Joomla

RATING:

4.2

(612)

About Joomla

Joomla is an open-source software design to help corporate businesses, government institutions and nonprofit organizations manage and publish website content. Supervisors can edit content using WYSIWYG editor, add/upload images, publish articles and access previous versions of content. Joomla allows organizations to configure access permissions for users and utilize built-in SEO tools to improve the visibility of the website across search engines. Managers can create customizable templates, assign them to specific pages and add menu items according to requirements. Joomla enables businesses to create RSS feeds, manage URL redirects and categorize content using tags.

Awards and Recognition

FrontRunner 2023
Software Advice's FrontRunners report ranks top products based on user reviews, which helps businesses find the right software.

Joomla Pricing

Users can create websites for free, hosted on their own servers or on a Joomla subdomain. Upgrading to private hosting through SiteGround is also possible. Personal: From $99 Business: From $199 Agency: From $399

Starting price: 

$199.00 

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

Available

Joomla Reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

3.5

Customer Support

4

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for Joomla

1 - 5 of 601 Reviews

Paul

Sporting Goods, 1 employee

Used more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

Reviewed October 2021

Too much for our needs

User Profile

Gustavo

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed April 2022

Joomla is a Good tool, but Wordpress does offer more.

My experience was some poor since Joomla requires to take a long road to mange easy tasks. I stop using the platform while I finding myself striving to get some critical integrations with different platforms.

PROS

Open Source System Good for blog entries Easy to install

CONS

There are not many third party integrations The community of users isn't big. Customizing any website requires a lot of work and there is few an little quality premade layouts available.

Reason for choosing Joomla

I did choose Wordpress for many reasons. After trying long time enough Joomla, I got back into WordPress

Matt

Program Development, 1 employee

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed July 2023

Joomla - the perfect way to start with your website

After using Joomla since 15 years I really must say: This is a great way to start your own website! It's easy to install, especially since many webhosts offer an installer to setup the basic installation without any knowledge of databases etc. You can easily customize the basic website with thousands of extensions and themes so it fits your needs perfectly. For all kind of simple websites, this is surely one of the best options and you always find some people to help in one of the many support channels.

PROS

The easy startup and the easy integration of external software makes it perfectly for starters. Also the clean seperation of backend and frontend makes it easier to understand. Me in person, I use Joomla for more then 10 websites and it's definitly my No. 1 for easy small websites.

CONS

Joomla serves well for easy websites. However, for large scale, it carries a heavy overload which might make bigger websites (several thousand visitors daily) slow. Also sometimes it's a risk to take third party extensions since you never know how good they're maintained, but that's the risk for all software packages :D

Reason for choosing Joomla

I prefer the clear seperation of frontend and backend in Joomla, while in Wordpress, this seperation is not that clear and harder to understand for starters.

Penny

Cosmetics, 1 employee

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

1

EASE OF USE

1

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

1

Reviewed February 2024

Joomla - business website review

The call line service was very helpful, but as per above, they could only advise a list of IT companies to assist. not user friendly for a layman web user, business owner who wants to have full control of their website and be able to have full access for any amendments/updates.

PROS

I personally didnt employ the services of Joomla, when I purchased the business, the previous owner had set up the Website on the Joomla platform. The site was easy to navigate for changes to prices, product updates etc.

CONS

I had to take over the services of a web designer / IT specialist for any changes to the web design and also had to rely on designer for any major changes on the platform and system updates. Joomla also had very limited website templates available, to be able to eliminate the use of professional designer.

Anonymous

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed October 2021

Joomla still a vital CMS in 2021

Joomla is a great Open Source project that will continue to give it's users a voice on the internet.

PROS

Joomla is still a vital Open Source CMS for building websites. The ease of use and MVC model is still far superior than the other CMS's. The true power of Joomla is what you can do with the core product without needed 3rd party plugins or products.

CONS

There is a lot to say about the cons, from beginner ease of use, to backward compatibility issues, and the overall advancement of the code and services.

Reason for choosing Joomla

When I first chose Joomla, WordPress was just a blog.

Reasons for switching to Joomla

The Open Source Community and advanced capabilities of Joomla.