Features by Account Type
The following is a comparison of features that are available to our free and paid accounts. Please see the About Paid Accounts page for pricing details.
| Easily Create Your Own Online Journal | Free | Paid | ||
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| Create your own journal |  |
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| Create and customize the look and feel of your journal | Limited | |
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| Upload multiple userpics that appear next to each of your posts and comments | 6 | 301 | ||
| Choose from dozens of mood themes and icons to express your mood in each post | |
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| Specify what music you're listening to for each post | |
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| Write a subject title for each entry | |
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| Fill out your user info page with your biography, friends, interests, communities and more | |
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| Connect with LiveJournal Users and Communities | Free | Paid | ||
| View all your friends' latest journal entries from your friends page | |
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| Create and post your own polls and surveys | - | |
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| Comment on posts or reply directly to other comments (threaded comments) | |
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| Join communities to interact with users who share your interests | |
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| Start a community to express your hobbies and interests | |
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| Tag each of your entries with one or more keywords | |
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| Search for other users by username, email address, interests, AIM, Yahoo!, and MSN | |
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| Use the advanced search feature to find users by city, state, country, age, friends | - | |
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| Send text messages to other users without knowing their phone numbers | |
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| Receive text messages without having to share your phone number | - | |
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| Set your own Privacy and Security Levels | Free | Paid | ||
| Decide who is allowed to read each of your individual posts (public, friends, custom, private) | |
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| Create subgroups of your friends and write posts that only they can read | |
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| Decide who can view individual photos and galleries in your ScrapBook | - | |
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| Manage comments in your journal | |
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| Fully Customize Your Journal | Free | Paid | ||
| Create and customize the look and feel of your journal | Limited | |
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| Display and organize your photos using ScrapBook and 1 GB of storage space | - | 2 |
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| Create and edit your own entirely new set of styles | - | |
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| Create sets of personalized mood icons from your own pictures | - | |
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| Tag each of your entries with one or more keywords | |
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| Set your domain name to forward to your LiveJournal | - | |
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| Utilize a LiveJournal.com email address | - | |
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| Purchase an add-on of extra storage space (up to 10 GB) | - | |
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| Purchase an add-on of up to 100 userpics | - | |
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| Use Mobile Posting Features | Free | Paid | ||
| Post to your journal even when you're not at your computer, via your phone or mobile device | - | |
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| Create a voice post from your phone that posts directly to your journal (mp3/wav/ogg) | - | |
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| Utilize Advanced Features | Free | Paid | ||
| View external content feeds via XML/RSS/Atom on your friends page | |
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| Archive and backup your journal with our export tool | |
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| Create new syndication accounts | - | |
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| Utilize your PGP/GPG key | - | |
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| Download clients which enable you to post from your desktop without opening a browser | |
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1: Additional userpics are available for purchase.
2: Additional space is available for purchase.
3: Additional space is available for purchase.
