Drupal & Joomla & WordPressOh My!A quick round-up by Brian Layman

Drupal - Pros

1. Oldest of the three started in 20012. Very powerful & developer friendly3. Enterprise friendly - from the release cycle to the version control and capabilities, it will seem familiar to many enterprises4. It is a very stable platform.

Drupal - Cons

1. Steepest learning curve. If you like many complicated options and lots of reading, as many devs do, Drupal is for you.2. Very few free plugins. The enterprise root means you pay for everything - and price means quality.3. Theming options are sparse. You will have to hire a quality developer to get it to look like it wasn't designed a decade ago.

Joomla - Pros

1. The interface is viewed by many as professional and polished.2. There are many extensions (aka plugins) available for each version of Joomla that meet many specific needs.3. Built as a CMS from the start.4. Shortly after its release it increased in popularity beyond Drupal and WordPress. Though WordPress has the limelight now, Joomla is still active having just released ver. 3.

Joomla - Cons

1. There is a learning curve. You will not be able to jump in and start writing articles until you have explored around for a while.2. SEO capabilities do not match up with the other two systems.3. Limited permission control for users.4. Moving between major versions of Joomla incurs a development cost as both your theme and features will not be compatible with newer releases. This causes security issues.

WordPress - Pros

1. A blogging tool evolved into CMS. This means concepts like multiple authors with varying permissions are built in.

2. Easy interface3. Most commonly used CMS4. Frequently updated5. Extremely flexible & feature rich6. Many themes & plugins both free and

premium7. Low cost of operation8. Coder Friendly

WordPress - Cons

1. The emphasis on blogging is clear. CMS is its second function.

2. The popularity does mean it is a popular target for attacks, so you need to keep it up to date.

3. There are a lot of people who do it as a hobby. So quality of plugins and themes vary.

4. It doesn't cost anything, so it is viewed by some companies as not worth anything.

Drupal Editor

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Joomla Editor

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WordPress Editor

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Number of Updates

Drupal- 7 Major- 77 minorJoomla!- 6 major- 27 MinorWordPress-19 Major-164 Minorhttp://www.webnethosting.net/wordpress-vs-joomla-vs-drupal-cms-popularity-war/

Percentage of Top Million Sites

Drupal1.6%

Joomla2.7%

WordPress14.3%

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Average Costs

Drupal-Setup: $5,000 - $50,000-Active Monthly Maintenance: $1,500

Joomla-Setup: $2,000 - $20,000-Active Monthly Maintenance: $500

WordPress-Setup: $250 - $15,000-Active Monthly Maintenance: $250http://www.webnethosting.net/wordpress-vs-joomla-vs-drupal-cms-popularity-war/