PodWiki vs. Wikia vs. Drupal Wiki

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