| Drupal 7.12 | Joomla! 2.5.4 | TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS | WordPress 3.3.2 | |
| Last Updated | 2/16/2012 | 5/2/2012 | 4/14/2016 | 5/29/2012 |
| System Requirements | Drupal 7.12 | Joomla! 2.5.4 | TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS | WordPress 3.3.2 |
| Application Server | Apache | CGI | Apache | blank |
| Approximate Cost | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| Database | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL |
| License | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source |
| Operating System | Platform Independent | Platform Independent | Platform Independent | Platform Independent |
| Programming Language | PHP | PHP | PHP | PHP |
| Root Access | No | No | No | No |
| Shell Access | No | No | No | No |
| Web Server | Any | Any | Apache | blank |
| Security | Drupal 7.12 | Joomla! 2.5.4 | TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS | WordPress 3.3.2 |
| Audit Trail | Yes | No | Yes | Limited |
| Captcha | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Content Approval | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Email Verification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Granular Privileges | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kerberos Authentication | No | No | Free Add On | No |
| LDAP Authentication | Free Add On | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Login History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On |
| NIS Authentication | No | No | Free Add On | No |
| NTLM Authentication | Free Add On | No | Free Add On | No |
| Pluggable Authentication | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Problem Notification | No | No | Yes | Free Add On |
| Sandbox | No | No | Yes | Limited |
| Session Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On |
| SMB Authentication | No | No | Free Add On | No |
| SSL Compatible | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SSL Logins | Free Add On | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SSL Pages | Free Add On | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Versioning | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | Free Add On |
| Support | Drupal 7.12 | Joomla! 2.5.4 | TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS | WordPress 3.3.2 |
| Certification Program | Limited | No | Yes | Limited |
| Code Skeletons | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes |
| Commercial Manuals | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Commercial Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Commercial Training | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Developer Community | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Online Help | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pluggable API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Professional Hosting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Professional Services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Public Forum | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Public Mailing List | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Test Framework | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Yes |
| Third-Party Developers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Users Conference | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ease of Use | Drupal 7.12 | Joomla! 2.5.4 | TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS | WordPress 3.3.2 |
| Drag-N-Drop Content | Free Add On | No | Yes | Yes |
| Email To Discussion | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Friendly URLs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image Resizing | Free Add On | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Macro Language | Free Add On | Yes | Yes | Free Add On |
| Mass Upload | Free Add On | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Prototyping | Limited | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Server Page Language | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Site Setup Wizard | Limited | No | Free Add On | No |
| Spell Checker | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | Yes |
| Style Wizard | Limited | No | Yes | No |
| Subscriptions | Free Add On | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Template Language | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| UI Levels | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Undo | Limited | No | Yes | Limited |
| WYSIWYG Editor | Free Add On | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zip Archives | No | No | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Performance | Drupal 7.12 | Joomla! 2.5.4 | TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS | WordPress 3.3.2 |
| Advanced Caching | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On |
| Database Replication | Yes | No | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Load Balancing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Page Caching | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On |
| Static Content Export | No | No | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Management | Drupal 7.12 | Joomla! 2.5.4 | TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS | WordPress 3.3.2 |
| Advertising Management | Free Add On | Yes | Free Add On | No |
| Asset Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clipboard | No | No | Yes | No |
| Content Scheduling | Free Add On | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Content Staging | Free Add On | No | Free Add On | No |
| Inline Administration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Add On |
| Online Administration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Package Deployment | Free Add On | No | Yes | No |
| Sub-sites / Roots | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Themes / Skins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Trash | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Web Statistics | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Web-based Style/Template Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Web-based Translation Management | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | Limited |
| Workflow Engine | Free Add On | No | Yes | No |
| Interoperability | Drupal 7.12 | Joomla! 2.5.4 | TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS | WordPress 3.3.2 |
| Content Syndication (RSS) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FTP Support | Limited | Yes | Yes | Free Add On |
| iCal | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| UTF-8 Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WAI Compliant | Limited | No | Yes | Limited |
| WebDAV Support | No | No | Free Add On | No |
| XHTML Compliant | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flexibility | Drupal 7.12 | Joomla! 2.5.4 | TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS | WordPress 3.3.2 |
| CGI-mode Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Content Reuse | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Extensible User Profiles | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Interface Localization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Metadata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-lingual Content | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | Free Add On |
| Multi-lingual Content Integration | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | Free Add On |
| Multi-Site Deployment | Yes | Free Add On | Yes | Yes |
| URL Rewriting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in Applications | Drupal 7.12 | Joomla! 2.5.4 | TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS | WordPress 3.3.2 |
| Blog | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Yes |
| Chat | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Classifieds | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Contact Management | Free Add On | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Data Entry | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Database Reports | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | No |
| Discussion / Forum | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Document Management | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes |
| Events Calendar | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Events Management | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Expense Reports | No | Free Add On | Free Add On | No |
| FAQ Management | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| File Distribution | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | Free Add On |
| Graphs and Charts | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Groupware | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | No |
| Guest Book | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Help Desk / Bug Reporting | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| HTTP Proxy | No | No | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| In/Out Board | Free Add On | No | No | Free Add On |
| Job Postings | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Link Management | Free Add On | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mail Form | Free Add On | Yes | Yes | Free Add On |
| Matrix | No | No | Free Add On | No |
| My Page / Dashboard | Free Add On | No | Free Add On | Yes |
| Newsletter | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | Free Add On |
| Photo Gallery | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | Yes |
| Polls | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Product Management | Free Add On | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Project Tracking | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Search Engine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Site Map | Free Add On | Free Add On | Yes | Free Add On |
| Stock Quotes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Surveys | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Syndicated Content (RSS) | Yes | Yes | Free Add On | Yes |
| Tests / Quizzes | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Time Tracking | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| User Contributions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Weather | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Web Services Front End | Limited | Yes | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Wiki | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Commerce | Drupal 7.12 | Joomla! 2.5.4 | TYPO3 Enterprise CMS 7 LTS | WordPress 3.3.2 |
| Affiliate Tracking | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Inventory Management | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Pluggable Payments | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Pluggable Shipping | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Pluggable Tax | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Point of Sale | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Shopping Cart | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
| Subscriptions | Free Add On | Free Add On | No | Free Add On |
| Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On | Free Add On |
About the Author
Little known fact about Casey: He played in the 2004 US Open Championship (golf). Now Casey heads up Inbound Marketing at Web Design Phoenix, a full service website design and online marketing firm with locations in both Phoenix, Arizona and Orlando, Florida. Clients include Mercedes, Airbus, and The PGA of America.
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