Joomla
About Joomla
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
Most Helpful Reviews for Joomla
1 - 5 of 602 Reviews
Paul
Sporting Goods, 1 employee
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
Reviewed October 2021
Too much for our needs
Gustavo
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
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.
PROSOpen Source System Good for blog entries Easy to install
CONSThere 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
Nigel Masimba
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2019
It's Ok But There Are Better Options
I use Joomla! intermittently for client websites. I never set up new websites with Joomla! as I believe there are better solutions out there. However, in the case of existing websites where Joomla! has been used for a long time and a large amount of content has been uploaded, it is usually easier to maintain the existing installation than to migrate to a new installation.
PROSIt's free and open source. It's fast, lightweight and easy to install. There is a large community of developers and users ready to help with advice on how to use it.
CONSThe interface is unintuitive for beginners It is lagging behind other similar content management systems Depending on the issue it can take time to get support from the open-source community Some common software integrations can be difficult to find
Reason for choosing Joomla
It was the existing solution on an established system so it was easier to maintain the legacy than move to new systems.
Emilio
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2019
Powerful but hard to use CMS
We have used joomla as the CMS for our website for over a decade (now we've migrated to Wordpress) and it proved stable, reliable and adaptable, but we had the advantage of being a software company where designers and developers were always readily available to beat Joomla into submission. I think that nowadays Wordpress is a better overall solution, but do take Joomla intou account. Its the old reliable CMS that can certainly get the job done, but I would only reccomend it for tech savvy users or developers.
PROSThe best about joomla is that it is very powerful and adaptable. I has a big community, thousands of sites made with it have created an enourmous community of developers and designers who have experience with it. That also means that is has a huge assortment of plugins, extensions, themes and whatnot. Its very likely that whatever problem you have someone had the same problem before, so solutions will be available in the form of plugins (sometimes paid ones), or forum posts. If you need to do something very specific that requires coding, well then joomla is simple php and js, meaning any developer can quickly fins his way around joomla.
CONSThe main con about joomla is that it is a bit old and unintiutive. If you have never dealt with a CMS then you might need to read some documentation to find your way around a joomla site. Even if you have used other CMSs, joomla has it's very own way of doing things, meaning that tutorials and getting started guides are a must. Plugins rarely work straight of of the box (or zip), they usually requiere a bit of coding to get them exactly like you want them, but that can be said about pretty much any CMS.
Steve
Real Estate, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2024
JOOMLA a time saver
Easy to set-up and upgrade. Very simple and intuitive interface. Must for company needing a fast Web presence.
CONSNothing I can complain about up to now..