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