An honest comparison.
WORDPRESS
Largest ecosystem, most plugins, most developers, easiest to find help. Simple to start, and complex sites end up with many plugins.
Suits: most business sites, blogs, shops, anything where finding help matters.
JOOMLA
More structured than WordPress out of the box, with finer access control. Steeper initial learning curve, smaller ecosystem.
Suits: sites needing structured content and multiple user levels without many plugins.
DRUPAL
Most powerful content modelling, strongest access control, most demanding. Requires genuine expertise, and rewards it.
Suits: complex content sites, institutions, anything with sophisticated editorial requirements.
PRESTASHOP AND DEDICATED SHOP PLATFORMS
Commerce-first rather than content-first.
Suits: shops where commerce is the entire purpose.
STATIC SITE GENERATORS
Fastest and most secure, least convenient to edit.
Suits: documentation, brochure sites, technical authors.
THE PRACTICAL ADVICE
Choose what you or your developer already know, unless there is a specific reason otherwise. Expertise matters more than platform differences for most sites.
