WikiMatrix

Feature Comparison

General FeaturesCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
Version does not apply3.6 does not apply
Last Release Date does not applyJune 2008 does not apply
Author Central Desktop eTouch Systems Socialtext
URL www.centraldesktop.com www.etouch.net www.socialtext.com
Free and Open Source does not apply No does not apply
License does not applyCommercial does not apply
Programming Language does not applyJava does not apply
Data Storage does not applyFiles, DB does not apply
License Cost/ Fee Free Version Available (Pay versions start at $25/month) Pls check www.etouch.net www.socialtext.com
Development status does not applyMature does not apply
Intended Audience Small-Medium Sized Businesses Anyone who intends to use the Web for a collaborative initiatives.Geared for Enterprise Users. Businesses, individuals & developers
Hosting FeaturesCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
Storage Quota from 25MB and up None Starts at 1GB & scales to unlimited storage
Bandwidth Quota unlimited None Unlimited
Other Limits   User-based Unlimited wiki workspaces & pages
Topic Restrictions   No pornography None
Corporate Branding Yes Yes Yes
Own Domain Yes Yes Yes
Ads allowed Yes No No
System RequirementsCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
Operating System does not applyWindows/Linux/Solaris does not apply
Root Access does not apply No does not apply
Webserver does not applyBundled with Tomcat. Can run on any J2EE app server. Can be proxied via webserver of choice does not apply
Other Requirements does not applyJDK1.4 does not apply
DatastorageCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
Text Files does not apply No does not apply
MySQL does not apply Yes does not apply
PostgreSQL does not apply No does not apply
Oracle does not apply Yes does not apply
SQLite does not apply No does not apply
BerkeleyDB does not apply No does not apply
RCS does not apply No does not apply
Other does not apply  does not apply
Security/Anti-SpamCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
Page Permissions Yes Yes Yes
ACL No Yes Yes
Authentication Backends does not applyDatabase,LDAP (AD, OID,Novell,Sun etc), SSO (Siteminder,WebSeal, OracleSSO etc) does not apply
Host Blocking No No Yes
Mail Encryption   No Optional
nofollow No No Optional
Blacklist   No Yes
CAPTCHA Yes Yes Optional
Delayed Indexing   Yes Optional
Development/SupportCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
Commercial Support Yes, 1 listed Yes, 2 listed Yes, 2 listed
Preconfigured Hosting does not apply Yes does not apply
Code Repository does not applySource Code is not included does not apply
Issue Tracker   support.etouch.net www.socialtext.net
Mailing List   samepage-support@etouch.net www.socialtext.net
Support Forum forum.centraldesktop.com forums.etouch.net www.socialtext.net
IRC Channel   Not available currently #socialtext
Common FeaturesCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
Preview Yes Yes Yes
Minor Changes Yes Yes Optional
Change Summary No Yes Yes
Page History Yes Yes Yes
Page Revisions Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Revision Diffs Between all Between all Between all
Page Index Yes Yes Yes
Plugin System   Yes  
Special FeaturesCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
Unicode Support Yes Yes Yes
Right-to-Left Support   Yes Optional
Interface Languages Not localized 5 languages
German, English, French, Hungarian, Polish
 
Email notification Yes Yes Yes
Comments Flat Threaded Flat
Categories Yes Yes Yes
Namespaces Yes Yes Yes
Page Redirection Yes Yes Optional
Conflict Handling Conflict Resolution Page Locking Conflict Detection
Search Full Text Full Text Full Text
Wiki Farming does not apply Yes does not apply
Structured Data   Patch  
LinksCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
CamelCase Optional No Optional
Freelinks Yes Yes Yes
Backlinks No Yes Yes
InterWiki Yes Yes Yes
SisterWiki Yes No Optional
Image Links Yes Yes Yes
Windows Shares Yes Yes Yes
Page Redirects   Yes  
Syntax FeaturesCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
HTML Tags Some Optional All
Math formulas No Plugin Optional
Tables simple + complex simple + complex simple + complex
CREOLE support   No Optional
Markdown Support No No Optional
Textile Support No Yes Optional
BBCode Support No No Optional
Emoticon Images No Yes Optional
Syntax Highlighting Yes No Optional
Footnotes No No Optional
Quoting Yes Yes Yes
Internal Comments Yes No Optional
Custom styles Yes Yes Optional
FAQ Tags No No Optional
Scripting html/css/templating Direct scripting prohibited for security reasons.Can be done via plugins, custom js files. Javascript
Content Includes Yes Yes Yes
Feed Aggregation Yes Yes Yes
UsabilityCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
Section Editing Yes Patch Optional
Page Templates   Yes  
Double-Click Edit Optional No Yes
Toolbar Yes Yes Yes
WYSIWYG Editing Yes Yes Yes
Access Keys   Yes Yes
Auto Signature Yes No Yes
StatisticsCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
Recent Changes Yes Yes Yes
Wanted Pages No Yes Yes
Orphaned Pages No Yes Yes
Most/Least Popular Yes Yes Yes
Recent Visitors No No Yes
Analysis Optional Yes Optional
OutputCentralDesktop DetailsSamePage DetailsSocialtext Details
HTML HTML 4 HTML 4 HTML 4
CSS Stylesheets Yes Yes Yes
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