Compare Joomla! vs. Contenta

Joomla! is one of the big three PHP CMSes. Currently it uses only a single component from the Symfony project. Joomla remains a strong contender with a large number of users and extensions.

Contenta is a Drupal 8 distribution that aims to provide a headless, decoupled shell for Drupal 8.

• Large developer and user base
• Plenty of ready made extensions available
• Tried and tested basic concepts

• Open Source
• Built on a solid Drupal 8 foundation
• Fully customisable

• Administration can be confusing
• Lack of focus, tries to do everything
• Codebase is a mix of old and new

• Dependence on other projects
• Hosting complexity
• Limited templating capability