eCommerce, Website Development Posted on Jan 22, 2019

Comparison of WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, LifeRay, Expression Engine & Typo3

A content management system (CMS) is used to manage the digital content. It helps users create content, manage and modify it on their websites according to their needs. CMS is easy to use and a user can operate it without having technical knowledge. The competition between different CMS is very high nowadays and it is difficult to choose the best CMS for your website. Below is a comparison chart for Top-rated CMS for you to better understand their features and help you choose the most reliable CMS to manage your digital content.

CMS	WordPress	Joomla	Drupal	LifeRay	Expression Engine	Typo3
Number of Websites Built	75 Million	2.8 Million	1.1 Million	10K – 15K	2.4K	5K – 10K
Downloads	160 Million	75 Million	25 Million	20K	—	9 Million
Market Share	58.4%	7.2%	4.8%	Less than 1%	Less than 1%	1.5%
Free Themes	3000+	1000+	2000+	—	—	100+
Free Plugins	44K	5K	26K	—	—	1500+
Software Cost	FREE (Open Source)	FREE (Open Source)	FREE (Open Source)	FREE	Free & Paid	FREE (Open Source)
Updates Frequency	40 Days	36 Days	30 Days	30 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Best Used For	Ideal for fairly simple websites. i.e blogging, news site and anyone looking for easy to manage website. Add-ons make it easy to extend the website functionality	Joomla allows you to build the website with more content and structure flexibility than WordPress, with fairly easy and intuitive usage. It is best for social networking sites	For complex, advanced and versatile sites. for sites that require complex data organizations. for community platforms sites with multiple users	Mainly used to enable corporate extranet and intranet. It is also described as a web application framework or content management framework.	Mainly used for small and individual websites	TYPO3 is an enterprise CMS. It is specially designed for publishing digital content
Best for WebSite Type	Newbie, Professional, Business, and eCommerce	Professional, Business and eCommerce	Professional, Business and eCommerce	Professional and Business	Small Business and Individuals	Professional and Business
Ease of Use	Fairly simple to use	Somewhat simple to use but hard from WordPress	Not easy to use, requires professional knowledge	Not an easy CMS	Not an easy CMS	Not so easy to manage
Customization	Highly customizable	Less customizable	Highly customizable	Less Customizable	Customizable to some extent	Customizable to some extent
Security	Less secure, but there are plugins that make it secure	Secure to some extent as compared to WordPress	Highly secured	Secure to some extent	Secure platform	Built-in security features
Architecture	Fairly simple architecture	Complex architecture	Complex architecture	Complex architecture	—	Complex architecture
Support	Easily available	Community support	Community support	Very limited	Limited	Limited
Performance	Moderate	Good	Excellent	Good	Slow	Good
Search Engine Optimization	Built-in support for SEO	Not good in terms of SEO	Has built-in SEO support but less than WordPress	Does not have built-in support	No built-inn support	No Built-in support
Multisite Support	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Scalability	Easy to Scale	Less scalable	Enterprise level scalability	Scalable with the help of plugins and extensions	Little scaleable	Scaleable
Integration	Integratable to 700+ platforms	Integratable to 100+ platforms	Integratable to 200+ platforms	Integratable with different portals with REST, SOAP and RSS	No information available	No information available
Language Used	PHP	PHP	PHP	Java	PHP	PHP