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Blog software comparison chart
Updated May 18, 2006: This chart is a companion to the article "Time to check: Are you using the right blogging tool?," published July 14, 2005 in the USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review. Do note that this chart reflects only standard features of the tools' installation, and not every possible extension, plug-in modification... or hack.
| Functionality | Blogger | TypePad Basic | TypePad Plus | TypePad Pro | Blogware | WordPress | Movable Type | Expression Engine |
| Comments | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Categories | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Subcategories | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Trackbacks | Yes (Backlinks) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pings | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RSS | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Atom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Search | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blogroll/Lists | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Number of blogs | Unlimited | 1 | 3 | Unlimited | 1 | 1 (more with WordPress MU) | Determined by license | Unlimited |
| News Aggregation | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Extras | Blogger | TypePad Basic | TypePad Plus | TypePad Pro | Blogware | WordPress | Movable Type | Expression Engine |
| Moblogging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Photo Galleries | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Non-blog pages | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Maintenance | Blogger | TypePad Basic | TypePad Plus | TypePad Pro | Blogware | WordPress | Movable Type | Expression Engine |
| API | Blogger | Blogger, MetaWeblog, MT, Atom | Blogger, MetaWeblog, MT, Atom | Blogger, MetaWeblog, MT, Atom | MetaWeblog | Blogger, MetaWeblog, MT | Blogger, MetaWeblog, MT, Atom | MetaWeblog, Blogger, MT |
| Logs | None | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Data Storage | Database | Database | Database | Database | Database | Database | Database/No database | Database |
| Spam Fighting Tools | Blogger | TypePad Basic | TypePad Plus | TypePad Pro | Blogware | WordPress | Movable Type | Expression Engine |
| Blacklist | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Visitor registration/login | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Captchas | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Moderation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| URL NOFOLLOW | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IP/User/URL banning | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Comment Notification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Design | Blogger | TypePad Basic | TypePad Plus | TypePad Pro | Blogware | WordPress | Movable Type | Expression Engine |
| Skins | 33 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 27 |
| Admin panel design configuration | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Admin panel layout configuration | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Publishing Interface | Blogger | TypePad Basic | TypePad Plus | TypePad Pro | Blogware | WordPress | Movable Type | Expression Engine |
| User Levels | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple authors | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image uploading | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image thumbnailing | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Post scheduling | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Save without posting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bookmarklets | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Edit Templates Online | Yes | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Edit Templates Offline | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| File uploading | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Password Protection | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Localization | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Work offline | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Changes? Corrections? Additions? Please e-mail them to OJR's editor at ojr[at]ojr.org.