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There's many ways to get started with a MediaWiki wiki, but MyWikis does it like nobody else, at a price nobody else can match.
| Feature | Web hosts
with one-click install MediaWiki |
Wiki hosts
under $100/mo |
MyWikis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core MediaWiki | Yes! | Yes! | Yes! |
| Extensions preinstalled | No | Yes! | Yes! |
| HTTPS protection built-in | Some | Most, if not all | Yes! |
| Custom domain support | Yes! | Some | Yes! |
| Pretty URLs preconfigured | No | Yes! | Yes! |
| Servers and platform optimized for MediaWiki | No | Yes! | Yes! |
| VisualEditor preinstalled | No | Some | Yes! |
| Extension installation automated? | No | Some | Yes!^ |
| ConfirmAccount preinstalled | No | No | Yes! |
| Semantic MediaWiki one-click install | No | No | Yes! |
| CirrusSearch included | No | No | Yes! |
| Zero effort, zero configuration
anti-spam protection |
No | No | Yes! |
| Zero configuration SSO integration available
(SAML, OAuth, OpenID, LDAP, Shibboleth, etc.) |
No | No | Yes! |
| Uses cloud-based services | No, unless you are
using a cloud provider |
No | Yes! |
| White label (no branding) | Almost all | No | Yes! |
| Expert MediaWiki consultants
available for custom development |
Few, if any | No | Yes! |
| Support plans and SLAs
specifically for MediaWiki |
Some | No | Yes! |
| Time it takes to get all of the
above features up and running (as measured from the time you begin signing up) |
10+ hours | 5 minutes config (?)
and 24 hours to be approved
get all of them on your wiki |
5 minutes config
access to your wiki
above included |
Table is up to date to the best of our knowledge as of July 2021.
- ^ = Applies to our extensive list of pre-vetted popular extensions. We always welcome you to request new extensions, and we always aim to approve these requests unless there's a very good reason against it.
- "Some" or "Most" means the answer is "yes" for some/most of the companies but "no" for other companies.