comparison of sites using the livejournal codebase 

Statements about this table:
grab! be the newest site , have the fewest user and be update the least in the last 30 day
live journal be the only site start in the 1999 and have the most user
journalfen be the only site to allow registration through invitation only
ljrossiaorg and insanejournal be the only to that allow 100 free user pic
journalfen have the least user and update and be the newest site
all site require registration through invitation
no site allow more than 3 free user pic
all pricing information be available
name
year began
s registered user
updated in past 30 days
registration
ability to syndicate off - site feeds
userpics free
userpics paid
monthly cost for paid account
yearly cost for paid account
permanent account
asks
2006
13127
31
open
unknown
3
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
blurty
2002
2255607
1899
open to people 18 and over
paid only
3
n / a
n / a
n / a
n / a
deadjournal
2001
456302
638
invite - only or paid ( openid )
all users
5
50
2.5 usd
15 usd
n / a
dreamwidth
2008
2038232
32798
open to people 13 and over ( openid )
all users
15
100 / 250
3 usd
35 to 50 usd
200 usd
grab!
2011
280
19
open ( openid )
all users
6
n / a
n / a
n / a
n / a
name
year began
s registered user
updated in past 30 days
registration
ability to syndicate off - site feeds
userpics free
userpics paid
monthly cost for paid account
yearly cost for paid account
permanent account
insanejournal
2001
3983438
18653
open to people 13 and over ( openid )
paid users can create , free users can read
100
250
5 usd
25 usd
n / a
ivanovo
2005
15088
206
open
unknown
20
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
journalfen
2003
19963
361
invite - only or paid
paid users can create , free users can read
10
500 / 1000
n / a
24 / 36 usd
n / a
kraslan
2006
2340
141
open
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
livejournal
1999
42550922
1150344
open to people 13 and over ( openid )
paid users can create , free users can read
6
30
3 usd
19.95 usd
175 usd
name
year began
s registered user
updated in past 30 days
registration
ability to syndicate off - site feeds
userpics free
userpics paid
monthly cost for paid account
yearly cost for paid account
permanent account
ljrossiaorg
2005
49420
1675
open
all users
100
n / a
n / a
n / a
n / a
scribbld
2007
29094
686
open ( openid )
paid only
6
50
5 usd
20.00 usd
n / a
sviesta ciba
2002
28919
10324
open to people 13 and over
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
name
year began
s registered user
updated in past 30 days
registration
rss feeds
userpics free
userpics paid
monthly cost for paid account
yearly cost for paid account
permanent account