Joomla! vs. TemplateToaster

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Joomla
Score 7.4 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
TemplateToaster
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
TemplateToaster is website template and theme generating software. It is developed by AcrossSoft, a software development company in New York, NY. The software is a desktop based application and generates templates or themes for content management systems such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, and Prestashop.
$49
Annually
Pricing
Joomla!TemplateToaster
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Standard Edition
$49
Annually
Professional Edition
$149
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
JoomlaTemplateToaster
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAfter one year, some concession is given on the specific edition.
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Community Pulse
Joomla!TemplateToaster
Considered Both Products
Joomla
Chose Joomla!
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.
TemplateToaster
Chose TemplateToaster
  • Advanced features, lesser price and ease of use. For designing perspective, it has many options in accordance with latest web designing trends.
  • Most prominent is- custom positions can be made for widgets or plugins to be included
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Joomla!TemplateToaster
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Joomla!
7.0
44 Ratings
14% below category average
TemplateToaster
9.1
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Role-based user permissions7.044 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Joomla!
6.5
41 Ratings
17% below category average
TemplateToaster
9.5
2 Ratings
21% above category average
API7.039 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language6.140 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Joomla!
7.2
47 Ratings
5% below category average
TemplateToaster
9.3
2 Ratings
20% above category average
WYSIWYG editor6.046 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.044 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Admin section8.443 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Page templates7.045 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Library of website themes9.043 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design7.043 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Publishing workflow6.143 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Form generator6.039 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Joomla!
6.6
45 Ratings
10% below category average
TemplateToaster
9.3
2 Ratings
24% above category average
Content taxonomy8.044 Ratings9.11 Ratings
SEO support7.044 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Bulk management4.142 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.045 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Community / comment management6.143 Ratings9.11 Ratings
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User Ratings
Joomla!TemplateToaster
Likelihood to Recommend
6.1
(68 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(28 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.9
(7 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
Joomla!TemplateToaster
Likelihood to Recommend
The Joomla Project
It seems with the release of Joomla! 4 that the weak areas have all been covered. Its always been good for the mid-level small to large business, the blogging was WP, and the large-scale enterprise was probably bespoke. But the new interface is so simple it seems pointless using WP when Joomla! is as easy and can then grow as big as you like. The Workflows feature which allows you to set up work pipelines easily is going to be a boom to any larger enterprise sites. Couples with the new API which I got to see at one of their user groups, is amazing. They were creating articles on one site then another site was taking the feed directly for just certain categories. Really blows your mind what you could do with that and the new workflows.
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AcrossSoft
TemplateToaster has the best features which include: BOOTSTRAP 3 support, W3C compliance, all devices and all browsers compatibility, clean and concise code generation, and extensive designing options. A big pack of sample templates comes free with software installation, and all the designing options have been provided as per the latest web design trends. Templates made in TemplateToaster make clients say, “wow, it’s amazing”. TemplateToaster is a designing tool as well as a development tool. In short words, it provides a GUI for designing templates, after the accomplishment of designing, the template can be exported into a fully-fledged web template, which is ready to use as a website design.
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Pros
The Joomla Project
  • We use Joomla to build our websites and web applications because of its incredible intuitiveness and tools to make everything more manageable.
  • Its working environment is quite comfortable for my development team, and its web design resources significantly speed up our work when carrying out web development projects.
  • It allows you to use blocks to create and visually manage websites and divide them into different categories without programming knowledge.
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AcrossSoft
  • Advanced designing features and using these advanced features very easily e.g. Bootstrap 3 support that makes flawless responsive templates.
  • Encapsulated all the major designing trends with respect to particular CMS.
  • Optimized code is produced for every theme/template as such the coding standards are perfectly followed by this software.
  • All WordPress themes made with this software pass the Theme Check test.
  • Because of W3C compliance it ensures consistency of websites over the web.
  • HTML5 and CSS3 also ensure better look of designs on small screens.
  • Apart from making web templates, one can make full fledged websites too. TemplateToaster allows making static websites with YouTube video inclusion. It has inbuilt FTP, so that user can easily move its website to the server.
  • An amazing and exclusive feature it provides is the option to draw custom widget/module/ block area.
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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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AcrossSoft
  • It is not available for MAC operating system.
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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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AcrossSoft
No answers on this topic
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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AcrossSoft
No answers on this topic
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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AcrossSoft
No answers on this topic
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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AcrossSoft
No answers on this topic
Online Training
The Joomla Project
It is good if you know Joomla! if not it can get a bit confusing
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AcrossSoft
No answers on this topic
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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AcrossSoft
No answers on this topic
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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AcrossSoft
No, I never used any other similar software, its completely a new experience
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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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AcrossSoft
  • TemplateToaster returns full value of money.
  • It helps in finishing my projects ahead of time, hence I can finish more projects in less time. In other words, it helps in increasing my efficiency, which brings monetary benefits to me.
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ScreenShots

TemplateToaster Screenshots

Screenshot of Snapshot of the WordPress theme that is being designed in TemplateToasterScreenshot of Snapshot of the HTML 5/ CSS 3 template that is being designed in TemplateToaster