Drupal is a free, open-source content management system written in PHP that competes primarily with Joomla and Plone. The standard release of Drupal, known as Drupal core, contains basic features such as account and menu management, RSS feeds, page layout customization, and system administration.
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Joomla
Score 7.4 out of 10
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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.
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WordPress
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Wordpress is an open-source publishing platform popular with bloggers, and a content management system, known for its simplicity and modifiability. Websites may host their own blogging communities, controlling and moderating content from a single dashboard.
Joomla is terrible. I would never recommend Joomla over Drupal. Drupal's community is much more active and new product updates come out much more quickly.
Drupal is similar to WordPress when discussing content management and WYSIWYG capabilities. That is where the similarities end from a functional standpoint. WordPress is a top contender for blog sites, whereas Drupal is for sellable content, i.e. products and services. Both …
We have previously used WordPress, we found that the site is limited in its potential compared to Drupal. The biggest slow down we have seen is in the use of plug ins, unlike Drupal, WordPress experienced severe slowdowns. The user interface is rather slow and unrefined …
Front-End Web Developer, Office of Mediated Education
Chose Drupal
WordPress would be the best alternative to Drupal that I've seen, but in my experience, Drupal is better at complex websites that need a lot of customization. WordPress would be much better suited for a blog than Drupal.
I only briefly looked at Joomla, and I wasn't impressed.
Drupal has strong role-based permissions for users, powerful content blocks for editing, and granular customizing options in their views. For a company or organization requiring a lot of customization, Drupal can be a really powerful tool. However, Drupal does require …
I've used Squarespace and WordPress for other businesses, and Drupal was honestly selected due to cost. It does a good job of scaling across our organization - and many units have benefited from having a space to provide content. Squarespace is more modern, and WordPress may …
In my mind, Drupal and WordPress are the top open source CMSes, and I rarely recommend not going with an open source CMS. WordPress can be great, especially for single developers, but I find that the code structure and extensibility of Drupal makes it superior for many use …
I selected Drupal because of the simplicity upon going live. "Simple" is not the word I would use prior to the site going live though. I have used Jumla (which I believe was part of Drupal as one CMS about 12 or 15 years ago). Jumla is almost identical in capabilities to …
Security-wise and traffic-wise Drupal is built to handle a lot. While the other platforms mentioned ( mainly WordPress ) are great and have a large community, I would only use Drupal for an Enterprise level platform to build a website on. I first learned about Drupal about 10 …
I've used WordPress sparingly when helping a client with an existing website. I find it much less powerful and robust, and frankly confusing. The way WordPress websites are set up in the backend doesn't make sense to me after getting used to how Drupal is set up. They're …
We did a comparison of Drupal against Joomla, WordPress, and Ingeniux. We found that its multiple themes available for web pages, user management, comment management, and form generation stands apart from its competitors.
Drupal is far more usable and stable than Joomla!, and the developer community support is significantly stronger. While Drupal is often compared to WordPress, they are fundamentally different platforms, and in most projects, it's very clear when the requirements are beyond what …
We first had a WordPress-based website, that evolved to a custom third-party developed content management system. In both cases, that involved additional costs for any change request, any security or any scalability need. WordPress didn't meet enterprise requirements. That also …
We use both, for different projects (Joomla and Drupal). Drupal proved to be more robust, more secure and more integrable with PHP applications. Drupal requires a more senior technical team but allows for more complex activities. It's great if you have a medium to a large …
WordPress for sure has a bigger community, a lot of paid extensions which sometimes is easier to purchase and get started, a lot of pre-designed templates to get you going, but nowadays with the scale of the projects we've been working with, and the need for custom-tailored …
Drupal requires less to no coding abilities to spin up sites. Even if someone is preparing to develop sites that require technical know how then Drupal provides role based systems to seperate developers from content writers. Drupal 8 and 9 now have a vast array of plugins. Now …
Drupal is really the only well-supported open-source CMS that is designed for large, data-rich websites. There just really weren't any good alternatives. There are plenty of CMSs that excel at small to medium-sized websites. But for a large website with lots of structured data, …
Although Drupal is not the most used, it has great performance and is more used in professional projects. It allows us to expand without starting from scratch.
Drupal supports lots of devices like Mac, Windows, Linux etc. easily, and it is an open source product so there's no cost required. Lots of other products require purchasing, costing a high amount. The support system of Drupal is also good in comparison to other products. The …
Drupal is certainly a more complex animal, comparatively. But its power lies in its flexibility, extensibility, and stability. And the API is fantastic. There's really nothing else like it.
