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Joomla vs Wix comparison

 

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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
Wix
Ranking in Web Content Management
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Web Hosting Services (3rd)
 

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 Wix is 1.5%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Wix1.5%
Joomla2.1%
Other96.4%
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…
James Dunne-Bennett - PeerSpot reviewer
Has saved time during website building and helps maintain a professional look
The mobile view needs to be fixed when reviewing on the desktop to show what it actually displays on the phone. There were a couple of small bugs which I think they fixed. Sometimes when dragging and dropping things into place, they would snap into place, and then after saving and checking the live page, it would not quite match what was showing in the website builder. I would have to go back in and move it to the right and then snap it back for it to work. Sometimes doing exactly the same thing when building requires one or two attempts to get it to reflect what you want to see on the live page.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The speed in which you can take a CMS and make it a full-blown shopping cart with analytics tracking, SEO, user accounts, security, and ease of use through a robust framework of modules and plugins to enhance and promote-related content is about as turnkey as it gets with Joomla."
"One of the most robust, stable, secure, feature-rich CMSs on the market."
"I like the solution's responsiveness, usability, and user interface."
 

Cons

"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."
"I 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."
"The solution’s scalability can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Joomla is open source, therefore free. Only hosting, the time to build it along with the training time is your startup cost."
"Wix is an affordable solution."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
20%
Comms Service Provider
12%
University
7%
Media Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Wix?
I like the solution's responsiveness, usability, and user interface.
What needs improvement with Wix?
The solution’s scalability can be improved.
 

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Sample Customers

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