SharePoint Wiki Plus vs. BrainKeeper vs. PBwiki vs. PhpWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Version
Version 13.1.88 (SP2010/2013/2016)
N/A
N/A
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.67
Last Release Date
2017-08-05 (8 years ago)
N/A
N/A
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-11 (7 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
KWizCom Corporation
BrainKeeper, Inc.
PBworks
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
per server
N/A
N/A
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
.NET - C#
N/A
N/A
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
N/A
N/A
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
$3680
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
SharePoint users who desire enterprise wiki capabilities
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Business Enterprises
Any
Anyone
Hosting Features SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Windows Server 2003/2008
N/A
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Root Access
Yes
N/A
N/A
No
No
Webserver
Microsoft IIS
N/A
N/A
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
SharePoint 2013/2016/2018 - All editions supported
N/A
N/A
various opt. helpers
Datastorage SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
No
Oracle
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
No
SQLite
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
No
RCS
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Other
MS SQL Server
N/A
N/A
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory/Claims/.NET Authentication provider
N/A
N/A
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
No
No
Development/Support SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
N/A
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
Links SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
javascript
Javascript
plugins, templates, PHP
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Statistics SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Output SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Optional
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples SharePoint Wiki Plus BrainKeeper PBwiki PhpWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[SPD]]
[[SharePoint Designer | SPD]]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[internal]]
External Link
[http://en.wikipedia.org/]
[http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]
[http://www.externallink.com]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
'''Bold text'''
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
''Italicized text''
''italics''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
<u>underlined text</u>
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
=monospaced text=
<code>monospace</code>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<s>strike through</s>
-strikethrough-
<strike>striked through</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[[Image:KWizCom-logo.gif|KWizCom – Knowledge Worker Components]]
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<div align="right">
<left>, <center>, <right>
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Indented block
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* one
** one-two
* two
* three
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* list
or
- list
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# one
## one-two
# two
# three
# Number #1
# Number #2
# list
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
<dl>
</dl>
Term:<def>
def
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
---
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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