Comparison

Contentful vs Joomla

On the evidence we track, Contentful leads this comparison with a composite score of 85/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Contentful full profile →Joomla full profile →

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★Contentful85

Joomla57

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ContentfulLeader	Joomla
Vioscale score	85 / 100medium · 59%	57 / 100medium · 66%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	8
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.4
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fjoomla%2Fjoomla-cms&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	5,125
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	38
Release
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	GPL-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	PHP
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Contentful85 / 100medium · 59%

Joomla57 / 100medium · 66%

Pricing

Free tier

Contentful✓

Joomla✓

Model

Contentfulcommercial

Joomlacommercial

Price level

Contentfulfree

Joomlafree

Transparent

Contentful✓

Joomla✓

Integrations

Count

Contentful–

Joomla8

Security

Disclosure policy

Contentful✓

Joomla✓

Gdpr

Contentful–

Joomla✓

Iso27001

Contentful✓

Joomla–

Pci

Contentful✓

Joomla–

Scorecard

Contentful–

Joomla4.4

Soc2

Contentful✓

Joomla–

Vulnerabilities

Contentful–

JoomlaCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fjoomla%2Fjoomla-cms&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Contentful✓

Joomla✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Contentful–

Joomla0

Github stars

Contentful–

Joomla5,125

Activity

Commits last 30d

Contentful–

Joomla38

Release

History

Contentful–

Joomla20 items

License

Spdx

Contentful–

JoomlaGPL-2.0

Language

Primary

Contentful–

JoomlaPHP

Market

Availability

Contentful–

JoomlaAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cms software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for CMS Software
Capability	Contentful	Joomla
Core
CMS type	Headless / API-first	Traditional / monolithic
Licensing
Open-source	✗	✓
Deployment
Self-hostable	✗	✓
Managed / cloud hosting offered	✓	✓
Delivery
Headless API (REST/GraphQL)	✓	-
Content
Structured content modelling	✓	✓
Localisation / i18n	✓	✓
Content workflow / approvals	✓	✓
Editing
Visual / no-code page builder	✓	-
Extensibility
Plugin / app ecosystem size	Marketplace with apps and integrations to extend platform	Thousands of free extensions and templates
Scale
Multi-site / multi-tenant	✓	-
Workflow
Git-based / code-first workflow	-	✓
Pricing
Free / open tier	✓	✓

Core

CMS type

ContentfulHeadless / API-first

JoomlaTraditional / monolithic

Licensing

Open-source

Contentful✗

Joomla✓

Deployment

Self-hostable

Contentful✗

Joomla✓

Managed / cloud hosting offered

Contentful✓

Joomla✓

Delivery

Headless API (REST/GraphQL)

Contentful✓

Joomla-

Content

Structured content modelling

Contentful✓

Joomla✓

Localisation / i18n

Contentful✓

Joomla✓

Content workflow / approvals

Contentful✓

Joomla✓

Editing

Visual / no-code page builder

Contentful✓

Joomla-

Extensibility

Plugin / app ecosystem size

ContentfulMarketplace with apps and integrations to extend platform

JoomlaThousands of free extensions and templates

Scale

Multi-site / multi-tenant

Contentful✓

Joomla-

Workflow

Git-based / code-first workflow

Contentful-

Joomla✓

Pricing

Free / open tier

Contentful✓

Joomla✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Contentful

Leader

Contentful is a headless CMS and digital experience platform enabling teams to create and deliver personalized content at scale, with AI-powered automation, visual content assembly, and comprehensive workflow capabilities.

Independently observed

Joomla

Joomla is a free, open-source CMS that enables users to build, manage, and customize websites and online applications. It features a large ecosystem of free extensions and templates, multilingual support, flexible user permission systems, and can be deployed via self-hosting or managed hosting services.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Contentful

Leader

from $0/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Lite plan free base with $850/month per additional space. Enterprise with custom pricing.

FreeFree
- 2 Roles (Admin, Editor)
- 2 Custom Locales
- 100K/month API calls (no overages)
- 50 GB/month asset bandwidth CDN (no overages)
- 50 MB max asset upload size
- +14 more
LiteFree base; additional spaces $850/month
- 3 Roles (Admin, Editor, Author)
- 3 Custom Locales
- 1M/month API calls with paid overages allowed
- 100 GB/month asset bandwidth CDN with paid overages allowed
- 1000 MB max asset upload size
- +25 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Lite features
- Custom roles and locales
- Custom API calls with paid overages
- Custom asset bandwidth with paid overages
- AI Actions with included quotas
- +9 more

as of 2026-08-01verify ↗

Joomla

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open-source

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Contentful	Joomla
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Contentful✓

Joomla✓

CLI

Contentful✗

Joomla✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Contentful✓

Joomla✓

Self-hosted

Contentful✗

Joomla✓

On-premise

Contentful✗

Joomla✓

Hybrid

Contentful✗

Joomla✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Contentful

Leader

Not documented yet.

Joomla

8 total

123RF
Algolia
AppVeyor
Civic
CleanTalk
CloudAccess.net
CodiumAI
Crowdin

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.