| General Features | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
6.0
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N/A
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N/A
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5.0.0.1
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Version 13.1.88 (SP2010/2013/2016)
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| Last Release Date |
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
|
N/A
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N/A
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2017-08-05 (8 years ago)
|
|
| Last Update here |
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
|
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
|
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
|
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
|
2018-10-11 (7 years ago)
|
| Author |
OpenRoad Communications Ltd
|
BrainKeeper, Inc.
|
PBworks
|
Eduardo Mauro
|
KWizCom Corporation
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
N/A
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N/A
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No
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No
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| License |
Commercial
|
N/A
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N/A
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Commercial
|
per server
|
| Programming Language |
ASP.NET C#
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N/A
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N/A
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Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
|
.NET - C#
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
N/A
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N/A
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Database
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
$119/user (hosted), $10/user (cloud)
|
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
|
Determined by Solution Needs
|
39,95
|
$3680
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
N/A
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N/A
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Mature
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Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Intranet, Corporate, Private
|
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
|
Business Enterprises
|
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
|
SharePoint users who desire enterprise wiki capabilities
|
| Hosting Features | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| 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 | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| Operating System |
Windows Server 2008, 2012
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Windows
|
Windows Server 2003/2008
|
| Root Access |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Webserver |
IIS
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No need
|
Microsoft IIS
|
| Other Requirements |
N/A
|
N/A
|
none
|
SharePoint 2013/2016/2018 - All editions supported
|
|
| Datastorage | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| Text Files |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2010
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Firebird
|
MS SQL Server
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Active Directory, Open Directory, or Custom Modules
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No need
|
Active Directory/Claims/.NET Authentication provider
|
| Host Blocking |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Development/Support | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
N/A
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| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel | |||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
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| Common Features | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
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
|
To current
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
11
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
1
English |
1
English |
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese |
0
|
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
None
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Links | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| CamelCase |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Some
|
All
|
Some
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Tables |
complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Quoting |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
javascript (optional)
|
Javascript
|
Yes
|
javascript
|
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Usability | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Output | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
Contents
|
Contents
|
No
|
No
|
| Extras | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | ThoughtFarmer | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ConnectedText | SharePoint Wiki Plus |
| Internal Link |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link] |
[[wiki page]] [[wiki page|Title]] |
[[SPD]] [[SharePoint Designer | SPD]] |
| External Link |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
[http://www.externallink.com] |
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]] [[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]] |
[http://en.wikipedia.org/] [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] |
| Headlines |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 !!!!!! Level 6 |
= Head1 = == Head 2 == === Head 3 ==== |
==Section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection==== |
| Bold Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
**bold** |
**bold** |
'''Bold text''' |
| Italics Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
''italics'' |
//italic// |
''Italicized text'' |
| Underline Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
__underline__ |
__Underline__ |
<u>underlined text</u> |
| Monospace Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
<code>monospace</code> |
{{{Monospace}}} |
=monospaced text= |
| Strikethrough Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
-strikethrough- |
--Strikethrough-- |
<s>strike through</s> |
| Superscript Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
<sup>superscript</sup> |
^^Superscript^^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
<sub>subscript</sub> |
vvSubscriptvv |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg |
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]] |
[[Image:KWizCom-logo.gif|KWizCom – Knowledge Worker Components]] |
| Aligning Text |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
<left>, <center>, <right> |
~~Centered text~~ |
<div align="right"> |
| Text Indentation |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
Indented block |
: First level of indenting :: Second level |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
| Bulleted Lists |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
* Bullet #1 * Bullet #2 ** SubBullet #1 |
* First item * Seconditem |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
| Numbered Lists |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
# Number #1 # Number #2 |
1. First item 1. Second item |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
| Definition Lists |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
<dl> </dl> |
;Term:Definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
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