Joomla Reviews

Jay Stoeber

Techvangelist & CEO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Feb 06 2018

One of the most robust, stable, secure, feature-rich CMSs on the market

What is most valuable?

Security, ease of updates, and upgrades with the built in J! installer tied into the JED. Large number of turnkey extensions, CCKs, and extension development well… more»

How has it helped my organization?

It follows the Microsoft development model, whereas the communication to developers for upcoming changes, vulnerabilities, and new features is very robust. Developers… more»

What needs improvement?

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… more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Joomla is open source, therefore free. Only hosting, the time to build it along with the training time is your startup cost. Ongoing, it will save your organization… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

* Drupal * Hand-written code * IIS-based sites with superpages plus even more manual coding. Yuck.

What other advice do I have?

With a fairly small learning curve for the end user who wants the basics, Joomla is one of the most robust, stable, secure, feature-rich CMSs on the market. Its awards and… more»

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated other solutions very extensively. When a website is desired to be turned over to the client so they can take the reigns of development and updating, Joomla is… more»

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Mark Vincent Verallo

Web Developer / Programmer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Sep 05 2017

Its extended debugging mode and error reporting are invaluable

What is most valuable?

Joomla is one of the most popular CMSs today. I've used it with a lot of sites I've built. One of the features that I like with Joomla is the built-in caching it provides… more»

How has it helped my organization?

Being able to build a website for clients using Joomla is already a big advantage. There are many CMSs to choose from but picking the right one for the right requirements… more»

What needs improvement?

Surely, Joomla developers still have many improvements in mind for Joomla and I'm sure they will be exciting and useful. So let's just wait for them.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Just plan properly. It will depend on your requirements. If you think Joomla can be used with the requirements you have, then proceed with it.

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

I'm using several CMSs.

What other advice do I have?

As I've said, it boils down to your requirements. List all your requirements and check if there are any existing extensions that can be used for it. It might even be… more»

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

There are many options including Drupal, WordPress, etc.

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Sinesio Bittencourt

Suporte avançado - Linux System Administrator L1 at HostGator Brasil

Oct 24 2017

Creating new pages is easy.

What do you think of Joomla?

What is most valuable?

Categories, Components and the ease in creating new pages are the most valuable features.

How has it helped my organization?

Easy creation of new components and easy maintenance saves time and money.

What needs improvement?

Optimization of systems

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using it for more than nine years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Customizing components is not so easy.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not encountered any stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

How is customer service and technical support?

Customer Service: Customer service is good but everything is by…

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