EditMe vs. PBwiki vs. Wikia vs. Wikidot

General Features EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Version
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Last Release Date
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Last Update here
2010-07-12 (13 years ago)
2010-08-16 (13 years ago)
2013-02-18 (11 years ago)
2009-12-09 (14 years ago)
Author
EditMe, LLC
PBworks
Wikia, Inc.
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
License
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N/A
AGPLv3
Programming Language
N/A
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N/A
Data Storage
N/A
N/A
N/A
Database
License Cost/ Fee
From $4.95/mo
Determined by Solution Needs
$0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
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N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Teams, Groups, Companies, Individuals
Business Enterprises
All users
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Storage Quota
25MB to 4GB
No limit
unlimited
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
1GB to 25GB
No limit
unlimited
no limit
Other Limits
None
None
none
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
None
None
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Own Domain
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ads allowed
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
System Requirements EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Operating System
N/A
N/A
N/A
Root Access
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Webserver
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Requirements
N/A
N/A
N/A
Datastorage EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Text Files
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unknown
MySQL
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unknown
PostgreSQL
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Oracle
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unknown
SQLite
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unknown
RCS
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unknown
Other
N/A
N/A
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
N/A
N/A
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Yes
Development/Support EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
##wikia on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
0
2
English, Polish
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
None
Math formulas
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Optional
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Optional
No
Textile Support
No
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Javascript
Yes
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Usability EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Optional
Yes
Statistics EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Output EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Keywords
No
Extras EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples EditMe PBwiki Wikia Wikidot
Internal Link
[[PageName]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link
[[http://... Link Text]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
[http://www.externallink.com]
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
Use WYSIWYG editor
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-B
**bold**
**bold text**
Italics Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-I
''italics''
//italic text//
Underline Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-U
__underline__
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
<code>monospace</code>
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
[[ImageName]] or Use WYSIWYG editor
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
Use WYSIWYG editor
<left>, <center>, <right>
= Centered line
Text Indentation
Use WYSIWYG editor
Indented block
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* element 1
* element 2
Numbered Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
# Number #1
# Number #2
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
<dl>
</dl>
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
Use WYSIWYG editor
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