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Feature Comparison
| General Features | CentralDesktop  | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
does not apply | does not apply |  4.2 |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Last Release Date |
does not apply | does not apply | September 2009 |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Author |
Central Desktop |
Inspirit |
eTouch Systems |
Socialtext |
Wikispaces.com |
| URL |
www.centraldesktop.com |
www.nexdo.com |
www.etouch.net |
www.socialtext.com |
www.wikispaces.com |
| Free and Open Source |
does not apply | does not apply |  No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| License |
does not apply | does not apply | Commercial |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Programming Language |
does not apply | does not apply | Java |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Data Storage |
does not apply | does not apply | Files, DB |
does not apply | does not apply |
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free Version Available (Pay versions start at $25/month) |
Free for 5 users, group based pricing |
Pls check www.etouch.net |
www.socialtext.com |
free for public and protected (members-only) spaces; $5/mo. for private and ad-free spaces |
| Development status |
does not apply | does not apply | Mature |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Intended Audience |
Small-Medium Sized Businesses |
Organizations |
Anyone who intends to use the Web for a collaborative initiatives.Geared for Enterprise Users. |
Businesses, individuals & developers |
interest groups, education, small companies, social groups, individuals |
| Hosting Features | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| Storage Quota |
from 25MB and up |
10 MB per user |
None |
Starts at 1GB & scales to unlimited storage |
2GB - 200GB+ |
| Bandwidth Quota |
unlimited |
|
None |
Unlimited |
no limit set |
| Other Limits |
|
no |
User-based |
Unlimited wiki workspaces & pages |
none |
| Topic Restrictions |
|
illegal stuff |
No pornography |
None |
per terms of service |
| Corporate Branding |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Own Domain |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ads allowed |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| System Requirements | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| Operating System |
does not apply | does not apply | Windows/Linux/Solaris |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Root Access |
does not apply | does not apply | No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Webserver |
does not apply | does not apply | Bundled with Tomcat. Can run on any J2EE app server(OAS,JBOSS,WebLogic,WebSphere etc). Can be proxied via webserver of choice(Apache,IIS etc) |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Other Requirements |
does not apply | does not apply | JDK1.5 |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Datastorage | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| Text Files |
does not apply | does not apply | No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| MySQL |
does not apply | does not apply | Yes |
does not apply | does not apply |
| PostgreSQL |
does not apply | does not apply | No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Oracle |
does not apply | does not apply | Yes |
does not apply | does not apply |
| SQLite |
does not apply | does not apply | No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| BerkeleyDB |
does not apply | does not apply | No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| RCS |
does not apply | does not apply | No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Other |
does not apply | does not apply | |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Security/Anti-Spam | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
does not apply | does not apply | Database,LDAP (AD, OID,Novell,Sun etc), SSO (Siteminder,WebSeal, OracleSSO etc) |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Host Blocking |
No |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mail Encryption |
|
|
No |
 Optional |
No |
| nofollow |
No |
|
No |
Optional |
Yes |
| Blacklist |
|
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Delayed Indexing |
|
|
Yes |
Optional |
No |
| Development/Support | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 2 listed |
No |
Yes, 2 listed |
Yes, 7 listed |
Yes, 2 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
does not apply | does not apply | Yes |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Code Repository |
does not apply | does not apply | Source Code is not included |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Issue Tracker |
|
|
support.etouch.net |
www.socialtext.net |
www.wikispaces.com |
| Mailing List |
|
|
samepage-support@etouch.net |
www.socialtext.net |
n/a |
| Support Forum |
forum.centraldesktop.com |
|
forums.etouch.net |
www.socialtext.net |
www.wikispaces.com |
| IRC Channel |
|
|
Not available currently |
#socialtext |
n/a |
| Common Features | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
No |
| Change Summary |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page History |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
|
|
Yes |
|
No |
| Special Features | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
|
|
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Interface Languages |
Not localized |
4 languages English, , Finnish, German |
5 languages German, English, French, Hungarian, Polish |
|
8 languages Welsh, German, English, Spanish, Basque, French, Italian, Polish |
| Email notification |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comments |
Flat |
Flat |
Threaded |
Flat |
Discussion Pages |
| Categories |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Redirection |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Detection |
Page Locking |
Conflict Detection |
Conflict Resolution |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Wiki Farming |
does not apply | does not apply | Yes |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Structured Data |
