When it comes to building a website for a business or creating a personal blog, there is no better alternative than an open-source CMS platform. The most popular CMS are WordPress, Drupal and Joomla. These CMSs are free to use, offers you tonnes of features and benefits and are the most robust and secure platform available on the market today.
However, while there are a few commonalities between each of them, there is also the difference that you need to know before you pick a CMS to build a website or a blog. Thus, here is a quick brief on each of the 3 CMS platform – WordPress, Drupal and Joomla that’ll help you make the right decision.
1.WordPress – The most loved CMS platform, WordPress powers 29.1% of all websites on the internet. It is easy to set-up, reliable and offers flexibility, in terms of website design and other customizations. Maintaining a WordPress website is also easy thanks to the availability of an array of plugins. Best part, even a novice can easily manage a WordPress website as it requires zero programming and coding skills.
Some of the popular website powered by WordPress are;
- Microsoft News Center
- The Walt Disney Company
- Time Inc
- Vogue India
From easy content management to integrated social media, SEO, air-tight security, community support, and a wide range of WordPress themes, building any kind of website is a hassle-free task when working with the WordPress CMS.
2.Joomla – Powering 3.2% of all websites, Joomla is the next best CMS after WordPress to create a website with. Like WordPress, Joomla is also a versatile CMS designed to be fast, reliable and secure. It also provides you with a wide number of amazing themes to help you design a visually appealing website. Moreover, Joomla also has a large support community that can help you fix common problems and answer all your queries.
Some of the popular website powered by Joomla are;
- eBay
- Harvard University
- IKEA
- General Electric
However, unlike WordPress, using this platform is slightly difficult as it requires a bit of a programming & coding skills. Plus, Joomla is best suited for eCommerce and social networking site.
3.Drupal – 2.3% of websites run on the Drupal CMS. Let me start by saying, that compared to WordPress and Joomla, this CMS is the most difficult to work with. Though it the best of the lot when it comes to technical advancement, to run this CMS you require technical proficiency in PHP, HTML, Python and others.
But, having said that, there are certain benefits of using Drupal to build your website, the primary one being that it is a resource-intensive CMS which help lower the overall cost of website maintenance. Some the features it provides are mobile-friendly web design, faster loading time, SEO friendliness and robust security. Additionally, here are few websites that are a built with Drupal.
- Nokia
- ABS-CBN News
- Entertainment Weekly
- Tesla Motors
Like mentioned above, this is just a brief on the benefits and the use of these 3 CMS platform – WordPress, Drupal and Joomla. However, to know more about each of these 3 CMS, here is a detailed CMS comparison infographic that you can refer to.
Providing details such as the features, benefits, commonalities and others, this infographic is all that you need to understand what each of these CMS – WordPress, Drupal and Joomla, can offer you.
So, if you are all set to build a website, then take a look at this infographic to know which CMS is best suited for your business and a go build a website that is loved by all – users and search engines alike.
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WordPress vs Joomla vs Drupal (Infographic) by the team at Capsicum Mediaworks, LLP
