Knowledgebase

Joomla and Drupal are two of the most popular CMS (Content Management System) applications available. They both offer similar features, but, naturally, each one has its strong and weak points. We have summarized the most important of them below:

• Joomla:

pros:

- a lot of beautiful free and commercial templates;

- very user-friendly and easy to use;

- a lot of free and commercial modules/plugins/component;

- a large dedicated community with great support;

- you don't have to know much to create a really good-looking and functional website;

- very easy to upgrade;

cons:

- SEO  could be better;

- the more components/plugins/modules you install, the more unstable the application becomes;

- Joomla-based websites are a common target for hackers;

• Drupal:

pros:

- very flexible configuration;

- great SEO;

- very well organized user and group management;

- solidity and performance - Drupal-based websites do not require much server resources and run faster;

cons:

- requires more time getting used to;

- not so user-friendly; 

- fewer themes with less eye candy;

SiteGround provides the best Joomla hosting, as well as the best Drupal hosting environment and we will help you with any questions/problems you may have regarding your CMS application.