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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Joomla

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AJoomla! 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

    PaperWeight

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/APaperWeight is an advanced clone script tool for building an online essay or academic writing job platform. It was developed by one of India’s leading web solution providers, FATbit Technologies. PaperWeight is comprised of all the features of top essay writing job portals like EssayShark, PaperDueNow, and EssayOnTime. All the typical marketplace features such as placing an order, bid management, writer selection, account management, and payment transaction are included. According…N/A
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    JoomlaPaperWeight
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    JoomlaPaperWeight
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$2,500
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    JoomlaPaperWeight
    Considered Both Products
    The Joomla Project
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    FATbit Technologies
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
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    Features
    JoomlaPaperWeight
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Joomla! and PaperWeight
    Feature
    Joomla!
    8.3
    51 Ratings
    1% above category average
    PaperWeight
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    Role-based user permissions8.351 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Joomla! and PaperWeight
    Feature
    Joomla!
    6.6
    48 Ratings
    17% below category average
    PaperWeight
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    API7.246 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language6.047 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Joomla! and PaperWeight
    Feature
    Joomla!
    7.7
    54 Ratings
    2% below category average
    PaperWeight
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    WYSIWYG editor8.353 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.551 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section8.249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates7.052 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes6.350 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.550 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.450 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator7.446 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Joomla! and PaperWeight
    Feature
    Joomla!
    7.6
    52 Ratings
    1% above category average
    PaperWeight
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    Content taxonomy7.951 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support7.650 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management8.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.052 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management7.150 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Joomla! and PaperWeight
    Feature
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    PaperWeight
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Joomla! and PaperWeight
    Feature
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    PaperWeight
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Joomla! and PaperWeight
    Feature
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    PaperWeight
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Joomla! and PaperWeight
    Feature
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    PaperWeight
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
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    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    JoomlaPaperWeight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (75 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (28 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    JoomlaPaperWeight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    FATbit Technologies
    Very easy to use and customize homepage, dashboard, and multiple landing pages of courses. Easy for setting up intuitive dashboards, rating users, and receiving ratings. Create and edit content or upload documents and make edits. Easy to segregate functions based on user roles. Multi-device support is not so seamless though overall it is responsive and scalable on the web.
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    Pros
    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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    FATbit Technologies
    • PaperWeight has amazing features for freelance reviewers who can provide insights on how a course can be structured using interactive content.
    • PaperWeight is scalable, responsive, secure.
    • Freelance reviewers find easy to use PaperWeight.
    • We could also rate and provide feedback on the work delivered by freelancers which is visible to a group of users who can allocate future work based on the profile feedback.
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    Cons
    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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    FATbit Technologies
    • PaperWeight could improve its usability experience across all devices. Sometimes there are some glitches when viewing on another device.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    FATbit Technologies
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    Usability
    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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    FATbit Technologies
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    Performance
    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.
    Incentivized
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    FATbit Technologies
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    Support Rating
    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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    FATbit Technologies
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    Online Training
    The Joomla Project
    It is good if you know Joomla! if not it can get a bit confusing
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    FATbit Technologies
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    FATbit Technologies
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    FATbit Technologies
    We like the light-weightedness of PaperWeight, scalability, and its ability to meet our needs at a reasonable cost. Pre-existing relationships and business process outcomes helped in making the decision to go with PaperWeight. The product roadmap being aligned with our own roadmap also was a huge factor in the decision-making in favor of PaperWeight.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    FATbit Technologies
    • It has [made it easy to] find freelancers for our course reviews.
    • We can trust the reviewers who are onboarded on our portal and we feel safe to share business content with them on PaperWeight.
    • We are able to prevent [unauthorised] downloads of our content.
    Incentivized
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