We performed a comparison between Drupal and WordPress based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Wordpress, Adobe and others in Web Content Management."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."
"It is good for big projects."
"You can build websites on it very quickly."
"The standout feature is its high degree of customization. Creating user-friendly, easily maintainable websites is a breeze, especially with the convenient admin access."
"There are so many free plugins"
"It has a vast array of themes which could be applied to make the website visually look more appealing to the target market."
"As WordPress is such a popular product, there are many designers and developers available to work on projects."
"The best feature of WordPress is its flexibility."
"It is easy to edit content using WordPress."
"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."
"I think the support needs to improve, as well as the integration with tracking and analytics systems."
"It is a little bit simplified."
"Digital experience features like target, segmentation, and campaign management have a long way to go."
"The user experience in designing layouts should be much easier or much more helpful."
"The basic product is becoming less usable by end users for site maintenance post delivery."
"It could be a little bit easier to use."
"Backups and moving sites could be handled better."
"One area of improvement is hosting. It should have its file manager regardless of where you host your website."
"I think that WordPress is too cool in its contact."
"In WordPress, the user onboarding process is an area with complexities...there is no step-by-step explanation provided."
"The system should be more informative."
"WordPress needs to adapt to new technologies. It also needs to improve scalability. We don't have optimized content and plugins in the tech stack."
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Drupal is ranked 5th in Web Content Management while WordPress is ranked 2nd in Web Content Management with 28 reviews. Drupal is rated 8.6, while WordPress is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Drupal writes "Through my different companies, we have developed many Drupal sites, from simple ones to complex E-commerce sites and custom made applications. The UI could be improved, though". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WordPress writes "Very customizable, and forms the base for most websites on the Internet". Drupal is most compared with SharePoint, Adobe Experience Manager, Magnolia CMS, Atlassian Confluence and Liferay Digital Experience Platform, whereas WordPress is most compared with SharePoint, Quintype, Adobe Experience Manager, Liferay Digital Experience Platform and TerminalFour Site Manager.
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