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Drupal vs WordPress Business-Enterprise 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

Drupal
Ranking in Web Content Management
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (3rd)
WordPress Business-Enterprise
Ranking in Web Content Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Drupal is 9.5%, up from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WordPress Business-Enterprise is 6.6%, down from 13.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
WordPress Business-Enterprise6.6%
Drupal9.5%
Other83.9%
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.
Purity  Donovan - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Unilever Inc.
Content management has become faster and now supports flexible online business growth
WordPress Business-Enterprise offers an easy-to-use user interface, coding capabilities, and awesome plugin implementation. There is always a solution available for the platform. Security is easy to use and robust. Implementation with third-party platforms such as Google's variety of tools is excellent. You can download and host on your own server or use their hosted server easily. WordPress Business-Enterprise was made for blogging and remains the king of the industry for it. Its widely adopted use around the world provides a multitude of solutions from plugins to code snippets. It has a super easy-to-use interface, allowing anyone without coding knowledge to jump right in and learn quickly. It is super adaptable to customization. WordPress Business-Enterprise is easy to customize and easy to integrate. It accepts page builders and manages content very well. WordPress Business-Enterprise allows for almost instant execution of any online idea. Its coding structure is easy to work with, especially for custom integrations. Its user-friendliness is simple enough for almost anyone to adapt and learn quickly. Overall, WordPress Business-Enterprise positively impacts the organization because costs are low. Execution is very flexible. The breadth of third-party builders and themes allows deep diversity in builds. WordPress Business-Enterprise is a standard in web builds, so many external companies have built integrations and plugins to the system.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Previously, I have used a variety of solutions, including the custom ones, and I switched solutions because Drupal provides all the features that I need."
"The velocity of its extensibility and prototyping is a valuable feature."
"In the end, you’ll have a solid CMS platform with which to work."
"At Appnovation Technologies we leverage Drupal’s out of the box features and functionality in order to speed up development and delivery time for our clients."
"Being a community based product, the relationship with the product itself is providing back to the community."
"We use a part of the solution called Acquia, and the personalization portion of this is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"But it is worth it if you require an enterprise level web platform with great scalability, support, and security."
"Its scalability, content management practices, security and the community are valuable features."
"I like the tool's plugins."
"WordPress offers great flexibility."
"WordPress Business-Enterprise is one of the best content management systems we use to build, develop, and update our company website."
"Ready-made themes speed the design process; a huge number of quality themes are available from several sources."
"As WordPress is such a popular product, there are many designers and developers available to work on projects."
"I like how it integrates graphics and words, and more generally, the way people can develop the choices of spaces for different websites."
"It has a vast array of themes which could be applied to make the website visually look more appealing to the target market."
"With WordPress anyone with or without any coding knowledge can build beautiful robust WordPress websites."
 

Cons

"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."
"The main complaints of the clients or newcomers to Drupal are about the UX of the admin interface."
"The technical support is below average as compared to all the other products."
"Drupal 8 is only 1.5 years old. It has stability issues, but not major ones."
"It needs a better UI for the back-end user."
"Since Drupal is not developed for any specific use cases, it has some learning curve and requires effort to learn."
"Sometimes, you just have to read the code to understand how it works or how to use an API, which is not the best way to learn for everyone."
"Migration from one major version to the next major version requires significant effort."
"WordPress Business-Enterprise can be improved in terms of security holes. If you don't stay up to date, you can expose yourself."
"We sometimes have issues when scaling it out."
"WordPress could use improvement in terms of optimization, especially for large websites with extensive databases and many images."
"A user may feel intimidated the first time he or she sees it."
"Modifying tables or graphics format in admin dashboard can be more complicated than other applications like Joomla."
"The plugins have to be tested and monitored frequently as some of them lead to the website crashing."
"One of the most major down points: everyone and their dog tries to hack it."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would like to see better pricing."
"WordPress is an open-source product, meaning it is available for free."
"The pricing is very reasonable because WordPress is an open-source platform."
"WordPress is a free CMS. Installing WordPress is free, although the domain will cost money."
"WordPress can be pricey, ranging from $0 to thousands per month."
"Set up cost is nothing. Pricing is free. You need to pay a cost only for the domains, hosting, and to buy themes."
"It provides a high ROI."
"I paid to have a WordPress site for two years and didn't just have a free one."
"WordPress is a free CMS. Installing WordPress is free. The domain and pushing data costs money."
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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
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
10%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WordPress?
The price is very competitive and affordability is very high regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
What needs improvement with WordPress?
WordPress Business-Enterprise can be improved because sometimes security is a concern with some of the plugins. I would also note that not all plugins work with our favorite themes, which represent...
What is your primary use case for WordPress?
My main use case for WordPress Business-Enterprise is to build and maintain our websites. The plugin elements enable us to customize the type of support we need for various circumstances. I particu...
 

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