ASP.NET vs. Joomla!

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ASP.NET
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
Joomla
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Joomla! is a free and open source content management system used to publish web content. Included features are page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, a search function, and support for language internationalization.N/A
Pricing
ASP.NETJoomla!
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ASP.NETJoomla
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ASP.NETJoomla!
Features
ASP.NETJoomla!
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
ASP.NET
-
Ratings
Joomla!
8.4
51 Ratings
2% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.451 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
ASP.NET
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Ratings
Joomla!
6.8
48 Ratings
13% below category average
API00 Ratings7.246 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings6.447 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
ASP.NET
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Ratings
Joomla!
7.8
54 Ratings
0% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.353 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings8.651 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings8.349 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings6.952 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings6.550 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings7.650 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.450 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings7.646 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
ASP.NET
-
Ratings
Joomla!
7.6
52 Ratings
2% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.951 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings7.850 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings8.149 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings7.052 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings7.350 Ratings
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ASP.NETJoomla!
Small Businesses
Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Score 8.7 out of 10
ManageWP
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Score 8.7 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Score 8.7 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
ASP.NETJoomla!
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(38 ratings)
8.2
(75 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(28 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(14 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
ASP.NETJoomla!
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Well suited: for interfaces between machines data and applications. Made as a service. For web applications in factories where you don't have access to thick clients due to the environment. not well suited: quick measurements and fast data transitions between different applications. When time dependency is needed, then you better can choose other solutions.
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The Joomla Project
If your developers want to have some fun, Joomla offers the stability and friendliness to do custom coding. Certain marketing initiatives require us to get "cute" with the interface, and Joomla allows for that a bit easier than WordPress (and definitely easier than sites like Squarespace). The security of Joomla is also always a plus.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • It has a great documentation so new or experienced, you appreciate quick access to quality information
  • It’s very fast, uses less memory than initially expected that has decreased our costs after moving from python
  • It speaks the language of the design patterns really well, so our backend apps are written fast together and connect to frontend systems flawlessly
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The Joomla Project
  • Security. Its got many new features in the new Joomla! 4 which make the already good security even better. I like the ability to use my Yubi keys to log in with the new webauth standard, I don't think any other CMS has that built in
  • W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 (with AA compliance)
  • Really good SEO that gets our sites to the top of the search engines again without the need for any extra things
  • Speed, it gets a really good score (100%) in the google lighthouse on our server, can't beat that
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Net is just like plug and play, we have to focus on a logic of code rest part can be handled by ASP. Net framework.
  • It's a best for only web development.
  • One downside with ASP.NET is its reliance on the .NET framework.
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The Joomla Project
  • Because Joomla's user community is smaller than WP, it lacks as many choices from 3rd party developers, meaning it can be a little more difficult to find the right extension for what you need to accomplish
  • Along the same vein, most of the best 3rd-party software for Joomla! is paid
  • Simple features such as Add to Menu and Cache cleaners should be adopted as part of the Joomla! core, though they are available as extensions
  • Joomla! could use a simpler and easier URL rewriting process
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
It is the backbone of all our products
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The Joomla Project
I gave it a rating of 10 because I just love how Joomla! works, how it is set up and how it handles many users. Also it is very fast, and there is no overload on the MySQL database or servers ever.
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Usability
Microsoft
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The Joomla Project
Joomla! 3.x is easily installed either manually or via a script provided by your host. It contains most of the tools needed to begin creating websites right from the start. Those features that it doesn't have are easily installed via links and buttons from the thousands of extensions available in the community
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Performance
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
The Joomla Project
Today's Modern Joomla performs very well and is robust and durable. The pages load faster than they ever did in the past and Modern Joomla's integration into other software or systems has become seamless. Modern Joomla sites will last long and will stay running forever.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
Very good, depending on the requirement and budget.
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The Joomla Project
Between the core Joomla developers who are excellent at answering questions and providing support, you have a whole community of developers who work with Joomla and are happy to help fellow developers out answering questions and supporting the Joomla project. Out of the many communities I am involved in for open-source software, Joomla's community is by far the best.
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Online Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
The Joomla Project
It is good if you know Joomla! if not it can get a bit confusing
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
The Joomla Project
Joomla has gone through tremendous growing pains. It is now better than ever. But before, when it was going from 1.5-2.5, the templates and plugins would break over and over again. If you don't understand what Joomla was trying to do back then, you might have a bad attitude toward it. Today, those pains are over and things don't break like they used to during that time period.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
We choose ASP.NET because our core business is working with the SAP HANA database using SAP Business One. We can develop state-of-the-art applications with Razor and Visual Studio 2022 fast and with excellent application performance response. Working SAP Hana with JAVA could be more challenging because it has fewer developers communities, and it could be harder to find a solution for a question.
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The Joomla Project
We tested other platforms like WordPress, Magento and some local CMS. 
But Joomla offered us better resources for generating content.
Joomla is a CMS suitable for many types of projects, especially if you have several people editing content at the same time.
It allows you to maintain visual standardization and offers many options for working with images.
With its ability to control access to different articles, categories or even different components, it is a great tool, even if they are managed by different people.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • We realized positive returns due to interns and new employees already having experience due to the free academic versions available.
  • Being able to evaluate the express version prior to purchase was helpful.
  • Performance is adequate, but not as responsive as C++. I guess the trade-off is ease of use and being able to find qualified personnel.
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The Joomla Project
  • Joomla has reduced our costs of rolling out a new website because it uses less developer time and can be rolled out by individual users as needed.
  • Joomla has a lot of extensions and add-ons that make it easy to create and implement advanced solutions quickly.
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