Anyone trying to build a website from scratch would need a Content Management System (CMS) and the options lying there in the open include WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.

The 3 CMS options have more than their share of similarities. WordPress appears to be leading with 57% share of all CMS Platforms with Joomla contributing with 7% share and Drupal with 4% share of all websites. Though it may seem that WordPress is king of all CMS Platforms, nonetheless Joomla and Drupal have various aspects that WordPress is lagging behind in.

The Major similarities amongst WordPress, Joomla and Drupal are:

• All the three platforms WordPress, Joomla and Drupal are open source free software that are licensed under the GPL. They can be downloaded and managed free of cost and modified at free will.
• All the three platforms take closely behind MySql and PHP.
• All the three platforms use themes or templates for their design and use plugins for adding functionality and features.

The three platforms are alike in many respects but when viewed from closely, they employ different policies to create a website.

Let’s make a brief comparison of the 3 CMS platforms as seen below:

What is WordPress:

WordPress is the most powerful CMS System of all powering almost 27% of websites. It has become implausibly popular because of its user-friendly interface. It provides a simple intuitive platform where non-programmers also can build a website from scratch using WordPress. WordPress has built a monstrous global community of enthusiastic users.

What is Joomla:

Joomla is the second most popular CM System of the three contributing 7 % of websites. Amongst the three CMS platforms, Joomla is the youngest offering a great platform to build websites. Joomla also has a monumental open source community, with millions of joomla lovers across the globe.

One-liner for Each:

While Drupal is a developer focused standard platform, WordPress is a user-friendly platform focusing simplicity and Joomla is beginner friendly with ease of use likened with WordPress but still not as easy as WordPress. Joomla lies somewhere between WordPress and Drupal in user-friendliness and personalization.

Drupal is not hard to install as most of the web companies offer one-click installation. Drupal dashboard looks easy and decluttered with 8 menus in the left side bar which include:

1. Content: Add articles and essential pages from here.
2. Structure: You have unlimited control of site components here.
3. Appearance: You can include and customize Drupal subjects here.
4. Extend: Drupal modules fill in as modules to wordpress.
5. Configuration: It functions as administrator board where you discover account settings, fundamental setting and media settings.
6. Individuals: Drupal permits various clients.
7. Reports: Check Updates and recent log messages.
8. Help: Few stages on beginning with Drupal.