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Drupal vs Magnolia CMS comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

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)
Magnolia CMS
Ranking in Web Content Management
6th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Drupal is 6.6%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Magnolia CMS is 3.5%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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.
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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
16%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Retailer
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

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Is Magnolia CMS the best CMS out there?
"The best" is a very subjective thing when it comes to CMS, as well as with anything in life. I've worked in a place where we used Magnolia as the content management system and I can't really find...
Can Magnolia CMS be used for personal use or just for businesses?
Honestly, I don't see what should stop you from using Magnolia CMS for your personal use or to grow the digital experience you can provide. It gives you a free trial and from there you can establi...
Do you need to be a developer in order to use Magnolia CMS?
No, you don't have to be a developer or any kind of professional IT specialist to use the services of Magnolia CMS. In fact, if you're neither of these things, then Magnolia is the right thing for ...
 

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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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