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Features | Alfresco | Confluence | Basecamp | SharePoint | Laboratree | MediaWiki | HUBzero |
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Document management | |||||||
 Storage/retrieval | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
 Version control | X | X | X | X | X |  |  |
 Audit | X |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Search | X | X |  | X | X | X | X |
 Categorize files (tags) | X | X | X | X | X |  | X |
 Sort | X | X | X | X | X |  | X |
 Customizable views |  |  |  | X |  |  |  |
 Office/SharePoint integration | X |  |  | X |  |  |  |
 Online presentations |  |  |  |  |  |  | X |
Information management | |||||||
 Calendar |  |  |  | X | X |  | X |
 Contacts |  |  | X | X |  |  |  |
 Blogs | X |  |  |  | X |  | X |
 Discussions | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
 Wikis | X | X |  |  | X | X | X |
 News feeds | X | X |  |  | X | X | X |
 Issues |  |  |  | X |  |  |  |
 Lists |  | X | X | X | X |  |  |
 Announcements |  | X |  | X | X |  | X |
 Email notifications |  | X |  |  | X | X | X |
 Interactive online tools |  |  |  |  |  |  | X |
Collaboration | |||||||
 User-based access control |  | X |  | X |  | X |  |
 Social networking-based access control | X |  | X |  | X |  | X |
 Static project workspaces | X | X | X |  | X |  | X |
 Customizable project workspaces |  |  |  | X |  | X |  |
 Project-specific discussions | X | X |  | X | X | X | X |
 Surveys |  |  |  | X |  |  |  |
 Task lists |  |  | X | X | X |  | X |
 Customizable workflows | X | Xa |  | X |  | Xa | X |
 Instant messaging |  |  |  |  | X |  |  |
Interface | |||||||
 Web-based: CMS-like | X | X | X | X | X |  | X |
 Web-based: HTML or pseudo-code |  |  |  |  |  | X |  |
 Windows share (CIFS) | X | X |  | X |  |  |  |
 FTP |  |  |  | X |  |  |  |
 WebDAV | X |  |  | X |  | Xa | X |
 Extensible using plugins |  |  | X |  |  | X | X |
Installation | |||||||
 Centrally hosted: web-only |  | X | X |  | X |  | X |
 Locally hosted: web | X | X |  | X | X | X | X |
 Locally hosted: GUI |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Local install | X | X |  | X | X | X | X |
 Linux | X | X |  |  | X | X | X |
 Windows | X | X |  | X |  | X |  |
 Macintosh | X | X |  |  |  | X |  |
 Virtual machine |  |  |  |  |  |  | X |
License | |||||||
 Subscription fee (mandatory) |  | X | X |  |  |  |  |
 Subscription fee (enterprise, optional) | X |  |  |  |  |  | X |
 Software purchase |  |  |  | X |  |  |  |
 License contract |  | X |  | X | X |  |  |
 Open source (free) | X |  |  |  |  | X | X |
 Closed source (free) |  |  |  |  | X |  |  |