Compare Joomla! vs. Reservoir

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.

Reservoir is a Drupal 8 distribution focused on decoupled content management. It is developed by Acquia, the company providing enterprise grade Drupal hosting and solutions.

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

• Open Source CaaS option
• Corporate backing from Acquia
• Flexibility and extensibility

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

• A young, unproven product
• Complexity of hosting (compared to pure CaaS)
• Unable to leverage full Drupal ecosystem