G2 Vendor Directory

Joomla vs. Payload CMS

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricJoomla

by Open Source Matters

Payload CMS

by Payload

Overall rating4.04.9
Review count38859
Ease of use7.99.2
Ease of setup8.29.2
Quality of support7.79.4
Meets requirements8.69.5
NPS26.32978793.220339
Small Business67.3%86.2%
Mid-Market21.1%13.8%
Enterprise11.6%0.0%
Total page views4021,202
Total LLM citations53518,909

Joomla

Joomla! is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content. Over the years Joomla! has won several awards. It is built on a model–view–controller web application framework that can be used independently of the CMS that allows you to build powerful online applications. Joomla! is one of the most popular website softwares, thanks to its global community of developers and volunteers, who make sure the platform is user friendly, extendable, multilingual, accessible, responsive, search engine optimized and so much more. What's a content management system (CMS)?

Pros

  • Customizability
  • Content Management
  • Ease of Use
  • Features
  • Customization
  • Feature Variety

Payload CMS

Payload is a free and open-source Headless CMS built with React and TypeScript. It's the happy medium between application framework and CMS, boosting your development process, while staying out of your way as your apps get more complex.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Community Support
  • Easy Integration
  • Integrations
  • Documentation
  • User Interface