When selected, Drupal was the tool that had enough power to create a robust intranet while not being too overly complicated. It allowed for custom integrations that were developed from IT, and it was able to handle the mass amount of users we needed, many of whom are not overly …
Drupal is more robust in every way than these other CMS options. The module library, the vast theme options, and the user defined roles make this the CMS for any job.
We decided to go with Drupal because of the immense community and library of add on modules available within drupal as well as the availability to customize it and finally the vast availability of developers also helped sway our choice to go with Drupal. Drupal had the best …
Joomla and Concrete5 have about the same capability and similar issues. Purchasing a SAAS like Squarespace, Weebly or Wix would be worth the price to remove the hassle of Joomla. A more robust free CMS like WordPress or Drupal would be a better solution if you wanted to remain …
For complex websites, with unique customizations, Joomla is my go to. If my clients want a user-friendly administration and plan on making changes to their website content themselves, I choose WordPress. Joomla's templating system is quicker and simpler to create completely …
Joomla! is definitely way better than Blogger but if one has to compare it with WordPress then this [somewhat] opinion based but I personally like WordPress over Joomla!
Joomla is one of the least intuitive options and has had some issues with updates in the past, as compared to WordPress. Magento has similar issues, but Joomla doesn't have as much flexibility as Magento (and of course, Joomla does not have e-commerce features built-in). …
I have selected Joomla when I needed an easy content management platform for a team of beginners. It's not as easy to customize or optimize like WordPress or Wix sites, but it's a great introduction until you are ready for the more advanced features offered by these alternative …
I think Joomla is on-par with Drupal and Umbraco and similar platforms, but WordPress does seem to be above it. WordPress has become so common that there are more and more features becoming available to it that exceed the Joomla platform and make it hard to compete with. WordPre…
Joomla! is the #2 Open Source CMS behind WordPress, which we also use, and ahead of Drupal, which we have evaluated but decided not to pursue. Joomla! generally performs better than WP for clients that need more complexity to their websites, including flexibility in templating, …
We chose Joomla! over Drupal or WordPress because it's in the middle ground between those two systems. We needed something that can be extended down the road if we need it, but at the same time, it can't be too complex. We felt Drupal is too complex and WordPress seems to be …
WordPress is probably the most popular CMS, followed by Joomla! For me, I find Joomla! much more intuitive. Both use themes and can provide excellent results, however I prefer Joomla!
WordPress is designed in a way to make it fairly fool-proof for the admin, but in this approach, it handcuffs the user from having control or making it easy to do, in many cases, what are basic things (changing the title, URL segment, etc...). With the exception of the …
Part of Joomla core, which is what comes with Joomla when you install it, is it's Access Control Lists. It allows you to not only control which users can access what, but allows you to create custom groups and have unique access per group. WordPress can't do that without a …
I like Joomla! a lot more than WordPress, as I find this constrictive in the way that they have made it a one size fits all CMS. I also find that their vulnerabilities are far bigger than Joomla's.
There are many themes and other design assets for Joomla! we can use from paid and free libraries throughout the internet. WordPress on the other hand is also very good and useful, comparatively Joomla! offered more features and at a better price.
As a user, it is more than OK for those standard daily operations like publishing and editing or comment management. As a developer, I have a very different perspective. Joomla! is not my favorite platform. Only ready-to-use tools like Wix can be less friendly than having to …
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.
Simpler and easy to visually understand elements and tools. We don't need to do any fancy coding or use too many plugins. çompared with WordPress and Webflow, we believe Joomla! has a more accurate and easy interface that allows the user to finish tasks in less time than the …
All the reviews I read are lazy. They all say the same old, WP is easy, Joomla! harder but good and Drupal security. But that's so old, as they were measuring a decade ago. Joomla! has moved ahead. Its got over 70 languages and has been multi-language from the start. [It] was …
Verified User
Contributor
Chose Joomla!
I don't believe Joomla compares to any other programs I have used. There are similar products, but none that are quite as easy.
At the starting of my career, I got Joomla! to work on, SO I learned about Joomla!. Initially, it was tough to learn component development but after [learning] something, I like to do it.
We have used other online website builders as well as CMS systems. In my humble opinion, joomla! is much more versatile and there are so much better extensions available for Jooma! than any of the others.
Joomla has a more general and wide use, more documentation, forums and community that develops many templates and extensions for almost all purposes. It has a great web-based administration environment and, with the correct permissions setting, it can be prepared for a regular …
Verified User
Director
Chose Joomla!
