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
does not apply
N/A
Other Limits
does not apply
N/A
Corporate Branding
No
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
Topic Restrictions
does not apply
N/A
System Requirements blogSpirit Movable Type
Programming Language
PHP
Perl 5
Operating System
Linux
Platform Independant
Webserver
Apache
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Root Access
No
No
Other Requirements
None
Datastorage blogSpirit Movable Type
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
Other
None
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam blogSpirit Movable Type
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Antispam spirit
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features blogSpirit Movable Type
ACL
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
No
Optional
Other Authentication
DNA SSO
Pluggable
Support blogSpirit Movable Type
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Online Help
www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Issue Tracker
DNA/ys
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
1
2-5
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features blogSpirit Movable Type
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
No
Plugin
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing blogSpirit Movable Type
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Undo
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Comment Features blogSpirit Movable Type
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Extended Features blogSpirit Movable Type
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Search Engine
No
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Workflow blogSpirit Movable Type
Content Approval
No
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Interoperability blogSpirit Movable Type
Content Import
Movable Type, blogSpirit
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
blogSpirit
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Administration blogSpirit Movable Type
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Syndication blogSpirit Movable Type
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting blogSpirit Movable Type
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
Media Converter
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
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