Joomla vs PrestaShop | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

Joomla! is one of the best open-source to create and build web portal and applications. Especially related with e-Commerce project. From the beginning of its appearance until now, Joomla already received many awards in the IT industry. With this extensive and flexible features, this Joomla! platform will suitable for many industries from small to corporate company.Again there will be no silver bullet for all purpose. For someone that require very high customization on their website then Joomla! is not for them.

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Ilham AB

Senior Solution Architect

Three.Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees

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Prestashop offers a quick solution for companies who want a scalable solution in less time and with a low budget requirement. It's perfect for startup and pilot-projects. For example, it's very hard to put Prestashop in the middle of a multi-channel business due to security risks, difficult to exchange data from one database to another, API requests and more.

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Marco Casieri

Store and Project Manager

Blufin S.p.A.Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Joomla

8.5

PrestaShop

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Role-based user permissions

8.5

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Joomla

7.9

PrestaShop

—

API

7.5

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Internationalization / multi-language

8.3

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Joomla

6.9

PrestaShop

—

WYSIWYG editor

7.4

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Code quality / cleanliness

7.2

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Admin section

7.7

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Page templates

6.5

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Library of website themes

6.6

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Mobile optimization / responsive design

6.2

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Publishing workflow

7.3

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Form generator

6.3

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Joomla

7.0

PrestaShop

—

Content taxonomy

6.8

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SEO support

6.5

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Bulk management

7.3

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Availability / breadth of extensions

7.3

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Community / comment management

7.0

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Joomla

—

PrestaShop

6.1

Product catalog & listings

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7.0

Product management

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7.0

Bulk product upload

—

4.8

Branding

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5.3

Mobile storefront

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5.3

Product variations

—

6.4

Website integration

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6.0

Visual customization

—

5.9

CMS

—

6.9

Joomla

—

PrestaShop

7.2

Abandoned cart recovery

—

8.0

Checkout user experience

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6.4

Joomla

—

PrestaShop

6.9

eCommerce security

—

6.9

Joomla

—

PrestaShop

7.0

Promotions & discounts

—

7.0

Personalized recommendations

—

8.0

SEO

—

5.9

Joomla

—

PrestaShop

6.0

Multi-site management

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3.9

Order processing

—

7.0

Inventory management

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6.4

Shipping

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6.9

Custom functionality

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6.0

Pros

It is very easy to create any project using Joomla. Easy to use and easy to publish and maintain.
Joomla! has many add-on and extensions to support the full range of features.
It is based on Open Source with the strong support from many communities

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Ilham AB

Senior Solution Architect

Three.Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees

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Administration panel is easy and essential
Product configuration is ready to go and product page comes with lots of information
It doesn't require huge server resources

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Marco Casieri

Store and Project Manager

Blufin S.p.A.Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Some of the Joomla! plugins and extensions are not free and not cheap as well.
Difficult for own customization.
Security concerns.

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Ilham AB

Senior Solution Architect

Three.Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees

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Since it starts as ready to go platform it's difficult to protect your store from being copied by someone else
Without a developer, you depend on Prestashop's modules marketplace that lacks free extensions
Since it isn't an enterprise level platform the use of Prestashop is strictly related to the size of your business

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Marco Casieri

Store and Project Manager

Blufin S.p.A.Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Joomla 10.0

Based on 28 answers

Renew is not a fair term as it is free and open source but we will continue to use Joomla.

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Mike Demopoulos

Lead Web Developer

SPCInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Joomla 9.9

Based on 7 answers

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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Rita Lewis

Freelance Web Designer and Content Strategist

Words To Web, Inc.Online Media, 1-10 employees

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Performance

Joomla 7.8

Based on 2 answers

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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James Fauria

Webmaster \ Web Developer for the City of Pomona

Jaymersun Website ServicesInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Support

Joomla 10.0

Based on 4 answers

I would say the Joomla.org support team does a great job for being volunteers. I however think good 3rd party developers and resources provide excellent support that I utilize often.

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Mike Demopoulos

Lead Web Developer

SPCInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Implementation

Joomla 8.7

Based on 3 answers

Make sure that PHP.ini is set to at least 60 ms for computer priority, 60MB for maximum downloads and 128MB for uploads. This is the minimum. It is best to run Joomla on a business host if you are using a shared hosting environment so that there are fewer accounts on the server. Make sure you have access to the root on CPanel. Be sure to point the DNS to the host and set up all zones prior to implementation and run your new version in a sub-domain hidden from the live version until you are ready to cut over.

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Rita Lewis

Freelance Web Designer and Content Strategist

Words To Web, Inc.Online Media, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Joomla! is much easier than those products and with the strong support from Joomla! community and the availability of Joomla! plugins and extensions, then in my point of view, Joomla! is better. Also, Joomla! is very suitable for Portal and e-Commerce creation. Many features and add-on support this functionality and requirement to serve the business user.

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Ilham AB

Senior Solution Architect

Three.Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees

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From a developer point of view Prestashop offers more than other similar platforms.

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Marco Casieri

Store and Project Manager

Blufin S.p.A.Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Faster time-to-market. Change can be done as quick as possible.
Not require special resources to manage and maintain it.
Reduce overall cost for CAPEX and OPEX.

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Ilham AB

Senior Solution Architect

Three.Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees

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Prestashop requires a low investment, you can easily find an agency that could develop a project for less than $5,000
You yearly ROI should be assured

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Marco Casieri

Store and Project Manager

Blufin S.p.A.Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Recommend

Joomla

PrestaShop

Feature Rating Comparison

Role-based user permissions

API

Internationalization / multi-language

WYSIWYG editor

Code quality / cleanliness

Admin section

Page templates

Library of website themes

Mobile optimization / responsive design

Publishing workflow

Form generator

Content taxonomy

SEO support

Bulk management

Availability / breadth of extensions

Community / comment management

Product catalog & listings

Product management

Bulk product upload

Branding

Mobile storefront

Product variations

Website integration

Visual customization

CMS

Abandoned cart recovery

Checkout user experience

eCommerce security

Promotions & discounts

Personalized recommendations

SEO

Multi-site management

Order processing

Inventory management

Shipping

Custom functionality

Pros

Joomla

PrestaShop

Cons

Joomla

PrestaShop

Likelihood to Renew

Joomla

PrestaShop

Usability

Joomla

PrestaShop

Performance

Joomla

PrestaShop

Support

Joomla

PrestaShop

Implementation

Joomla

PrestaShop

Alternatives Considered

Joomla

PrestaShop

Return on Investment

Joomla

PrestaShop

Screenshots

Joomla

PrestaShop

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version