Wikia vs. PodWiki vs. Drupal Wiki

General Features Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Version
N/A
0.9.1
8.26
Last Release Date
N/A
2007-02-12 (17 years ago)
2023-05-31 (9 months ago)
Last Update here
2013-02-18 (11 years ago)
2007-02-13 (17 years ago)
2023-06-05 (9 months ago)
Author
Wikia, Inc.
Thomas Linden
https://kontextwork.de
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
No
License
N/A
GPL
Commercial
Programming Language
N/A
Perl
Java
Data Storage
N/A
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
GPL / none
Different licences
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
All users
average to advanced users
Enterprise
Hosting Features Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Storage Quota
unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
none
N/A
Topic Restrictions
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
No
Own Domain
Optional
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
No
System Requirements Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Operating System
N/A
Unix
Linux, Unix, Windows, OS X
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
apache
Apache, nginx
Other Requirements
N/A
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Text Files
N/A
Yes
No
MySQL
N/A
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
Yes
Oracle
N/A
No
No
SQLite
N/A
No
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
No
RCS
N/A
Yes
No
Other
N/A
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
builtin
Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos-SSO
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
Yes
Development/Support Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
##wikia on freenode
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Special Features Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
Optional
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Yes
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Optional
No
No
Textile Support
Optional
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Optional
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Plugin
Scripting
Yes
Perl
Widgets
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Usability Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
No
Yes
Output Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Plugin
PDF Export
Optional
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
No
Contents
Extras Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Wikia PodWiki Drupal Wiki
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
(Integrated in WYSIWYG-Editor with search in a dialog)
alternatively:
[[#123]]
[[#123][label]] 
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
(Integrated in WYSIWYG-Editor)
alternatively:
[[http://drupal-wiki.com]]
[[http://drupal-wiki.com][label]]
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Bold Format
B<bold>
(Integrated into the WYSIWYG-Editor)
Italics Format
I<italics>
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Underline Format
via html only
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Strikethrough Format
via html only
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Superscript Format
via html only
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Subscript Format
via html only
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Images
G<logo.png>
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Definition Lists
via html only
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Horizontal Rule
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(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
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