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Drupal vs Kentico vs WordPress Business-Enterprise comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Drupal is 6.0%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kentico is 1.7%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WordPress Business-Enterprise is 12.8%, down from 16.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
WordPress Business-Enterprise12.8%
Drupal6.0%
Kentico1.7%
Other79.5%
Web Content Management
 

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.
reviewer1384113 - PeerSpot reviewer
Flexible, offers helpful web templates, and has good connectivity with third-party applications
Kentico is one of the top solutions on the magic quadrant. Currently, all of the development that we do, we hard-code ourselves. We don't use local development frameworks for other systems. We are looking to expand our use of Kentico by adding no-code or low-code products for rapid development. My advice for anybody who is implementing Kentico is that if they are transitioning into it then be sure to use a phased approach. Don't try to migrate everything right away. I suggest doing it over time and become familiar with the system. If it is only one site then it will not be too difficult, but normally, there are multiple sites. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Irfani Silviana - PeerSpot reviewer
A versatile platform for web development that has helped me cater to a diverse range of clients
I appreciate the flexibility of WordPress, particularly its filter and action hooks, which allow for the development of additional features. We can build our own plugins into this. We can be creative while following our clients' requirements. For example, I recently built a custom plugin where the client wanted extra functionalities about membership, special profile pages, and a subscription system. And WordPress has helped a lot, thanks to its flexibility. I could use current plugins on the market and then modify them with my own plugin and collaborate with other existing plugins. So, WordPress has reduced a lot of work for me as a developer. With WordPress, I can achieve the functionality that I want. I don't have to do everything from scratch because a few solutions exist in the market, and I can enhance that.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is good for big projects."
"You can build websites on it very quickly."
"We use a part of the solution called Acquia. The personalization portion of this is the most valuable aspect fo the solution."
"The feature I find most valuable is that Drupal is a framework and not only a CMS."
"I would say they have a modern, flexible, agile content management system."
"The most valuable features are its integration capabilities and advanced marketing suite."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its flexibility, ease of working with, intuitive interface, and ease of finding a huge online community, along with its simplicity of integration with other solutions."
"There are so many free plugins"
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is quite easy to use."
"I like how it integrates graphics and words, and more generally, the way people can develop the choices of spaces for different websites."
"We use WordPress on two different websites and it solves all of our website issues."
"Ready-made themes speed the design process; a huge number of quality themes are available from several sources."
"It is easy to edit content using WordPress."
"The standout feature is its high degree of customization. Creating user-friendly, easily maintainable websites is a breeze, especially with the convenient admin access."
 

Cons

"I think the support needs to improve, as well as the integration with tracking and analytics systems."
"The user experience in designing layouts should be much easier or much more helpful."
"It is a little bit simplified."
"Digital experience features like target, segmentation, and campaign management have a long way to go."
"This product needs an out of the box Intranet/Extranet Solution."
"They don't have a lot of libraries, which is something that they can improve on."
"I would like to have the ability to customize the whole WordPress installation. WordPress comes with a number of core features. I would love to be able to remove those I'm not using at the moment."
"It may be useful to have a downloadable program that you could have on your desktop that allows you to create and maintain the program while offline."
"I would recommend dumping the Gutenberg interface, as that is horrible."
"A user may feel intimidated the first time he or she sees it."
"I think that WordPress is too cool in its contact."
"Backups and moving sites could be handled better."
"In WordPress, the user onboarding process is an area with complexities...there is no step-by-step explanation provided."
"WordPress could use improvement in terms of optimization, especially for large websites with extensive databases and many images."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would like to see better pricing."
"The licensing fees are probably about $100,000 USD per year."
"Set up cost is nothing. Pricing is free. You need to pay a cost only for the domains, hosting, and to buy themes."
"WordPress can be pricey, ranging from $0 to thousands per month."
"It is an open-source platform. It doesn't need any license."
"WordPress is a free CMS. Installing WordPress is free. The domain and pushing data costs money."
"I paid to have a WordPress site for two years and didn't just have a free one."
"WordPress is a free solution."
"WordPress is an open-source product, meaning it is available for free."
"The pricing is very reasonable because WordPress is an open-source platform."
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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%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
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Computer Software Company
11%
University
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise11
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

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Does Kentico provide good options for marketing?
Absolutely! I can't stress enough how important marketing is for the digital experience you're giving to customers. I...
What is the content management system of Kentico like?
In my experience, Kentico has been a very flexible and easy-to-use content management system. Keep in mind that we ha...
What do you use Kentico for?
Hello, I think Kentico will serve you well as a digital experience platform and especially for commerce purposes. We ...
What do you like most about WordPress?
The best feature of WordPress is its flexibility.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WordPress?
WordPress is good with search engine optimization if you use the plugins.I use WordPress because it is an inexpensive...
What needs improvement with WordPress?
The area that could be improved in WordPress is the security feature. The security features need to ensure they don't...
 

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Sample Customers

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