Pivot vs. Wordpress vs. WikyBlog vs. Movable Type vs. b2evolution

General Features Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Version
1.40.6
2.0.7
1.5.4
4.21
2.4
Release Date
2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Pivot Team
WordPress Development Team
Josh Schmidt
Six Apart
Francois Planque / evoTeam
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
$0
0 - Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Programming Language
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
PHP
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
Operating System
Any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Platform Independant
Linux, Windows or other
Webserver
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Anything with PHP
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, IIS or other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
Datastorage Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Text Files
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Yes
No
Other
XML-based flat file storage
None
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
(must overload DB abstraction class)
Anti-Spam Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Akismet Support
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
various other plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
several specialized antispam plugins
User Access Features Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
LDAP Authentication
No
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Other Authentication
None
Pluggable
OpenID plugin
Support Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
Issue Tracker
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
None
5+
None
2-5
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Blog API
MetaWeblog, Moblog
metaWeblog, MovableType
XML-RPC and Atom
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Post Editing Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Undo
No
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Comment Features Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client + Server
Client
Extended Features Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Workflow Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Content Approval
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Content Import
from 22 other blog systems
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Content Export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
E-Mail Notifications
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Pivot Wordpress WikyBlog Movable Type b2evolution
Podcast Feeds
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Unknown
YouTube Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
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