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Drupal vs OpenText Web CMS comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Drupal
Ranking in Web Content Management
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (4th)
OpenText Web CMS
Ranking in Web Content Management
11th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Drupal is 8.0%, up from 6.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Web CMS is 3.2%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Drupal8.0%
OpenText Web CMS3.2%
Other88.8%
Web Content Management
 

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.
it_user114849 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
Difficult to use but a flexible solution.
Teamsite LiveSite Mediabin connector OpenDeploy/DD Dynamic Content publishing Custom Workflow development and publishing lifecycle As much as it's flexible to use, it is equally hard to use. 5+ years Unique at each client based on their install base on how they use it. So we have had…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has a huge community and support from all over the web."
"The velocity of its extensibility and prototyping is a valuable feature."
"Use Drupal if expandability is a must or if you are building a large website with various kinds of functionality."
"It is good for big projects."
"Because of Drupal, we now have the ability to provide our customers with multilingual, multi-regional content to an extent that would not have been possible otherwise."
"The best things about Drupal are its extensibility and plug-ability."
"The feature I find most valuable is that Drupal is a framework and not only a CMS."
"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."
"Customer Service: Good. Technical Support: Good."
 

Cons

"Migration from one major version to the next major version requires significant effort."
"There are not enough Drupal developers to satisfy demand."
"It needs a shorter learning curve."
"It is a little bit simplified."
"The admin interface has been lacking in usability."
"The version upgrading process is very painful. Moving to a new Drupal version involves much more than building and configuring the new site."
"Unfortunately, with Drupal, there is a number of learning paradigms that you have to discover, which can make it difficult to understand as a newcomer."
"If you have a high traffic site and speed is important, to optimize Drupal you will probably need an expert."
"As much as it's flexible to use, it is equally hard to use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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
Government
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Marketing Services Firm
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise11
No data available
 

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Sample Customers

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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