Joomla vs SharePoint comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Joomla
Ranking in Web Content Management
16th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SharePoint
Ranking in Web Content Management
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
150
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Web Content Management category, the market share of Joomla is 1.4% and it increased by 450.7% compared to the previous year. The market share of SharePoint is 14.1% and it increased by 15.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management
Unique Categories:
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Enterprise Content Management
16.3%
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
25.8%
 

Featured Reviews

JS
Jan 26, 2018
One of the most robust, stable, secure, feature-rich CMSs on the market
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. As it is today, it often ends up introducing some potentially serious security concerns. When I turn over a Joomla site, editing content is easy for most folks (i.e., changing the Contact Us or About Us pages). However, when it comes time for them to edit menus and navigation to add a new page or article into the menu somewhere, it starts to get a little complex for many users to build these menu items, especially when there are multiple menus being used in different positions. I also 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. I would also like to see the Joomla security bulletins pulled into the admin back-end with better publishing of known extension issues, especially for ones we have installed. Therefore, if we do not have them installed, we never see those bulletins. If we do, then pertinent messages showing up like "there are X number of extension updates available" can pushed upfront and center like updates and security notice usually are.
VW
Aug 29, 2023
Good integrations, helps with collaboration, and increases visibility
We collect the lists for enterprise infrastructure and application solutions by classifications, including app catalog, profile, inventory, and data. It is a secure place to store, organize, share, and access information from any device.  SharePoint is a collaboration platform. It is designed to…

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."
"It's stable. It's very widely used by companies. Also, the knowledge of the product has improved over the years, and by other companies that support it or are Microsoft SharePoint partners. So if there are problems, there's always a user or company that knows the information or can help you; even with very uncommon problems."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to easily build intranet sites for communicating within teams, storing documentation, product information, pricing policies, updates on product infrastructure, and other related news."
"It is very stable."
"The ability to take Excel files and make them dynamic SharePoint lists with instant reporting capabilities has been a major benefit."
"I do like the collaboration around documents. The versioning history has proven useful in some instances as well."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is file sharing or information sharing."
"For SharePoint, I believe the most valuable feature is the customization and allowing you to share and edit files and documents. Being able to share externally and the precise administration of the files in terms of giving permissions and controlling who has access to what is a very good feature."
"It has helped us with storing all the documents, which means that people are not going to intervene. There is a way of extracting knowledge within documentation and tracking it. There are knowledge assets for where documentation is stored, indexed and searchable through SharePoint."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"The solution lacks collaboration features."
"Using SharePoint is difficult."
"Processing data from multiple site collections is not easy as they reside in different databases."
"Integration needs to be more straightforward, particularly with Azure. SharePoint also needs a more comprehensive introductory course for users."
"Make it more intuitive."
"The solution should be made more user-friendly for technical and business people."
"The product must provide more automation."
"It will fully use your system resources."
 

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."
"The pricing is competitive."
"They are about an eight in comparison to other similar products."
"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"It is pretty reasonable. It is $5 per month per user. We have 12 users now, so it is about $60 per month."
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
"The data classification and search elements are cheap."
"The licensing model for SharePoint Online is based on per user, and it is monthly. The price of the solution overall is good."
"For this type of solution, it is not wise to buy it without Software Assurance."
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Comparison Review

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Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

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Government
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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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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