Loudblog vs. Movable Type vs. Pivot vs. PSG

General Features Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Version
0.6
4.21
1.40.6
1.12.0
Release Date
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (16 years ago)
2008-07-13 (16 years ago)
2006-08-22 (18 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
Gerrit van Aaken
Six Apart
Pivot Team
The PSG Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Free
Free
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Programming Language
PHP
Perl 5
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
PHP
Operating System
all
Platform Independant
Any
Any
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
None
Datastorage Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
IP Ban List
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Definable Questions
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Moderation, link condom
User Access Features Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
ACL
No
No
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Other Authentication
Pluggable
You can write your own auth plugin
Support Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
Books
None
2-5
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
None
Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Protected Posts
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Blog by Email
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Yes
No
Blog API
none
XML-RPC and Atom
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Comment Features Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Search Engine
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Workflow Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Content Import
none
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
via RSS
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Loudblog Movable Type Pivot PSG
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
remove Loudblog remove Movable Type remove Pivot remove PSG