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CoreMedia vs Drupal 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

CoreMedia
Ranking in Web Content Management
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Digital Asset Management (10th), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (8th)
Drupal
Ranking in Web Content Management
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of CoreMedia is 2.3%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Drupal is 9.2%, up from 6.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Drupal9.2%
CoreMedia2.3%
Other88.5%
Web Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

VB
CDO at Intellidio
Provides effective workflow management and catalog management
Around three to four engineers are needed for the solution's deployment and maintenance. The solution's e-commerce integration feature has impacted our marketing efforts and catalog management. CoreMedia is stable and strong in terms of editorial things. The solution has helped our organization manage translations for different languages. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CoreMedia is good for workflow management and user reviews."
"With over 23,000 contributed modules, there’s a high chance that any feature you want has already been built, and is available for you to use at no cost."
"The velocity of its extensibility and prototyping is a valuable feature."
"It is a very powerful tool for the developer's hands and also, it's very easy for the content editors to use."
"Drupal is one of the most robust content management systems."
"But it is worth it if you require an enterprise level web platform with great scalability, support, and security."
"Drupal’s extensible nature allows me to easily integrate with third-party hosted systems and pull or push data to those systems."
"The best things about Drupal are its extensibility and plug-ability."
"Drupal 8 has an architecture that will scale well and better than previous versions, especially given big pipe."
 

Cons

"It is difficult to scale the solution with respect to the costs and infrastructure."
"However, when you want to add a permission to a user role, something as simple as that checkbox, forces a config push, which annoys me."
"The technical support is below average as compared to all the other products."
"Overall business friendliness of the product: Digital experience features like target segmentation and campaign management have a long way to go."
"I think the support needs to improve, as well as the integration with tracking and analytics systems."
"It needs better and more themes available for download, like you have in WordPress."
"It needs a shorter learning curve."
"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."
"There were some stability issues, i.e., only with the new version, the main changes are not stable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our customers pay a yearly licensing fee for the solution."
"I would like to see better pricing."
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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
Comms Service Provider
17%
Retailer
13%
Construction Company
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
12%
Construction Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

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

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CoreMedia?
CoreMedia is good for workflow management and user reviews.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CoreMedia?
Our customers pay a yearly licensing fee for the solution.
What needs improvement with CoreMedia?
It is difficult to scale the solution with respect to the costs and infrastructure. The solution's integration and multimedia could be improved.
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Sample Customers

Henkel, Deutsche Telekom and MASORANGE, Hoka, Ugg, Finnair, MaxMara, Emerson, The North Face, DMG Mori, Vans, Vodafone, TIM Brasil, TAP, Vans, UGG, Deckers
BMJ, The Economist, New Republic, SpaceX, Lush, Danone, Tesla Motors, Peugeot, Stanford Law, Harvard, Oxford University, MIT Media Lab, The Beatles, MTV UK, The Weather Channel, NBC, BBC, grammy.com, Mus_e du Louvre, Whitehouse.gov, London.gov.uk, Gouvernment.fr, New Zealand Government, The Prince of Wales, British Council, NYC Metropolitan Transport Authority, Gatwick Obviously
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