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Drupal vs Office 365 comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Drupal
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Web Content Management (4th), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (4th)
Office 365
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
152
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 8.0%, up 6.6% compared to last year.
Office 365, on the other hand, focuses on Content Collaboration Platforms, holds 9.9% mindshare, up 4.9% since last year.
Web Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Drupal8.0%
Adobe Experience Manager9.6%
WordPress Business-Enterprise8.2%
Other74.2%
Web Content Management
Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Office 3659.9%
Google Workspace8.9%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise8.4%
Other72.8%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

it_user982032 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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.
Anubrata Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at Landmark Group
Teams streamlines collaboration but Outlook experiences occasional slowness on Mac
Teams is a really good collaboration tool. You can work basically at any part of the world and communicate and collaborate with anybody, as long as they are connected to the internet. It helps with remote work, and although I don't work remotely, I have offices in Dubai and different geographical locations. It helps me connect with my colleagues and team who are not in the same geography as I am in Bangalore. Teams can facilitate team meetings, screen sharing, and organizing meetings.Regarding security, we have two-factor authentication governed by organizational policy. When trying to login to Office 365, Teams, or any Office 365 app, we are required to provide a password and use Microsoft Authenticator to sign in using a code. This is how two-factor authentication is implemented in our organization. Office 365 offers a suite of apps including OneNote, though I don't use it very often. In terms of integration with Microsoft ecosystem, it offers everything needed to get work done without any hassle.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"At Appnovation Technologies we leverage Drupal’s out of the box features and functionality in order to speed up development and delivery time for our clients."
"The velocity of its extensibility and prototyping is a valuable feature."
"You can build websites on it very quickly."
"Drupal could be chosen not only for its adaptability and ability to tackle big website projects, but for its core functionalities, which are unmatched in the free software CMS world."
"Drupal 8 has an architecture that will scale well and better than previous versions, especially given big pipe."
"The most valuable are the security features and a wide array of available modules, or extensions, that can be used to add functionality to a Drupal website."
"It is good for big projects."
"The ability to create a complex website with a few developments is the most valuable feature, that's what got me started."
"The most valuable features of Office 365 for me involve collaboration; my work requires collaboration with multiple people on Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, and we use real-time collaboration as well as asynchronous work, where I can continue from where someone else left off."
"It's a complete package for any office to use."
"The cloud service and Skype are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable features of Office 365 for me include online file sharing and real-time document editing where multiple collaborators can work on the same document and see changes in real-time."
"Teams has been really valuable recently as a feature of Office 365 when I've been working on projects where I've needed to collaborate with quite a large group of people."
"Overall, Office 365 brings organization efficiency, as these tools are very helpful for every organization to maintain their records, organization data, compliance, and collaborations."
"One of the most valuable features of Office 365 is the collaboration capability; multiple employees can work on the same document at the same time, which enhances productivity."
"The collaboration tools in Office 365 enhance my team's workflow immeasurably, and they are absolutely top class."
 

Cons

"Drupal 8 is only 1.5 years old. It has stability issues, but not major ones."
"Modifying the themes (colors, dimensions, and pictures) could be easier."
"Since Drupal is not developed for any specific use cases, it has some learning curve and requires effort to learn."
"The documentation on how to do things as a complete novice is only subpar in both Drupal 7 and 8."
"The admin interface has been lacking in usability."
"It is a little bit simplified."
"Digital experience features like target, segmentation, and campaign management have a long way to go."
"It has to improve the speed of the admin section. Sometimes you will get stuck while updating the configurations, especially because it uses AJAX in the interface."
"Office 365 should improve data synchronization, especially when data is accessed through the web interface and SharePoint portal."
"Using Visual Basic, I have had a lot of trouble with relative paths when programming for Excel, and sometimes it is very difficult to debug programs."
"In terms of improvement, it should have tutorials when you first have the opportunity to use it, to be able to really learn it."
"For additional features that would make Office 365 even better, I think of better linking with Microsoft."
"Performance-wise, Office 365 needs a lot of bandwidth. The problem is, the solution requires very high bandwidth and internet usage, and sometimes when the connection is slow, it won't work and it won't load."
"The product could be improved if there was integration with other single sign-on solutions that are available on the market."
"Office 365 could allow for smoother collaboration with other companies, which is the main reason we use it. The B2B connection is something we need, like global adverse lists between two tenants or multiple users. That's what we're missing at the moment."
"I work on a Mac, and sometimes Outlook on Mac is pretty slow."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would like to see better pricing."
"The pricing is good for all the features that we receive, e.g., Skype for Business."
"The pricing is high and has actually caused us to limit the number of licenses we purchase due to budgeting."
"For the moment, we are paying on a monthly basis because we are still adapting the support and how we want to proceed. I think we will move to paying for the annual license."
"Good reporting and good value subscriptions for international calls."
"The price of Office 365 is very expensive."
"The pricing is not really high, but one can get the software with the license key for free."
"​The pricing/licensing is easy to manage."
"We have a license to use this solution. We have an E3 license which covers many different solutions."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer with 51-200 employees
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
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

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 Enterprise70
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Office 365?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Office 365 is that it is moderate.
What needs improvement with Office 365?
Office 365 can be improved by increasing support, which currently is not efficient and takes a lot of time to resolve issues. It has been observed that support personnel often lack hands-on experie...
What is your primary use case for Office 365?
Email and collaboration are the main use cases for Office 365 at Omagi Media Labs. It is used for internal and external communication in daily work. Groups and Teams groups are created and used in ...
 

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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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