I agree with jonimueller. I looked into these alternatives a little, but never having used them, all I can offer is my opinion from my research… Joomla and Drupal both seem to have a higher learning curve both in terms of installation and configuration. But they also have plusses and minuses in terms of features.
The other CMS software I looked into was “Expression Engine,” which is a commercial application. (I think it’s something like $250 per installation.) That seemed to have a lot of very nice features, but one of the main things that is appealing about it is that it supposedly has excellent customer service and support. If you are willing to spend money, you may also want to check them out.
If you visit the support forums of all of those CMSs, as jonimueller suggests, do a search for WordPress and you will find threads that compare the various features and shortcomings by people who have used both.