|
|
 Patch |
|
No |
| Links | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| CamelCase |
Optional |
No |
No |
Optional |
No |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
Yes |
No |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
| Image Links |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Page Redirects |
|
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
| Syntax Features | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| HTML Tags |
Some |
All |
Optional |
All |
Optional |
| Math formulas |
No |
|
 Plugin |
Optional |
Yes |
| Tables |
simple + complex |
complex |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
complex |
| CREOLE support |
|
|
No |
Optional |
No |
| Markdown Support |
No |
|
No |
Optional |
No |
| Textile Support |
No |
|
Yes |
Optional |
No |
| BBCode Support |
No |
|
No |
Optional |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
No |
|
Yes |
Optional |
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
No |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
| Footnotes |
No |
|
No |
Optional |
Yes |
| Quoting |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Internal Comments |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Optional |
No |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
No |
No |
No |
Optional |
No |
| Scripting |
html/css/templating |
|
Direct scripting prohibited for security reasons.Can be done via plugins, custom js files. |
Javascript |
yes: javascript |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Usability | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| Section Editing |
Yes |
No |
Patch |
Optional |
Yes |
| Page Templates |
|
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
| Double-Click Edit |
Optional |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access Keys |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Auto Signature |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Statistics | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Orphaned Pages |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Recent Visitors |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Analysis |
Optional |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Output | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| HTML |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View |
Print View |
Print View |
Print View |
Print View |
| Mobile Friendly |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
| Themes & Skins |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Abbreviations |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Auto-TOC |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Raw Export |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| HTML Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XML export |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| PDF Export |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Media and Files | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media Revisions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Embedded Flash |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Video |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Editing |
No |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
No |
| SVG Editing |
No |
No |
No |
Optional |
No |
| MindMap Editing |
No |
No |
No |
Optional |
No |
| Media Search |
Contents |
No |
Contents |
Contents |
Filenames only |
| Extras | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| Calendar |
|
|
Plugin |
|
Plugin |
| Image Galleries |
|
|
Yes |
|
Plugin |
| Forums |
|
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
| Blogs |
|
|
Yes |
|
No |
| Ticket System |
|
|
Yes |
|
No |
| Syntax Examples | CentralDesktop | nexdo | SamePage | Socialtext | Wikispaces |
| Internal Link |
WikiPage |
[Link] |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
[link] |
[[pagename]] or [[pagename|alias]] or [[spacename:pagename]] |
| External Link |
http://www.example.com |
http://www.example.com [http://www.example.com] www.example.com |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
http://www.example.com |
[[http://somewhere.else]] or http://somewhere.else |
| Headlines |
<h1>headline1</h1> <h2>headline1</h2> |
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
^ Headline |
= Headline 1 = == Headline 2 == === Headline 3 === |
| Bold Format |
<b>text</b> |
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
*bold* |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
<i>text</i> |
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
_italics_ |
//italics// |
| Underline Format |
<u>text</u> |
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
|
__underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
<pre>text</pre> |
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
.pre monospace .pre |
{{monospace}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
<strike>text</strike> |
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
--strikethrough-- |
|
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
|
|
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
|
|
| Images |
<img src="image.gif" /> |
|
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
http://www.example.com/path/to/image.jpg |
[[image:image.jpg]] |
| Aligning Text |
<span align="right">text</span> |
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
|
via editor tool |
| Text Indentation |
|
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
> indented |
> indent |
| Bulleted Lists |
<ul> <li>test</li> </ul> |
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
* bullet item ** bulletted subitem |
* one * two ** sub-two * three |
| Numbered Lists |
<ol> <li>test</li> </ol> |
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
# numbered item ## numbered subitem |
# one # two ## sub-two # three |
| Definition Lists |
|
HTML |
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
Term > definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
<hr> |
|
Through WYSIWYG Editor. No syntax required. |
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