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| General Features | CentralDesktop  | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Author |
 Central Desktop |
Socialtext |
Wikispaces.com |
Zoho - Free Online Hosted Services |
| URL |
www.centraldesktop.com |
www.socialtext.com |
www.wikispaces.com |
wiki.zoho.com |
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free Version Available |
www.socialtext.com |
free for public and protected (members-only) spaces; $5/mo. for private and ad-free spaces |
Free - 1 wiki, 3 users, 3 workspaces |
| Intended Audience |
Director, VP, & C-Level Managers; Enterprise & SMB; Anyone who wants to put up a hosted corporate intranet, wiki, project workspace, or extranet. |
Businesses |
interest groups, education, small companies, social groups, individuals |
Any users. No Download, No Installation |
| Hosting Features | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| Storage Quota |
from 25MB and up |
2 x 146GB |
2GB - Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Bandwidth Quota |
unlimited |
Unlimited |
no limit set |
Unlimited |
| Other Limits |
Depends on plan |
Unlimited wiki workspaces & pages |
 none |
Unlimited users & pages (Attachment Storage Space 50MB free) |
| Topic Restrictions |
No |
None |
per terms of service |
No restrictions |
| Corporate Branding |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Own Domain |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ads allowed |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Host Blocking |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
| Mail Encryption |
|
 Optional |
No |
|
| nofollow |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
Optional |
| Blacklist |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Delayed Indexing |
|
Optional |
No |
|
| Development/Support | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 2 listed |
Yes, 5 listed |
Yes, 2 listed |
Yes, 2 listed |
| Issue Tracker |
|
www.socialtext.net |
www.wikispaces.com |
wiki.zoho.com |
| Mailing List |
|
www.socialtext.net |
n/a |
wiki.zoho.com |
| Support Forum |
forum.centraldesktop.com |
www.socialtext.net |
www.wikispaces.com |
forums.zohowiki.com |
| IRC Channel |
|
#socialtext |
n/a |
|
| Common Features | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
Optional |
No |
No |
| Change Summary |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Page History |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Special Features | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
|
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interface Languages |
Not localized |
|
8 languages Welsh, German, English, Spanish, Basque, French, Italian, Polish |
13 languages German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comments |
Flat |
Flat |
Discussion Pages |
Flat |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Page Redirection |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Detection |
Conflict Resolution |
|
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Structured Data |
|
Yes |
No |
|
| Links | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional |
Optional |
No |
Yes |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| SisterWiki |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
|
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Redirects |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syntax Features | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some |
All |
Optional |
All |
| Math formulas |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tables |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
complex |
simple |
| CREOLE support |
|
Optional |
No |
|
| Markdown Support |
No |
Optional |
No |
|
| Textile Support |
No |
Optional |
No |
|
| BBCode Support |
No |
Optional |
No |
|
| Emoticon Images |
No |
Optional |
No |
Yes |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
|
| Footnotes |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
|
| Quoting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes |
Optional |
No |
|
| Custom styles |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
No |
Optional |
No |
Optional |
| Scripting |
html/css/templating |
Javascript |
yes: javascript |
not allowed |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Usability | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
|
| Page Templates |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Double-Click Edit |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Auto Signature |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
 Plugin |
| Statistics | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
| Analysis |
Optional |
Optional |
Yes |
|
| Output | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| HTML |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
HTML 4 |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View |
Print View |
Print View |
Print CSS |
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Themes & Skins |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Raw Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| HTML Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XML export |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| PDF Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media and Files | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media Revisions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Flash |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Video |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Editing |
No |
Optional |
No |
|
| SVG Editing |
No |
Optional |
No |
|
| MindMap Editing |
No |
Optional |
No |
|
| Media Search |
Contents |
Contents |
Filenames only |
|
| Extras | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| Calendar |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Image Galleries |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Forums |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Blogs |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
| Ticket System |
|
Yes |
No |
|
| Syntax Examples | CentralDesktop | Socialtext | Wikispaces | Zoho Wiki |
| Internal Link |
WikiPage |
"example" {link] |
[[pagename]] or [[pagename|alias]] or [[spacename:pagename]] |
Automatic Linking, CamelCase, WYSIWYG linking |
| External Link |
http://www.example.com |
"Example"<http://www.example.com/> |
[[http://somewhere.else]] [[http://somewhere.else|alias]] or http://somewhere.else |
Automatic or WYSIWYG linking |
| Headlines |
<h1>headline1</h1> <h2>headline1</h2> |
^ Headline |
= Headline 1 = == Headline 2 == === Headline 3 === |
WYSIWYG with shortcut keys (CTRL + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |
| Bold Format |
<b>text</b> |
*bold* |
**bold** |
WYSIWYG with shortcut key |
| Italics Format |
<i>text</i> |
_italics_ |
//italics// |
WYSIWYG with shortcut key |
| Underline Format |
<u>text</u> |
.html <u>word</u> .html |
__underline__ |
WYSIWYG with shortcut key |
| Monospace Format |
<pre>text</pre> |
.pre monospace .pre |
{{monospace}} |
WYSIWYG |
| Strikethrough Format |
<strike>text</strike> |
--strikethrough-- |
via editor tool |
WYSIWYG |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
.html <sup>number here</sup> .html |
via editor tool |
WYSIWYG |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
.html <sub>number here</sub> .html |
via editor tool |
WYSIWYG |
| Images |
<img src="image.gif" /> |
http://www.example.com/path/to/image.jpg |
[[image:image.jpg]] |
WYSIWYG Upload, Alignment, and Resizing |
| Aligning Text |
<span align="right">text</span> |
.html <p style="text-align: center;"> text you wish to align here </p> .html |
via editor tool |
WYSIWYG with shortcut keys |
| Text Indentation |
|
> indented |
> indent |
WYSIWYG |
| Bulleted Lists |
<ul> <li>test</li> </ul> |
* bullet item ** bulletted subitem |
* one * two ** sub-two * three |
WYSIWYG |
| Numbered Lists |
<ol> <li>test</li> </ol> |
# numbered item ## numbered subitem |
# one # two ## sub-two # three |
WYSIWYG |
| Definition Lists |
|
Term > definition |
|
<dl> </dl> |
| Horizontal Rule |
<hr> |
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| Last updated | 2011-11-07 | 2010-11-15 | 2010-10-20 | 2010-10-07 |