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Joomla vs Sitecore Experience Manager comparison

Joomla and Sitecore are both solutions in the Web Content Management category. Joomla is ranked #14, while Sitecore is ranked #8. Joomla holds a 2.1% mindshare in WCM, compared to Sitecore’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 77% of Joomla users are willing to recommend the solution.
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77% willing to recommend
Sitecore Experience Manager
Read 1 Sitecore Experience Manager review
  • 430 Views
  • 421 Comparison Views
0% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Joomla and Sitecore Experience Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Joomla
Ranking in Web Content Management
14th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sitecore Experience Manager
Ranking in Web Content Management
8th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Joomla is 2.1%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sitecore Experience Manager is 2.5%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Sitecore Experience Manager2.5%
Joomla2.1%
Other95.4%
Web Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Sinesio Bittencourt - PeerSpot reviewer
Creating new pages is easy.
Categories, Components and the ease in creating new pages are the most valuable features Easy creation of new components and easy maintenance saves time and money. Optimization of systems I have been using it for more than nine years. Customizing components is not so easy. We have not…
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it_user72771 - PeerSpot reviewer
It's a CMS with the usual features and functions. It was an old version and for us to move to a newer version we had to take three separate projects with each one incurring significant cost.
I feel a little bad giving Sitecore a 6/10, because I think the problems the organisation I worked for had with it were partially because of:  - shiny toy purchase - not fit for the org's purpose (more to do with the org) - UX and UI was poor meaning users didn't engage with it even after…
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Small Business9
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Also Known As

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Sitecore XM
 

Overview

Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications.
Joomla

For those who want a robust CMS without all the digital marketing power of the Sitecore Experience Platform (XP), the Sitecore Experience Manager (XM) empowers you to deliver the right content, to the right person, exactly at the right time.

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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
easyJet, Toshiba, Thomas Cook Travel Group, Oxfam, New York Life, Jabra, Graf von Faber-Castell, Canon, Boy Scouts of America
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September 2025
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