Wiki hosting comparison guide
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Comparison table
Basic general information about the various different wikifarms (collected from Wikipedia[1]).
| Wiki farm | Price | Features | Wiki engine | Content license |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BluWiki | free | Just a single wiki, not a wiki farm, but the site's purpose is to enable users to publish their own pages and subpages with few content restrictions, not to contribute to a common body of knowledge. No subscription needed, users can quickly make new wiki articles. Subdomains are supported. [2] | MediaWiki 1.6.7 | GFDL |
| EditThis.info | free (has text ads) | Wiki farm with unlimited pages and users, wiki spam protection, 25MB of disk space, and RSS feeds. Be warned that there may not be a way to delete unneeded wikis; the Help Desk at the main site has been unresponsive on this issue. | MediaWiki 1.5.5 | Wiki creators can set their own |
| Pseudomenon | free | Semantic Wiki based on Mediawiki and the extensions SemanticMediaWiki and Halo smwplus | MediaWiki (latest version) | GFDL |
| Referata | free | Fast semantic wiki setup. This wiki uses the Semantic-MediaWiki extension. There are also premium plans that let you make your wiki private. There is no limit to the number of wikis you can own. | MediaWiki 1.13.1 | Wiki creators can set their own |
| Wikia | free (has ads for unregistered users) | Wikia was launched in 2004 by Jimmy Wales (the founder of Wikipedia) and Angela Beesley. Wikia hosts most of the largest community-built wikis outside of Wikipedia, including the Wookieepedia and WoWWiki. All wikis are community-owned and openly editable. | MediaWiki (latest version) with additional features | Usually GFDL or another free licence. |
| theWikiz | free (has ads for unregistered users) | Thewikiz provides semantic wiki with forms, drilldown, maintenance script execution through background. | MediaWiki (latest version) with additional features | Usually GFDL or another free licence. |
| Wiki-site.com | free (has ads) | Wiki farm with unlimited pages and users, wiki spam protection user rights control. Interface in many languages. Fast setup. A free *.wiki-site.com domain is offered. Google text-ads added to the right sidebar. Has Wysiwyg editing. | MediaWiki 1.11.2 | Wiki creators can set their own |
| Wikkii | free (has ads) | Features complete back-end control with full FTP and Cpanel access. Initially 1GB storage and 10GB bandwidth. Install any wiki script. Add unlimited custom templates, add-ons, and plugins. Free domain names for popular wikis. | MediaWiki (latest version) or user chosen | Wiki creators can set their own |
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Other wiki farms
Most of the wiki farms below have WYSIWYG or rich text editors that don't require learning or using Wikitext markup, which is what the above MediaWiki farms employ for editing pages. Those few that do not have editors will likely have their own Wikitext markup language that will be similar to the one used by Wikipedia.
| Wiki farm | Price | Features | Wiki engine | Content license |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @wiki [3] | free (has ads) | atwiki.com is Free wiki hosting service . you can select Edit-mode (wiki or wysiwyg or text) at creating new pages. | ||
| Central Desktop [4] | free and paid options | WYSIWYG editing, access control, full-text search, document management, light project management, database, calendaring, single sign-on to multiple projects, project templates, rss enabled, ideal for team collaboration | custom wiki engine | |
| ClearWiki [5] | free and paid options | WYSIWYG editing, raw HTML editing, access control, full-text search (including inside documents), document management, rss enabled, blogs, version-history, meta-tagging, bookmarks, structured content, to-do lists, ideal for team collaboration | custom wiki engine | |
| CustomerVision BizWiki [6] | paid | WYSIWYG editing, access control, page templates, domain mapping, solution templates include Sales Support, Learning Support, and Project Communication | Custom Wiki-engine built on Microsoft platform | |
| EditMe.com [7] | paid | subscription-based, SSL Encryption, Custom Domain Support, etc. | custom wiki engine written in Java | |
| eTouch SamePage [8] | paid | WYSIWYG editing, project management, permissioning, administration and support for multiple domains | Custom Wiki-Engine built on J2EE powered by eTouch CMS | |
| Hive Wiki [9] | free public and private wikis | WikiText and HTML editing, metasearch, factoring, permissioning, administration and support for multiple domains and publicly creatable subdomains | Custom Wiki-Engine built on .NET | |
| JotSpot Wiki [10] | free and paid options | Build wiki applications, WYSIWYG editor, search MS attachments, email integration. Free version limited to 20 pages and 5 users. Recently purchased by Google (as of 1 Nov 06). | ||
| LittleWiki [11] | free | WYSIWYG editor and plaintext editors | custom (Java) | |
| MojWiki [12] | free | Wiki farm like On-wiki, in Slovenian language. | MoinMoin | |
| Netcipia [13] | free public and private wikis | WYSIWYG Blog 2GB per wiki created, no time limit, right management | XWiki | |
| Nexdo (formerly Partnertext) [14] | free and paid options | WYSIWYG HTML editing | custom wiki engine | |
