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Joomla!

286 Reviews and Ratings

Squarespace

318 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Joomla

    Score8.3 out of 10
    		N/AJoomla! is a free and open source content management system used to publish web content. Included features are page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, a search function, and support for language internationalization.N/A

    Squarespace

    Score8.6 out of 10
    		N/ASquarespace is a CMS platform that allows users to create a DIY blog, eCommerce store, and/or portfolio (visual art or music). Some Squarespace website and shop templates are industry or use case-specific, such as menu builders for restaurant sites.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    JoomlaSquarespace
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $25
    per month
    Core
    $36
    per month
    Plus
    $56
    per month
    Advanced
    $139
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JoomlaSquarespace
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    JoomlaSquarespace
    Considered Both Products
    The Joomla Project
    Sean Pomory
    Digital Media Specialist in Marketing at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare (Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Joomla
    Joomla and Concrete5 have about the same capability and similar issues. Purchasing a SAAS like Squarespace, Weebly or Wix would be worth the price to remove the hassle of Joomla. A more robust free CMS like WordPress or Drupal would be a better solution if you wanted to remain …
    Incentivized
    Adrian Romero
    Brand designer in Marketing at Berlin Grey (Design, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Joomla
    Simpler and easy to visually understand elements and tools. We don't need to do any fancy coding or use too many plugins. çompared with WordPress and Webflow, we believe Joomla! has a more accurate and easy interface that allows the user to finish tasks in less time than the …
    Incentivized
    Lisa Keyser
    Owner | Principal at LMK Web Design & Consulting (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Joomla
    Joomla! is the #2 Open Source CMS behind WordPress, which we also use, and ahead of Drupal, which we have evaluated but decided not to pursue. Joomla! generally performs better than WP for clients that need more complexity to their websites, including flexibility in templating, …
    Incentivized
    James Fauria
    Webmaster \ Web Developer for the City of Pomona in Information Technology at Jaymersun Website Services (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Joomla

    Before I settled in on using Joomla for the City of Pomona, I experimented with WordPress and Drupal, as being the right fit for the new website. Each time I went through the analysis, research and development, both WordPress and Drupal, came up short for quickly delivering a …

    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Joomla
    We do currently use ExpressionEngine (EE) as well as it gives us some more flexibility when trying to display documents/ reports in an automated manner and better file management and integration with FTP. We weren't very happy with Squarespace as it has a challenging user …
    Incentivized
    Squarespace
    Verified User
    Chose Squarespace
    Squarespace can't even begin to compare against any of the other options, Squarespace is a very basic, simplistic, minimal webpage builder with no special features to create a truly outstanding website. An outstanding website that brings a company customers/orders requires a …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Squarespace
    Squarespace is the top of the pack when it comes to "set it and forget it" website builders. Wordpess is slightly more flexible but still requires a watchful eye from and administrative standpoint. Others, like Drupal, are more extensible but are better for larger websites that …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Squarespace
    WordPress is much more flexible and offers a much broader and deeper range of capabilities that Squarespace. However, setting up a WordPress site can be quite time consuming in comparison, and you must commit to spending time regularly - at least once a month - to updating …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Squarespace
    SquareSpace is infinitely easier to use than any CMS I've used before. It's more reliable and saves a lot of time. I wouldn't recommend SquareSpace for large e-commerce sites or big government sites, but for small business, it's ideal.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    JoomlaSquarespace
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Joomla! and Squarespace
    Feature
    Joomla!
    9.6
    45 Ratings
    Squarespace
    8.5
    59 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.645 Ratings8.559 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Joomla! and Squarespace
    Feature
    Joomla!
    7.8
    42 Ratings
    Squarespace
    4.2
    52 Ratings
    API6.140 Ratings4.945 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language9.541 Ratings3.434 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Joomla! and Squarespace
    Feature
    Joomla!
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    Squarespace
    7.1
    90 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor9.547 Ratings8.178 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness9.745 Ratings8.071 Ratings
    Admin section10.044 Ratings6.089 Ratings
    Page templates6.146 Ratings7.090 Ratings
    Library of website themes8.144 Ratings7.087 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design9.644 Ratings7.386 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.544 Ratings6.278 Ratings
    Form generator9.540 Ratings7.171 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Joomla! and Squarespace
    Feature
    Joomla!
    8.7
    46 Ratings
    Squarespace
    7.0
    80 Ratings
    Content taxonomy8.045 Ratings6.768 Ratings
    SEO support9.645 Ratings7.973 Ratings
    Bulk management9.243 Ratings8.045 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.146 Ratings5.760 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.544 Ratings6.760 Ratings
    User Ratings
    JoomlaSquarespace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (69 ratings)
    9.4
    (90 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (28 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)