Comparison

Joomla vs Storyblok

On the evidence we track, Storyblok leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Joomla54

★Storyblok65

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Joomla	StoryblokLeader
vioscaleAI score	54 / 100medium · 62%	65 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	free	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	high
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$99
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	8	6
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	ISO 27001
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.5	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://www.storyblok.com/trust-center
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
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,147	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	75	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	2	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	PHP	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Joomla54 / 100medium · 62%

Storyblok65 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

Joomla✓

Storyblok✓

Model

Joomlafree

Storyblokfreemium

Price level

Joomlafree

Storyblokhigh

Starting price

Joomla–

Storyblok$99

Transparent

Joomla✓

Storyblok✓

Integrations

Count

Joomla8

Storyblok6

Security

Certifications

Joomla–

StoryblokISO 27001

Disclosure policy

Joomla✓

Storyblok–

Gdpr

Joomla✓

Storyblok✓

Iso27001

Joomla–

Storyblok✓

Scorecard

Joomla4.5

Storyblok–

Trust center

Joomla–

Storyblokhttps://www.storyblok.com/trust-center

Vulnerabilities

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

Storyblok–

Reliability

Sla pct

Joomla–

Storyblok99.9

Status page

Joomla✓

Storyblok✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Joomla0

Storyblok–

Github stars

Joomla5,147

Storyblok–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Joomla75

Storyblok–

Release

Cadence days

Joomla2

Storyblok–

History

Joomla20 items

Storyblok–

License

Spdx

JoomlaGPL-2.0

Storyblok–

Language

Primary

JoomlaPHP

Storyblok–

Market

Availability

JoomlaAvailable worldwide

StoryblokAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Joomla7 items

Storyblok7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for CMS Software
Capability	Joomla	Storyblok
Core
CMS type	Traditional / monolithic	Headless / API-first
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	Thousands of free extensions and templates	Field, Tool, and Space plugins for extending the core editor
Scale
Multi-site / multi-tenant	-	✓
Workflow
Git-based / code-first workflow	✓	✓
Pricing
Free / open tier	✓	✓

Core

CMS type

JoomlaTraditional / monolithic

StoryblokHeadless / API-first

Licensing

Open-source

Joomla✓

Storyblok✗

Deployment

Self-hostable

Joomla✓

Storyblok✗

Managed / cloud hosting offered

Joomla✓

Storyblok✓

Delivery

Headless API (REST/GraphQL)

Joomla-

Storyblok✓

Content

Structured content modelling

Joomla✓

Storyblok✓

Localisation / i18n

Joomla✓

Storyblok✓

Content workflow / approvals

Joomla✓

Storyblok✓

Editing

Visual / no-code page builder

Joomla-

Storyblok✓

Extensibility

Plugin / app ecosystem size

JoomlaThousands of free extensions and templates

StoryblokField, Tool, and Space plugins for extending the core editor

Scale

Multi-site / multi-tenant

Joomla-

Storyblok✓

Workflow

Git-based / code-first workflow

Joomla✓

Storyblok✓

Pricing

Free / open tier

Joomla✓

Storyblok✓

What each one is

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

Joomla

An award-winning open-source content management system that empowers users to build and manage websites and online applications with extensive customization through a large ecosystem of community-contributed components.

Independently observed

Storyblok

Leader

A cloud-based content management system that helps enterprises organize, manage, and deliver structured content across multiple channels with a visual editor for teams and APIs for developers.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Joomla

FreeFree tier

Free and open source

as of 2026-10-15verify ↗

Storyblok

Leader

from $99/mofreemiumFree tier45-day trial

Free Starter plan. From $99/month for Growth. Annual billing available with one month free.

StarterFree
- 1 space
- 100GB traffic/month
- 100k API requests/month
Growth$99/mo
- 400GB traffic/month
- 1M API requests/month
- 97% uptime SLA
- Shopify integrations
- Slack integration
Growth Plus$349/mo
- 1TB traffic/month
- 4M API requests/month
- 99.9% uptime SLA
Premium & EliteContact sales
- All features from self-service plans
- Native A/B Testing
- Multi-Space Content Distribution (Elite)
- Custom Roles & Workflows
- Language-specific Workflows
- +5 more

as of 2026-10-07verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Platforms

Web

Joomla✓

Storyblok✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Joomla✗

Storyblok✓

Self-hosted

Joomla✓

Storyblok✗

On-premise

Joomla✓

Storyblok✗

Integrations

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

Joomla

8 total

123RF
Algolia
AppVeyor
Civic
CleanTalk
CloudAccess.net
CodiumAI
Crowdin

Independently observed

Storyblok

Leader

11 total

Shopify
Slack
AWS
Netlify
Vercel
GitHub
Bigcommerce
Cloudinary
Salesforce Commerce Cloud
OpenAI
Gemini

Independently observed

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