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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Comparison of two mostly used PHP based CMS


Last Updated
2/26/2009
1/11/2009

System Requirements
Drupal 6.10
Joomla! 1.5.10
Application Server
PHP 4.3.5+
Any that supports PHP (Apache recommended)
Approximate Cost
Free
Free
Database
MySQL, Postgres
MySQL
License
GNU GPL
GNU/GPL v2
Operating System
Any
Any
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Root Access
No
No
Shell Access
No
No
Web Server
Apache, IIS
Apache

Security
Drupal 6.10
Joomla! 1.5.10
Audit Trail
Yes
No
Captcha
Free Add On
Free Add On
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Email Verification
Yes
Yes
Granular Privileges
Yes
No
Kerberos Authentication
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Free Add On
Yes
Login History
Yes
Yes
NIS Authentication
No
No
NTLM Authentication
Free Add On
No
Pluggable Authentication
Yes
Yes
Problem Notification
No
No
Sandbox
No
No
Session Management
Yes
Yes
SMB Authentication
No
No
SSL Compatible
Yes
Yes
SSL Logins
No
Yes
SSL Pages
No
Yes
Versioning
Yes
Free Add On

Support
Drupal 6.10
Joomla! 1.5.10
Certification Program
No
No
Code Skeletons
Yes
No
Commercial Manuals
Yes
Yes
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Commercial Training
Yes
Yes
Developer Community
Yes
Yes
Online Help
Yes
Yes
Pluggable API
Yes
Yes
Professional Hosting
Yes
Yes
Professional Services
Yes
Yes
Public Forum
Yes
Yes
Public Mailing List
Yes
No
Test Framework
Free Add On
Yes
Third-Party Developers
Yes
Yes
Users Conference
Yes
Yes

Ease of Use
Drupal 6.10
Joomla! 1.5.10
Drag-N-Drop Content
Free Add On
No
Email To Discussion
Free Add On
Free Add On
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Image Resizing
Free Add On
Yes
Macro Language
Free Add On
Yes
Mass Upload
Free Add On
Yes
Prototyping
Limited
Yes
Server Page Language
Yes
Yes
Site Setup Wizard
Limited
No
Spell Checker
Free Add On
No
Style Wizard
Limited
No
Subscriptions
Free Add On
Costs Extra
Template Language
Limited
Yes
UI Levels
No
Yes
Undo
Limited
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Free Add On
Yes
Zip Archives
No
No

Performance
Drupal 6.10
Joomla! 1.5.10
Advanced Caching
Yes
Yes
Database Replication
Limited
No
Load Balancing
Yes
Yes
Page Caching
Yes
Yes
Static Content Export
No
No

Management
Drupal 6.10
Joomla! 1.5.10
Advertising Management
Free Add On
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Clipboard
No
No
Content Scheduling
Free Add On
Yes
Content Staging
Free Add On
No
Inline Administration
Yes
Yes
Online Administration
Yes
Yes
Package Deployment
No
No
Sub-sites / Roots
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style/Template Management
Yes
Yes
Web-based Translation Management
Yes
Free Add On
Workflow Engine
Limited
No

Interoperability
Drupal 6.10
Joomla! 1.5.10
Content Syndication (RSS)
Yes
Yes
FTP Support
Limited
Yes
iCal
Free Add On
No
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
WAI Compliant
Limited
No
WebDAV Support
No
No
XHTML Compliant
Yes
No

Flexibility
Drupal 6.10
Joomla! 1.5.10
CGI-mode Support
Yes
Yes
Content Reuse
Limited
Yes
Extensible User Profiles
Yes
Yes
Interface Localization
Yes
Yes
Metadata
Yes
Yes
Multi-lingual Content
Yes
Free Add On
Multi-lingual Content Integration
Free Add On
Free Add On
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Free Add On
URL Rewriting
Yes
Yes

Built-in Applications
Drupal 6.10
Joomla! 1.5.10
Blog
Yes
Yes
Chat
Free Add On
Free Add On
Classifieds
Free Add On
Free Add On
Contact Management
Free Add On
Yes
Data Entry
Free Add On
Free Add On
Database Reports
No
Free Add On
Discussion / Forum
Yes
Free Add On
Document Management
Limited
Free Add On
Events Calendar
Free Add On
Free Add On
Events Management
Free Add On
Free Add On
Expense Reports
No
Free Add On
FAQ Management
Yes
Yes
File Distribution
Free Add On
Free Add On
Graphs and Charts
No
Free Add On
Groupware
Free Add On
Free Add On
Guest Book
Free Add On
Free Add On
Help Desk / Bug Reporting
Free Add On
Free Add On
HTTP Proxy
No
No
In/Out Board
No
No
Job Postings
Free Add On
Free Add On
Link Management
Free Add On
Yes
Mail Form
Free Add On
Yes
Matrix
No
No
My Page / Dashboard
Free Add On
No
Newsletter
Free Add On
Free Add On
Photo Gallery
Free Add On
Free Add On
Polls
Yes
Yes
Product Management
Free Add On
Yes
Project Tracking
Free Add On
Free Add On
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Site Map
Free Add On
Free Add On
Stock Quotes
Free Add On
Free Add On
Surveys
Free Add On
Free Add On
Syndicated Content (RSS)
Yes
Yes
Tests / Quizzes
Free Add On
Free Add On
Time Tracking
Free Add On
No
User Contributions
Yes
Yes
Weather
Free Add On
Free Add On
Web Services Front End
Limited
Yes
Wiki
Free Add On
Free Add On

Commerce
Drupal 6.10
Joomla! 1.5.10
Affiliate Tracking
Free Add On
Free Add On
Inventory Management
Free Add On
Free Add On
Pluggable Payments
Free Add On
Free Add On
Pluggable Shipping
Free Add On
Free Add On
Pluggable Tax
Free Add On
Free Add On
Point of Sale
No
Free Add On
Shopping Cart
Free Add On
Free Add On
Subscriptions
Free Add On
Free Add On
Wish Lists
Free Add On
Free Add On