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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

    Sana Commerce Cloud

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Sana Commerce is an eCommerce platform that provides an integrated shopping cart software for both Microsoft Dynamics and SAP.N/A
    Pricing
    JoomlaSana Commerce Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Essential
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JoomlaSana Commerce Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—Sana's pricing model is made up of two parts. It includes: •A one-time setup fee •A monthly subscription fee, including hosting and services Sana also offers add-ons to supplement customers’ web stores, an enterprise license, or the possibility to add additional web stores (subject to pricing adjustments as needed).
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    Community Pulse
    JoomlaSana Commerce Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    The Joomla Project
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    Sana Commerce
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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
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    JoomlaSana Commerce Cloud
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Joomla! and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    Joomla!
    8.3
    51 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.351 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Joomla! and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    Joomla!
    6.6
    48 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    API7.246 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language6.047 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Joomla! and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    Joomla!
    7.7
    54 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    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 Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    Joomla!
    7.6
    52 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    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 Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Joomla! and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Joomla! and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Joomla! and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Joomla! and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Order processing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings9.01 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
    JoomlaSana Commerce Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (75 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 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
    JoomlaSana Commerce Cloud
    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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    Sana Commerce
    Its suited more for B2B-focused or mid-size companies that want to have a more robust platform for their eCommerce and don't want to invest that much (like the case of Magento and other big names). If you want to make constant UX and design enhancements and tests, you'll have a couple of headaches. It's not that bad but; you wont be able to do it all without customizing and spending good money on it.
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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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    Sana Commerce
    • Quote Workflow--pretty simple and easy to understand and implement
    • Easy-to-learn admin tools
    • Very flexible/customizable initial configuration
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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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    Sana Commerce
    • The service could be much better. It's expensive and hard to monitor because they only check cases twice a week (if you don't have a pre-plan).
    • The language and different time schedules have been an issue for tech problems. They're in Holland and Ukraine and we're in Mexico, and is really hard to find developers who know the platform to hire as an extra resource.
    • You can't import SKUS to populate a landing page programmatically.
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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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    Sana Commerce
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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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    Sana Commerce
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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.
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    Sana Commerce
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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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    Sana Commerce
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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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    Sana Commerce
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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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    Sana Commerce
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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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    Sana Commerce
    Sana Commerce is not as robust, flexible (or expensive) as Magento but is better (and more expensive) than Shopify. It is well balanced and you can customize according to your clients' needs. They are constantly upgrading their platform so you can keep your eCommerce up to date, but you must consider an extra cost to adapt it to the latest version.
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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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    Sana Commerce
    • The ROI was 18% more than expected
    • Our traffic has increased by 250%
    • Some of our clients think our site is too complex
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    ScreenShots

    Sana Commerce Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of The redesigned Sana Admin's fresh new look, to make it more user-friendly.Screenshot of Customers segmentation in Sana Commerce. Customer segmentation is a marketing strategy that involves dividing a target market into subsets of customers that are similar in specific ways, for example, customers from a certain country or those customers who are essential for the business's prosperity.Screenshot of A personalized storefront with products and content tailored to the customer.Screenshot of Related products are used by Sana to add similar or substitute products like accessories or spare parts and build relationships between the related products and the original product. These product relations can be built in ERP and are used for cross- and up-selling, or they can be also used to provide alternatives in case any of these products are out of stock.Screenshot of Sana Commerce Insights (SCI) is a Sana product providing commercial insights, with extensive options and services. It is an add-on to Sana Commerce Cloud that offers a holistic overview of commercial data.Screenshot of Locations provide customers with an alternative delivery location where they can collect their orders. Instead of delivering a package to the customer’s home or business address, the customer can select a location and collect his or her order at a time that is convenient for him or her. The location can be a physical store, a warehouse, a pickup location of delivery service or any other place specified.