| Oddwiki [15] | free | Oddmuse | ||
| On-wiki [16] | free | World wide wiki farm, featuring WYSIWYG, attachments, multimedia, writing formulaes, plotting graphs, raw html, and more | MoinMoin | |
| Ourproject.org [17] | free | Full GForged site open to new projects, which have a wiki for document collaboration and Wiki farm | MoinMoin | Copyleft (choice of Creative Commons, GNU FDL, other licenses) |
| PAUX [18] | free and paid options | password-protected wikis on .dreusicke-verlag.de. No page limits, SSL, picture gallery included. Individualized publication of dynamic content, which contains reusable semantic content objects. They are able to represent knowledge in its full complexity, and they make knowledge available as filterable content for Websites, semantic Wiki, detailed-evaluated eLearning and individualized print media. | PAUX | Copyleft |
| PBwiki [19] | free and paid options | Hosts simple, password-protected wikis on .pbwiki.com subdomain. No page limits, SSL, RSS & Atom, ZIP backups, diff, over 90,000 wikis already hosted, six wiki "skins", file uploads, page hiding, page locking | custom wiki engine | |
| ProjectForum [20] | paid | custom wiki engine | ||
| Riters.com | free | line document collaboration service and Wiki farm | MoinMoin | |
| Schtuff.com [22] | free | Supports tags & permissions. Easy backups, but no automatic recovery, if data is lost from server. Registered users can also leave comments on pages. Supports totally open pages, as well. Google-ads displayed at the side of each page. Picture Gallery included w/ new wikis | Doesn't require a particular license for contributed material | |
| SeedWiki [23] | free and paid options | supported by google-ads placed at the bottom of the page; cross-platform WYSIWYG editing, stylesheets, subdomains.seedwiki.com, wiki-mode, subscriptions, plus a host of other things; paid option for removal of Google ads and for having one's own domain that the wiki-owner can tag on to his wiki | ||
| SnoutHold Cospire [24] | free | WYSIWYG editing, permissions, public/private security models, ratings, feedback mechanisms, search engine, category organizer, profiles | Custom wiki engine built on new knowledge management principles | |
| Socialtext [25] | free and paid options | SocialText Open | ||
| Uwiki.com [26] | free | First free wiki farm for Chinese | DokuWiki | |
| Wetpaint [27] | free | Features: True WYSIWYG Editing, Custom Page Hierarchies, Comment and Reply Forums with Comment Ratings, Access Control, Keyword Search, Tags, Tag Filtering, Skins, RSS, Page Locking, Profiles, Site Activity Report, Page and Comment Watching | Custom Java-based engine | Creative Commons |
| Wik.is [28] | free | WYSIWYG editing, access control, full-text search (including file attachments), document management, light project management, database, project templates, RSS enabled, ideal for team collaboration, stores in XML, MediaWiki fork | DekiWiki | |
| Wikidot.com [29] | free | Sites get a subdomain on wikidot.com and 1 free custom domain mapping. Free Sites are supported by ads. RSS import/export, private RSS feeds for Users (notifications and watched items), RSS for page changes and forum, customizable themes, advanced forum for each Site. Custom page hierarchies, searching, advanced page (full/section/append) edit locking, blocking users and IP addresses. Private messages between users. Uses Ajax for clean interface. SEO-friendly. No limits on site size. Private (non-public) sites offered for free. | heavily modified Text_Wiki engine | Creative Commons, GNU FDL, other licenses |
| Wikihost.org [30] | free | 100 MB space, File and Image upload, User authentication, Private wikis, Subdomains for wikis larger than 30 pages, RSS, Edit locking, Fulltext search, Email notifications, adSense advertising, Complete wiki export, Unlimited pages, Unlimited Revisions, Diff function, Revert of old revisions | GeboGebo | by default Creative Commons, others as needed |
| WikiNote [31] | Free | No limit on number of pages (64KB/page limit) or number of accounts, complete page history, integration with Shortify | custom engine (PHP-based); runs on WS Network UI/logon system | No enforced license |
| Wikispaces [32] | free and paid options | WYSIWYG editing, clean easy to use interface, users get a subdomain on wikispaces.com. Free version supported by Google ads - Wikispaces ads can be turned off for a fee. No limits on numbers of pages, spaces, or members. Full RSS support; easy space backups in zip and tgz. Blog import function/ integration with Blogger.com and Typepad. Themes and stylesheets can be customized. Private label service available. | custom wiki engine | choice of Creative Commons, GNU FDL, other licenses |
| Xwiki.com [33] | free and paid options | XWiki | ||
| ViaWiki [34] | free and paid options | WYSIWYG editing, free version is ad-supported, paid version has option of using own domain, designed for business users, easily attach files, no limit on number of pages and easy backups | DekiWiki |
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See also
- Wikibooks:Wiki Science:How to start a Wiki - lots more information and tips about building a wiki community
- Wiki:WikiFarms list of wiki farms from the original wiki
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