Joomla vs. Drupal: Which One is Right for You?
The new craze in the web development world is content management systems (CMS).
As defined by Wikipedia:
A content management system (CMS) is a computer application used to create, edit, manage, and publish content in a consistently organized fashion.[1] CMSs are frequently used for storing, controlling, versioning, and publishing industry-specific documentation such as news articles, operators’ manuals, technical manuals, sales guides, and marketing brochures. The content managed may include computer files, image media, audio files, video files, electronic documents, and Web content.
Two of CMS that Nokuri Technology Group has expertise is Joomla and Drupal. Deciding between which one is right for organization will depend largely on where you are hosting your website and the needs of your company. Some hosting companies have only one of these available to install, while other companies may have both. To make a decision which one is right for you here is a chart adapted from Alledia.com. Keep in mind however, that their assessment is slightly obsolete, since it is not based on the recent releases of these programs. To find out the most current information about Joomla and Drupal please feel free to email or call us.
| Joomla [-] | Drupal [-] | |
| Community Features | 
Community Builder. A solid component, but one that really needs an SEF extension to enable Youtube-style URLs. |
Very impressive. Users can form groups and expansion of the registraion form is native to Drupal. |
| Shopping Cart |
Joomla has Virtuemart and an integration of OSCommerce, both of which beat Drupal’s ecommerce addon. Use OSCommerce if you need multicurrency options or if you have a payment gateway not supported by VM |
Not recommended as it lacks tax and currency options. However, watch out for Ubercart which looks promising. |
| SEO |
Poor out of the box. OpenSEF is OK and improving fast. SEF Advance is roughly comparable quality but costs 50 Euros. Code is not very well adapted for SEO. |
The out-of-the-box URLs work well and can be improved with one easy addon. The code is generally lightweight and well-optimised. |
| Forums |
Use Joomla with Simple Machines Forum, which is the path taken by Joomla.org. Joomlaboard integrates natively to Joomla but lacks many key features. |
A native and very smooth forum, but lacking in the high end features of the best modern forums. VbDrupal is the best way to avoid this (a Drupal Vbulletin hack) |
| Multimedia |
Yes, plenty of podcast and video options. |
Yes - Drupal Video and podcast options also available. |
| Photo Galleries |
Yes. The best are integrations with Gallery2 and the Flash gallery Expose. |
Has a default module and a Gallery2 integration. |
| Event Calendars |
Several native plug-ins and integrations. |
Not great. There are options but they are far behind those available for Joomla. |
| Template / Themes |
Joomla has a wide selection of free and commercial offerings. Once installed they can be assigned to different pages. |
Only one commercial developer. Off-the-shelf choices are very poor. Currently, Drupal assumes one template for all pages, although this can be adapted with effort and will 5.0 will allow templates to be assigned according to URL. Developing your own is the best bet. |
| Blogs |
Some out-of-the-box capability. A good overview is here. Joomla.org uses a port of Wordpress. |
Good capabilities, although not a natural blog in the manner of Wordpress. |
| Document Management |
Yes - DocMan. |
Not anything worth considering. |
| User Permissions |
Some very major forks can work with Joomla, but this is a very poor area. Joomla is very admin-orientated. A small group of people are going to control and run the site. A lot of members can contribute by adding content, forum posts etc. but it is difficult to increase their permissions further. |
Drupal wins hands-down. However, you still can’t manage single members. You need to add them to a certain group. |
| External Integration |
Joomla 1.5 will help greatly with a much improved API and more hooks. |
Currently Drupal wins easily with plenty of hooks |
| Content Management |
In the core only Section >> Category >> Content is available. That’s it. No cross-categorization. |
Unlimited categories and subcategories. Also allows for cross-categorization of articles. |
| Multisites Management |
Commercial component. |
Out-of-the-box. |
| Documentation |
Poor, although work on this is progressing. There is however a wealth of useful information on the Joomla forums. Joomla 1.5 promises to be much more thoroughly documented.(Click here for 1.5 documentation. |
Not too bad. (Click here for documentation and here for an API reference guide |
| SSL Compatible |
With hacks. |
Yes |
| Standards Compliance |
Not great. Accessible Joomla is a fork necessary to move Joomla towards compliance. Mambo/Joomla dates from before standards were even considered (1999). |
Yes. Excellent out-of-the-box. |
| Internationalization |
With Joomfish. Not an easy or straight-forward solution |
Yes, Excellent. (via i18n module) |
| Commercial Community |
Very strong. Perhaps the best in the Open Source CMS world. Try Try Joomla Yellow Pages or Joomla.org. |
Weak. Difficult to find strong Drupal developers in any quantity. Try Drupal.org, Drupal Yellow Pages or Drupalancers. |
| General Community |
Great. 100s of extra components available, both commercial and open source. Many companies now offering services. |
Good community. Often more non-profit than business driven. Excellent forum support at Drupal.org. |
| Ease-of-use |
Joomla has a great graphical interface in separate area of website. |
Administrator tasks on the current Drupal version are done via a menu on the frontpage which confuses many. Drupal 5.0 will solve this and also provide an online installer. Still, installing many modules needs technical knowledge. |
| Learning Curve |
Shallow. One of the very easiest CMS systems to learn and customize. |
A little steeper than Joomla, but still relatively easy to learn. |
| Speed |
A default installation of 1.0.11 loads in 0.90 seconds. A default installation of 1.5 loads in 1.33 seconds. (Scores from http://sitescore.silktide.com) |
A default installation loads in 1.05 seconds. (Score from http://sitescore.silktide.com) |
| Size | 1.0.11 is 16.4 MB
1.5 is 16.7 MB |
Version 5.0 is 2.89 MB |
| Current Situation | Unclear. When will Joomla 1.5 be out? Which version should people currently buiding sites use? One developer recently warned about relying on any firm deadlines or easy upgrades to the new version. | Clear development path. Currently working on Drupal 5. Beta 2 came out at the end of November and a Release Candidate is probably next. |
| Overall | Joomla 1.5 will be the crucial leap for the platform paving the way for the resolution of many old limitations. Producing a good-looking site with plenty of functionality is a relatively easy task with Joomla. | Drupal is more community-oriented and the current live version is more extensible. That advantage will be greatly shortened once Joomla 1.5 is stable. |
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