Overall, I think Joomla! stacks up low compared to the above platforms, particularly through a lens of SEO and mobile responsiveness.
Drupal is a much more complex beast. While simple sites can be created with Drupal, it has a larger learning curve. Additionally, upgrading to newer versions of Drupal is wrought with difficulty. There has been no clear upgrade path for the last 4 or 5 versions, often …
It was important for our business needs that it be easy to manage our website for non-technical staff. WordPress was significantly easier to use compared to Drupal. While it is possible that staff could have been trained on Drupal, WordPress required minimal training in order …
WordPress is easier to use than Drupal or Wix. Drupal still requires an IT back-end admin to upgrade the code and successfully manage the site. Wix provides full user control of the user experience but acts as a page builder vs. a content management system. All are good …
While still being relatively user-friendly (or at least pretty easy to learn the basics), WordPress blows the other hosted, 'out of the box' platforms like Wix and Squarespace out of the water. They simply can't compete when it comes to customizability, especially back-end and …
The almost unlimited functionality provided in WordPress is versatile and its ability to self host your own installation makes it less likely to get locked into a service provider. For example, other CMS like Wix and those provided by many hosting companies effectively lock you …
WordPress is WAY easier to get into than Drupal. Despite a lot of initial complaints about their editor, Gutenberg, I loved it. The auto-updates can actually work, unlike Drupal that often have more issues probably because Drupal requires a lot more custom work and it's …
WordPress is more flexible and/or easier to use than the platforms above. While Wix and Squarespace are good for non-developers, and Drupal is good only for developers, WordPress can work well for both the end user, the viewer, and the developer.
WordPress is more popular and has more default templates for website creation. Moreover, it is easy to use. The availability of large communities makes it easier to fix any encountered bug or problem during the development process. Apart from this, WordPress is open source and …
We only build and support websites on WordPress and Joomla!. In general, WordPress is a good fit for our smaller clients who want to handle all of the maintenance and updates themselves. Our clients with larger and more complex content needs, or more sophisticated …
WordPress relatively easy to use, especially for beginners, with an intuitive UI. WordPress has a massive user base, extensive plugin library, and support forums, making it easier to find solutions to problems or get assistance, if we stuck anywhere during the setup of website. …
I used Wix and Squarespace for a few projects then I found WordPress, as a developer with programming background I needed the flexibility of adding a touch of code on my website be Wix did not allow me or give me that flexibility. WordPress gave me the room for customization …
WordPress is by far the best website CMS available on the market. It is an open-source free solution with endless possibilities of websites that you can build. You don't need to be a developer to build a site, but there are options to use code to take your website to the next …
WordPress has the largest community of users, selection of plugins and themes, and the best third party support on the market.
It's tempting to go with something that is less customizable and therefore requires less maintenance, but if you desire flexibility, WordPress is a good …
WordPress is free and so easy to use. I would recommend it over any competitor except for e-commerce. For an e-commerce website in most cases, I would recommend Shopify because of their shopping cart and processing speed. Shopify does charge monthly, as opposed to using …
I prefer Wordpress because it is open source and has a huge community of users and developers. So it is incredibly flexible already because of the plugins available, and it can be further customized to any extent by readily available developer talent.
In my opinion, WordPress has the best documentation compared to the rest. If the built-in functionality is not enough, WordPress has a great variety of plugins, which is not always the same for competitors.
WordPress is much more user-friendly than systems such as AEM and Oracle, and thus more accessible and easy to onboard people to. It is also much more budget-friendly. WordPress is the most widely-used CMS on the market for a reason. WordPress does lack the power and other …
WordPress has a larger market share and it is friendly and widely used. Across organizations, it shows ease of use, ability to integrate, multiple paths for creating sites, designs, and much more. For volunteer based organizations, WordPress is ideal and provides a path to …
WordPress has so many incredible features, it allows users to build a professional website and users can customize the themes even from the front-end and also from the code editor. WordPress plugins are more professional and useful if we compare them with other content …
We chose WordPress because our interest at the moment is geared towards an institutional presentation and opening a new channel of communication with the client, and WordPress has one of these premises as its native. Speaking on the communication channel, we created a page with …
While all these three products have special functions on their own, WordPress has the ability to expand itself to be used in place of any of them. The major advantage with WordPress is the flexibility of creating a simple, low-maintenance, low resource-consuming website as well …