Movable Type vs Tumblr
Movable Type
movabletype.com
Tumblr
tumblr.comSide by side
| Figure | Movable Type | Tumblr |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.07/mo | $5.83/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 4 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 8.6 (#26) | 8.9 (#12) |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Post scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The maker says technical support is provided for a fee by a third-party partner, and its inquiry page says Six Apart does not provide direct technical support or troubleshooting. | Tumblr's Help Center provides documentation and a Contact Support option. |
| Theme customization | custom code | custom code |
Plans
Movable Type
- AMI Edition hourly$0.07 a month
- AMI Edition annual subscription$499 a year
- Pro Unlimited$499 a year
- Movable Type AMI Edition$0.07 a month
- Movable Type Pro Unlimited$499 a year
Tumblr
- Tumblr Premium$6.99 a month
- FreeFree
- Tumblr Premium (monthly)$6.99 a month
- Tumblr Premium (yearly)$69.99 a year
In their own words
Movable Type
Movable Type has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Tumblr
Tumblr is a blogging and community service for publishing original posts, sharing interests, and connecting through reblogging. Posts can use tags and content labels; reblogs place a post on another blog while retaining attribution to the original poster and earlier contributors. Members can post directly to communities, and blogs can enable one-off questions with anonymous asks as an option. Blog tools include custom domains, custom-code theme customization, scheduling, and analytics. Audio posts can search or embed music from Spotify, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp, as well as podcast episodes from Pocket Casts. Tumblr runs on the web, iOS, and Android. It offers authenticator-app two-factor authentication with backup codes, plus controls to exclude a blog from Tumblr search and recommendations and discourage external search indexing. The free plan provides basic access. Tumblr Premium costs $6.99 a month or $69.99 a year and adds ad-free browsing, monthly Blaze and TumblrMart perks, and higher posting, liking, upload, and queue limits. Blog exports are ZIP files, limited to four per blog each month and retained for three days; importing content from other platforms or Tumblr blogs is not supported.