No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Joomla vs Magnolia CMS comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Joomla
Ranking in Web Content Management
17th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Magnolia CMS
Ranking in Web Content Management
8th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Joomla is 2.0%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Magnolia CMS is 3.5%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Magnolia CMS3.5%
Joomla2.0%
Other94.5%
Web Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

JS
Techvangelist & CEO at IT Guru Solutions, Inc.
One of the most robust, stable, secure, feature-rich CMSs on the market
I would like to see more back-end admin power pulled into the front-end, therefore the admins will not have to use the back-end as much, especially for the menu manager, user manager, etc. versus using third-party extensions to achieve this. As it is today, it often ends up introducing some potentially serious security concerns. When I turn over a Joomla site, editing content is easy for most folks (i.e., changing the Contact Us or About Us pages). However, when it comes time for them to edit menus and navigation to add a new page or article into the menu somewhere, it starts to get a little complex for many users to build these menu items, especially when there are multiple menus being used in different positions. I also would like to see the same sorting and attributes available through the web browser on the JED (sorting by free or commercial license, sort by rating, popularity, etc.) within the back-end Joomla Web Installer when browsing extensions. I would also like to see the Joomla security bulletins pulled into the admin back-end with better publishing of known extension issues, especially for ones we have installed. Therefore, if we do not have them installed, we never see those bulletins. If we do, then pertinent messages showing up like "there are X number of extension updates available" can pushed upfront and center like updates and security notice usually are.
Use Magnolia CMS?
Leave a review
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Web Content Management solutions are best for your needs.
885,444 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

Ask a question
Earn 20 points
Is Magnolia CMS the best CMS out there?
"The best" is a very subjective thing when it comes to CMS, as well as with anything in life. I've worked in a place where we used Magnolia as the content management system and I can't really find...
Can Magnolia CMS be used for personal use or just for businesses?
Honestly, I don't see what should stop you from using Magnolia CMS for your personal use or to grow the digital experience you can provide. It gives you a free trial and from there you can establi...
Do you need to be a developer in order to use Magnolia CMS?
No, you don't have to be a developer or any kind of professional IT specialist to use the services of Magnolia CMS. In fact, if you're neither of these things, then Magnolia is the right thing for ...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Artisan Web and Print, HLVC Design, Media A-Team Inc, Holdingbay - Tristan Bailey, Molehill Web Works, Sysgen Media, Pappy Productions, Inc., Turn To The ProsPB Web Development, LC Publishing - LambCottage Foundation
Ancestry.com, Migros, MOO, Al Arabiya, Alior Bank, Atlassian, Avis
Find out what your peers are saying about Adobe, Microsoft, Wordpress and others in Web Content Management. Updated: March 2026.
885,444 professionals have used our research since 2012.