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A Definitive List of Blogging Software

This is an updated list of all the available blogging solutions. Clicking one of the solutions will take you to a page providing detailed information about that package.

Category Name Software
Cost Hosting
Included Full
Featured?

I Blogger Free Yes Yes

I Livelogcity Yes Yes Yes

I Squarespace Free Free Yes No

I Livejournal Free Free Yes No

II Greymatter Free No Yes

II Nucleus Free No Yes

II WordPress Free No Yes

II Geeklog Free No Yes

II pMachine Free Free No Yes

II Movabletype Free Free No No

III TypePad Basic $4.95/month Yes No

III TypePad Plus $8.95/month Yes No

III TypePad Pro $14.95/month Yes Yes

III BlogIt $5.95/month Yes Yes

III Livejournal Paid +- $2.50/month Yes Yes

III Radio Userland $34.95/year Yes Yes

III Squarespace Basic $4.95/month Yes No

III Squarespace Plus $9.95/month Yes No

III Squarespace Pro $14.95/month Yes Yes

IV pMachine Business $125 No No

IV pMachine Non-Business $45 No Yes

IV Movabletype Personal $69.95 + No Yes

IV Movabletype Commercial $199.95 + No Yes

Category I - Free software with free hosting
Category II - Free software that requires hosting
Category III - Subscription-based software
Category IV - Paid software that requires hosting

For more information about Free vs Paid blogging solutions, take our Free vs Paid Tutorial.