Wikia vs. Wikidot

General Features Wikia Wikidot
Version
N/A
Last Release Date
N/A
Last Update here
2013-02-18 (11 years ago)
2009-12-09 (14 years ago)
Author
Wikia, Inc.
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
License
N/A
AGPLv3
Programming Language
N/A
Data Storage
N/A
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
All users
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features Wikia Wikidot
Storage Quota
unlimited
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
unlimited
no limit
Other Limits
none
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
Yes
Yes
Own Domain
Optional
Yes
Ads allowed
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Wikia Wikidot
Operating System
N/A
Root Access
N/A
No
Webserver
N/A
Other Requirements
N/A
Datastorage Wikia Wikidot
Text Files
N/A
Unknown
MySQL
N/A
Unknown
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
Oracle
N/A
Unknown
SQLite
N/A
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
N/A
Unknown
RCS
N/A
Unknown
Other
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam Wikia Wikidot
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Yes
Development/Support Wikia Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
##wikia on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wikia Wikidot
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Special Features Wikia Wikidot
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
2
English, Polish
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links Wikia Wikidot
CamelCase
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Wikia Wikidot
HTML Tags
Some
None
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Optional
No
Markdown Support
Optional
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
Yes
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Usability Wikia Wikidot
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Statistics Wikia Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Output Wikia Wikidot
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wikia Wikidot
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
Extras Wikia Wikidot
Calendar
Unknown
Optional
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wikia Wikidot
Internal Link
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italic text//
Underline Format
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Images
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
= Centered line
Text Indentation
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
Numbered Lists
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
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