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Feature Comparison
| General Features | Personal PPC Wiki  | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 1.6.4 |
4.0 |
does not apply | 3.3.6 (probably later, check the site) |
| Last Release Date |
Febuary 2009 |
19th September, 2011 |
does not apply | 01/20/2010 |
| Author |
Tony Steward |
Atlassian |
PBworks |
Dan Vis |
| URL |
pppcwiki.freehostia.com |
www.atlassian.com |
pbworks.com |
www.boltwire.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
 No |
does not apply | Yes |
| License |
GPL |
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use |
does not apply | Custom - Free |
| Programming Language |
Basic4PPC (.NET) |
Java |
does not apply | php |
| Data Storage |
Files |
Database |
does not apply | Files |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis) |
Determined by Solution Needs |
0 |
| Development status |
Beta |
Mature |
does not apply | Mature |
| Intended Audience |
Personal use |
Enterprise + Technical Teams |
Business Enterprises |
General Users & Advanced Developers |
| Hosting Features | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Storage Quota |
does not apply | 10 to 100GB+ |
No limit |
does not apply |
| Bandwidth Quota |
does not apply | 100GB/month |
No limit |
does not apply |
| Other Limits |
does not apply | No |
None |
does not apply |
| Topic Restrictions |
does not apply | No |
None |
does not apply |
| Corporate Branding |
does not apply | Yes |
Yes |
does not apply |
| Own Domain |
does not apply |  Optional |
Yes |
does not apply |
| Ads allowed |
does not apply | Yes |
Yes |
does not apply |
| System Requirements | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Operating System |
WM5 (ppc version) Windows XP (desktop Version) |
Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix variants |
does not apply | Windows, Mac, Unix, etc. |
| Root Access |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| Webserver |
Built In |
Apache Tomcat |
does not apply | Any with PHP support |
| Other Requirements |
.NETCF2 |
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+ |
does not apply | None |
| Datastorage | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Text Files |
Yes |
No |
does not apply | Yes |
| MySQL |
No |
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| Oracle |
No |
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| RCS |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| Other |
Simple SQL Lookup |
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server |
does not apply | Easily Customizable Datastorage |
| Security/Anti-Spam | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Page Permissions |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
|
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more |
does not apply | Easily Customizable Authentication |
| Host Blocking |
No |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
| Mail Encryption |
No |
Optional |
No |
Yes |
| nofollow |
No |
Optional |
No |
Yes |
| Blacklist |
No |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Delayed Indexing |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Development/Support | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Commercial Support |
|
Yes, 34 listed |
Yes, 2 listed |
Yes, 1 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
|
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| Code Repository |
pppcwiki.bbster.net |
Source included with commercial license |
does not apply | www.boltwire.com |
| Issue Tracker |
pppcwiki.bbster.net |
jira.atlassian.com |
|
www.boltwire.com |
| Mailing List |
|
www.atlassian.com |
|
www.boltwire.com |
| Support Forum |
pppcwiki.bbster.net |
answers.atlassian.com |
getsatisfaction.com |
www.boltwire.com |
| IRC Channel |
|
Jabber MUC at chat.atlassian.com |
|
None |
| Common Features | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Preview |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Change Summary |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page History |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
None |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
No |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Special Features | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Unicode Support |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interface Languages |
Not localized |
15 languages Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
Not localized |
6 languages German, English, Italian, Swedish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comments |
No |
Threaded |
Threaded |
Threaded |
| Categories |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Redirection |
|
 Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Conflict Handling |
|
Conflict Resolution |
Page Locking |
Conflict Resolution |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Wiki Farming |
Yes |
Yes |
does not apply | Yes |
| Structured Data |
|
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Links | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| CamelCase |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Links |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
|
Yes |
Optional |
|
| Page Redirects |
|
Plugin |
|
Yes |
| Syntax Features | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| HTML Tags |
All |
Optional |
All |
Some |
| Math formulas |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tables |
complex |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
complex |
| CREOLE support |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Markdown Support |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Textile Support |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| BBCode Support |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syntax Highlighting |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Footnotes |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Quoting |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Internal Comments |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Scripting |
|
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more |
Javascript |
Yes, multiple kinds |
| Content Includes |
Optional |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Usability | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Section Editing |
No |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Page Templates |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Double-Click Edit |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Access Keys |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Auto Signature |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Statistics | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Recent Changes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Most/Least Popular |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Recent Visitors |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Analysis |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Output | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| HTML |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
|
Print CSS |
Print CSS |
Print View |
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Themes & Skins |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Abbreviations |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto-TOC |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Raw Export |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| HTML Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XML export |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| PDF Export |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Media and Files | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media Revisions |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Embedded Flash |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Video |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Editing |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| SVG Editing |
|
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| MindMap Editing |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Media Search |
Filenames only |
Contents |
Contents |
No |
| Extras | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Calendar |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Image Galleries |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Forums |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Blogs |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Ticket System |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Syntax Examples | Personal PPC Wiki | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Internal Link |
[PageName] [[pagename][Description]] |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link] |
[[link|label]] |
| External Link |
[http:\\pagename.com] [[http:\\pagename.com][Description]] |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
[http://www.externallink.com] |
[[www.example.com]] |
| Headlines |
|
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 !!!!!! Level 6 |
! Header 1 !! Header 2 !!! Header 3 |
| Bold Format |
*Bold* |
*bold* |
**bold** |
**bold** <b>bold</b> |
| Italics Format |
=Italics= |
_italics_ |
''italics'' |
//italics// <i>italics</i> |
| Underline Format |
_Underline_ |
+underline+ |
__underline__ |
__underline__ <u>underline</u> |
| Monospace Format |
|
{{monospace}} |
<code>monospace</code> |
<pre>monospace</pre> |
| Strikethrough Format |
-Strike- |
-strikethrough- |
-strikethrough- |
<strike>strike</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
|
^superscript^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
^^superscript^^ <sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
|
~subscript~ |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
[$Imagename$] |
!attached-image.jpg! !Other Page^attached-image.jpg|thumbnail! !http://example.com/external-image.jpg! |
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg |
img:image.gif [^image.gif parameters^] |
| Aligning Text |
|
{html}<div align="right">{html} |
<left>, <center>, <right> |
<center>text</center> <right>text</right> <left>text</left> |
| Text Indentation |
>Indent1 >>Ident2 |
|
|
-> Text <- |
| Bulleted Lists |
-Bullet1 --Sub Bullet |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
* Bullet #1 * Bullet #2 ** SubBullet #1 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
#Number List1 ##Sub Number List |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
# Number #1 # Number #2 |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
|
|
<dl> </dl> |
<dl><dt><dd> |
| Horizontal Rule |
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| Last updated | 2009-02-16 | 2011-09-19 | 2010-08-16 | 2010-02-17 |
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