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Drupal vs Office 365 comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Drupal
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Web Content Management (5th), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (4th)
Office 365
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
150
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Drupal and Office 365 aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Drupal is designed for Web Content Management and holds a mindshare of 6.0%, down 6.4% compared to last year.
Office 365, on the other hand, focuses on Content Collaboration Platforms, holds 9.6% mindshare, up 5.7% since last year.
Web Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Drupal6.0%
WordPress Business-Enterprise12.8%
Adobe Experience Manager10.8%
Other70.4%
Web Content Management
Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Office 3659.6%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise10.1%
Google Workspace9.8%
Other70.5%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

it_user982032 - PeerSpot reviewer
A good product that helps me to manage complex digital solutions
My advice to others would be that Drupal is not only a CMS, you need to learn the Drupal fundamentals before to start the project. Drupal is a handy tool whenever you work on a digital infrastructure broad project and not only a simple website. So if you have a big project, you can use Drupal. But if you have a small website, like a blog or simple website, my advice would be not to use Drupal, because Drupal is too complex and the cost to maintain the platform can be too high, related to the value of your website, for example. If you have a website with a big product catalog, for example, in many languages and in many countries in the world, then Drupal is good. But if you have a simple website, like a portfolio or five page-website, you can use many other technologies that'd be simple to maintain and implement. On a scale from one to 10, I will rate Drupal an eight. In the next release, I would like to see basic page buttons and better integration with the analytics platform. A drag and drop function to create simple pages will also be handy. For example, if a customer wants to create a landing page, it should be easy for him or her to do so. I would also like to see better translation management.
Gary Cook - PeerSpot reviewer
Access to advanced features boosts productivity despite pricing concerns in developing regions
I need to do maintenance for Office 365 very seldom, once a year. In the maintenance process for Office 365, we have about 12 people involved. For the maintenance side of Office 365, only one person is involved. Looking at Office 365's pricing, I would give it a 4 on a scale from 1 to 10. My overall rating for Office 365 is an 8 out of 10, but for the product itself, I would give it a 10. I would definitely recommend Office 365 to other businesses, probably a 9 out of 10 for recommendation. This is only because of its price and the fact that they do not take into account developing countries such as South Africa, where they should give us more favorable prices or local prices. We do not have a partnership with Microsoft, which is a sore point for us. We have reached out to Microsoft South Africa, and they are very hard to contact and largely uncooperative. We are a B-Level 2 and a B-Level 1, which are local affirmative action ratings that companies get. Level 1 is the highest, and Level 8 is the lowest. We hold amongst the highest BEE ratings, but we have not found Microsoft South Africa to be forthcoming or very open. We should have a partnership with them, and we run Power BI as we are a Power BI shop now. I strongly would want to see a box within Office 365 for our team to have ChatGPT through OpenAI as well. We use Excel as a data source for many tasks and find that it integrates really well with Python. We write a lot of Python code and use Excel as a data sheet many times, and we operate through SQL and other zero elements as well. From an Office 365 viewpoint, we find that with Copilot and Python and Excel's provision for Python, it is very useful.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We use a part of the solution called Acquia. The personalization portion of this is the most valuable aspect fo the solution."
"It is good for big projects."
"You can build websites on it very quickly."
"The feature I find most valuable is that Drupal is a framework and not only a CMS."
"The most valuable feature is the integration between net and mobile devices."
"The solution is quite intuitive and easy to use."
"The phone VoIP product provides genuine a unified communication solution."
"It is stable."
"OneNote is the feature I use the most. We also frequently use the Power Apps features."
"It has more features than somebody would expect, and it is worth taking a deeper look into the features available."
"I like all of the features."
"As an email provider, I believe Office 365 is the best email provider."
 

Cons

"The user experience in designing layouts should be much easier or much more helpful."
"I think the support needs to improve, as well as the integration with tracking and analytics systems."
"It is a little bit simplified."
"Digital experience features like target, segmentation, and campaign management have a long way to go."
"The integration with mobile services is not so good. It's coming, but they could improve a lot."
"Data protection and email security are almost the same for all the organizations, irrespective of their segment (SMB or enterprises), with standard subscription at least basic Data loss prevention and Advance threat protection can be enabled for SMB segments, it is available in enterprise version / Premium versions."
"Microsoft Word is a little bit left behind regarding the tools it has."
"The online applications have limited functionality compared to the local applications."
"It would be a fantastic opportunity if their solution could be used in combination with VoIP software, allowing you to combine VoIP software and Office 365 on a single platform."
"It needs improvements around its compatibility with non-Microsoft products."
"Constantly evolving with new features, which can be challenging for users."
"I'm not sure if there are areas of improvement. For us, it's working quite well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would like to see better pricing."
"I would rate the solution 3 out of 5 for the price. I think Microsoft presents a good solution concerning the price."
"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis, or we prepay them."
"I think that we pay $9.99 USD per user, monthly."
"We have a license to use this solution. We have an E3 license which covers many different solutions."
"The pricing is good for all the features that we receive, e.g., Skype for Business."
"Licensing, billing, and accounting are available from the management interface."
"The price of Office 365 is very expensive."
"Most of the time, we purchase Microsoft Exchange licenses, which are less expensive and provide only an email platform and 50 gigabytes of email storage for free."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 23, 2013
Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons
At Mediacurrent we often get requests to compare Drupal to other platforms used for intranet sites and social business platforms (like https://dev.twitter.com/ for example). This is often referred to as “Social Business Software”, which has grown in popularity in recent years. I decided to do a…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
17%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
Computer Software Company
18%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Performing Arts
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business62
Midsize Enterprise29
Large Enterprise68
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Office 365?
My experience with the pricing, licensing, or setup costs with Office 365 is that it's the same thing; I'm not really involved with the pricing, so that's not my area of responsibility.
What needs improvement with Office 365?
I don't think of any areas that could be improved or things that I would want to see in the next releases of Office 365. Microsoft could improve their support; I don't deal with Office 365 or Offic...
What is your primary use case for Office 365?
The main use cases for Office 365 are both for our clients and internal use.
 

Also Known As

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Microsoft Office 365, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E5, Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 F1
 

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Sample Customers

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