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Joomla is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.
This comparision between Joomla and well known commercial CMS software is based on selected data from The CMS Matrix dated May 22, 2008.
| Product |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux CMS |
Joomla |
Macromedia Contribute |
Oracle Portal |
| Last Updated |
2/22/2008 |
9/11/2006 |
4/24/2008 |
3/24/2005 |
11/22/2005 |
| System Requirements |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux CMS |
Joomla |
Macromedia Contribute |
Oracle Portal |
| Application Server |
.NET |
Windows 2000 or 2003 Server |
Apache recommended, any server that supports PHP and MySQL |
IIS, Websphere, BEA Weblogic, Apache, Tomcat |
Oracle Application Server 10g |
| Approximate Cost |
$15,000 |
$50,000 |
$0 |
$2,500 for 10 seats |
$10k per processor |
| Database |
Oracle, SQLserver, MSDE |
XML |
MySQL |
|
Oracle |
| License |
per URL |
Per Server or ASP Monthly |
GNU/GPL v2 |
Proprietary |
Commercial, per CPU |
| Operating System |
Windows 2000 / 2003 / XP / Vista |
Microsoft Window, RedHat Linux |
Any |
Windows, OS X |
Windows, Unix, Linux |
| Programming Language |
ASP.NET, ASP, CFM, PHP, JSP |
XML, XSLT |
PHP, JPS, XML |
.NET, ASP, CFM, PHP, JSP, Perl, Python, TCL, etc. |
Java, PL/SQL |
| Web Server |
IIS |
IIS, Apache |
Apache |
Any |
Apache |
| Security |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux CMS |
Joomla |
Macromedia Contribute |
Oracle Portal |
| Captcha |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Content Approval |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Email Verification |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Kerberos Authentication |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| LDAP Authentication |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Login History |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| NIS Authentication |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| NTLM Authentication |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Session Management |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| SMB Authentication |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| SSL Logins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Support |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux CMS |
Joomla |
Macromedia Contribute |
Oracle Portal |
| Commercial Manuals |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Commercial Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Commercial Training |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
| Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online Help |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pluggable API |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Professional Hosting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Professional Services |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Public Forum |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Third-Party Developers |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Users Conference |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Ease of Use |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux CMS |
Joomla |
Macromedia Contribute |
Oracle Portal |
| Email To Discussion |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Resizing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Macro Language |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Prototyping |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Server Page Language |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Subscriptions |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Template Language |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Performance |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux CMS |
Joomla |
Macromedia Contribute |
Oracle Portal |
| Advanced Caching |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Load Balancing |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Page Caching |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Management |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux CMS |
Joomla |
Macromedia Contribute |
Oracle Portal |
| Advertising Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Asset Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Clipboard |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Content Scheduling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Inline Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Sub-sites / Roots |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trash |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Web Statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Limited |
| Web-based Style/Template Management |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Interoperability |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux CMS |
Joomla |
Macromedia Contribute |
Oracle Portal |
| Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| FTP Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Flexibility |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux CMS |
Joomla |
Macromedia Contribute |
Oracle Portal |
| CGI-mode Support |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Content Reuse |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Extensible User Profiles |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interface Localization |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Metadata |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Multi-lingual Content |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-lingual Content Integration |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Limited |
| URL Rewriting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Built-in Applications |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux CMS |
Joomla |
Macromedia Contribute |
Oracle Portal |
| Blog |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Chat |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Classifieds |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Contact Management |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Data Entry |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
| Database Reports |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
| Discussion / Forum |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Document Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
| Events Calendar |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
| Events Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
|
|
| Expense Reports |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
| FAQ Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| File Distribution |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
| Graphs and Charts |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
| Groupware |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
| Guest Book |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Help Desk / Bug Reporting |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| HTTP Proxy |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| In/Out Board |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Job Postings |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Link Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Mail Form |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Newsletter |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Photo Gallery |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
No |
| Polls |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Product Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Project Tracking |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
| Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Site Map |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Surveys |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
| Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Tests / Quizzes |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
| Time Tracking |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| User Contributions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wiki |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Commerce |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux CMS |
Joomla |
Macromedia Contribute |
Oracle Portal |
| Affiliate Tracking |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Inventory Management |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Pluggable Payments |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Pluggable Shipping |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Pluggable Tax |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Point of Sale |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Shopping Cart |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
| Subscriptions |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
| Wish Lists |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
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