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Joomla vs WordPress Business-Enterprise 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
WordPress Business-Enterprise
Ranking in Web Content Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Joomla is 2.2%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WordPress Business-Enterprise is 13.3%, down from 15.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
WordPress Business-Enterprise13.3%
Joomla2.2%
Other84.5%
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…
Irfani Silviana - PeerSpot reviewer
A versatile platform for web development that has helped me cater to a diverse range of clients
I appreciate the flexibility of WordPress, particularly its filter and action hooks, which allow for the development of additional features. We can build our own plugins into this. We can be creative while following our clients' requirements. For example, I recently built a custom plugin where the client wanted extra functionalities about membership, special profile pages, and a subscription system. And WordPress has helped a lot, thanks to its flexibility. I could use current plugins on the market and then modify them with my own plugin and collaborate with other existing plugins. So, WordPress has reduced a lot of work for me as a developer. With WordPress, I can achieve the functionality that I want. I don't have to do everything from scratch because a few solutions exist in the market, and I can enhance that.

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."
"WordPress offers great flexibility."
"Ready-made themes speed the design process; a huge number of quality themes are available from several sources."
"It is easy to edit content using WordPress."
"As WordPress is such a popular product, there are many designers and developers available to work on projects."
"There are so many free plugins"
"It has a vast array of themes which could be applied to make the website visually look more appealing to the target market."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its flexibility, ease of working with, intuitive interface, and ease of finding a huge online community, along with its simplicity of integration with other solutions."
"I like the tool's plugins."
 

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."
"WordPress could use improvement in terms of optimization, especially for large websites with extensive databases and many images."
"WordPress needs to adapt to new technologies. It also needs to improve scalability. We don't have optimized content and plugins in the tech stack."
"It may be useful to have a downloadable program that you could have on your desktop that allows you to create and maintain the program while offline."
"The system should be more informative."
"I would like to see the addition of social media integration features in WordPress."
"Backups and moving sites could be handled better."
"It could be a little bit easier to use."
"WordPress doesn't automatically scan the website, so we need to install paid plugins for this purpose. Unfortunately, this can lead to slower performance, which is a notable drawback."
 

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."
"WordPress is a free CMS. Installing WordPress is free, although the domain will cost money."
"As per my understanding, WordPress is an open-source product, owing to which there are no requirements to make any payments towards its licensing costs."
"WordPress can be pricey, ranging from $0 to thousands per month."
"Set up cost is nothing. Pricing is free. You need to pay a cost only for the domains, hosting, and to buy themes."
"It is an open-source platform. It doesn't need any license."
"WordPress is a free CMS. Installing WordPress is free. The domain and pushing data costs money."
"WordPress is a free solution."
"It provides a high ROI."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
11%
University
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise1
 

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What do you like most about WordPress?
The best feature of WordPress is its flexibility.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WordPress?
WordPress is good with search engine optimization if you use the plugins.I use WordPress because it is an inexpensive solution for small projects.
What needs improvement with WordPress?
The area that could be improved in WordPress is the security feature. The security features need to ensure they don't rely too much on external plugins for security. WordPress needs to have its own...
 

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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
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