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Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world.
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- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Drupal Review
Reviewed on 2023/05/21
Pros
Drupal offers a wealth of themes and modules that make it possible to create almost any type of website, all backed by its robust and secure security system. Moreover, its scalability makes it ideal for growing businesses. Utilizing a content management system, Drupal easily keeps content up to date and displays it to any variety of devices; and as an open-source platform, Drupal enjoys immense support through an enthusiastic community of users.
Cons
I least liked the complexity of the administrative interface. It can take some time to get used to the sheer amount of options and settings within Drupal, which can be overwhelming and difficult to navigate. Additionally, Drupal's reliance on PHP can be challenging for those who are not accustomed to working with server-side technologies.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Drupal - CMS for Enterprise
Reviewed on 2022/06/02
Drupal is the most flexible, secure, and enterprise-ready CMS. Its meant for mid-tier+ businesses...
Drupal is the most flexible, secure, and enterprise-ready CMS. Its meant for mid-tier+ businesses where SEO, content management, integration, and digital capability are critical. We use Drupal extensively for Government, Post-Secondary Education, Pharmaceutical and Multi-brand enterprises extensively, it minimizes GTM time, satisfies compliance requirements and its modular nature makes it possible for businesses to quickly re-use functionality across their ecosystem (with the appropriate build strategies).
If you need a brochureware website, it might not be the best solution (equivalent of taking out a mosquito with a bazooka).
The SEO and security capabilities OOTB are second to none, and integration capabilities are extensive. This is why its the gold standard for university platforms (71 of top 100 universities), and used in many government projects where security is a priority.
Pros
The security, open-source community, flexibility and capabilities are hands down the most important elements of this CMS for my/our use.
The ability to extend and leverage modules to provide high business value capabilities are core to the software.
Cons
The learning curve for development is hefty but worthwhile.
The administrative learning curve can also be heavy depending on how your agency/team has set up the software.
For any mid-tier business and above, this is the open-source CMS of choice.
Reasons for Switching to Drupal
Drupal was chosen for a variety of reasons. Leveraging an open-source platform, our clients are removed from vendor lock-in, there is a massive community to support the product (so its not going anywhere soon), and its more versatile then the competitors. Drupal is engineered and can be bent to do just about anything, whereas CMS like WordPress (WP) are great for "agencies" that just plug in content to a ready-made system that is not intended to provide further value than a brochure site. Once digital capabilities are a requirement, WP is extremely limiting.- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Drupal has many functions but user friendliness depends on the function
Reviewed on 2021/11/04
Overall, I would give Drupal a 6/10 rating because if it were not for the integration issues, that...
Overall, I would give Drupal a 6/10 rating because if it were not for the integration issues, that number would be higher.
Pros
Some features are easy to use and implement. Redirect links, landing pages and basic listings are easy to create.
Cons
Integration is slow when updating items or creating products from Salesforce to Drupal. Sometimes I have to spend hours for it to migrate, sync and update. This has always been problematic and is a time killer.
- Industry: Management Consulting
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Drupal 8 is my go to for Website Development
Reviewed on 2019/10/21
One of the most significant of business problems that I am solving by using this software for my...
One of the most significant of business problems that I am solving by using this software for my consulting business is being able to provide a secure and stable website. The software itself informs me of when updates to the software or modules are available and those updates have always been painless and easy to implement.
Similarly, creating websites for clients has also been easier with use of the Drupal 8 software as it reduces the need for repetitive tasks that tend to be associated with either creating websites file by file or the use of some of the other CMS software solutions that are available. I have also found that installing and setting up client websites using the Drupal 8 software is much easier than some of the other CMS software solutions that I have used in the past.
Pros
One of the things that I like the most about this software is its reliability and flexibility in being able to adapt to the various needs of businesses wishing to have an online presence.
Cons
Throughout my use of this software, I can not truthfully think of anything that I don't like about this software as it has significantly improved over the past seven years.
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JoomlaReasons for Choosing Drupal
I made the switch from WordPress because Drupal 8 gave me greater control over the appearance of my website with a fresh install and little need for the installation of additional modules and plugins. While WordPress also offered and made notice of regular updates that were painless to install, I found that not all of the verified plugins provide a desirable effect on the website (sometimes these changes aren't readily visible outside of search engines such as Google sending notice of problems).Switched From
WordPressReasons for Switching to Drupal
While Drupal and Joomla have similarities in the flexibility that they offer in the design and development of websites and the availability of plugins, modules, and extensions, I found that Joomla! seems to have changed the way plugins for the software are made available through its website. Unfortunately, in that change, the modules, extensions, and plugins listed on the Joomla! website aren't always what they are listed to be as some of the developers of these Joomla! additions/modifications use the listings as a means of driving traffic to their website rather than on the delivery of what was indicated in the listing.- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Good Content Management Platform
Reviewed on 2022/08/12
Overall we’ve had a good experience with Durpal. Once we have a site published our marketing teams...
Overall we’ve had a good experience with Durpal. Once we have a site published our marketing teams who aren’t technical users can self serve and manage their content. This feels up our IT staff to focus on more complex issues and gives marketing full control of their content.
Pros
Durpal is a powerful and easy to use platform. It has a fairly easy to understand GUI that can be used by users of various levels of technical skills for content and website management
Cons
Durpal has its limits and it’s important you don’t make make things more complex than needed. We found that when used for more simple sites it works well but if you have multiple layers of data it may be best to use a different platform.
Alternatives Considered
WordPressReasons for Choosing Drupal
We decided to bring our web content in house.Switched From
GoDaddy Website BuilderReasons for Switching to Drupal
Durpal was more flexibleDrupal FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Drupal.Q. What type of pricing plans does Drupal offer?
Drupal offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Not Available
Open source and free
Q. Who are the typical users of Drupal?
Drupal has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Drupal support?
Drupal supports the following languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian
Q. Does Drupal support mobile devices?
Drupal supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Drupal integrate with?
Drupal integrates with the following applications:
Google Analytics 360, Google Maps, Instagram, Mailchimp, Meta for Business, Smartling, Twitter/X
Q. What level of support does Drupal offer?
Drupal offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Chat
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