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Acquia vs Wordpress

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Acquia
Based on 6 reviews.
Wordpress
Based on 36 reviews.
Overview
Acquia is a software-as-a-service company co-founded by Dries Buytaert and Jay Batson to provide enterprise products, services, and technical support for open-source web content management platform Drupal. It is financed by venture capital, receiving $118.5 million in six rounds. On May 27, 2014, the company announced closing a $50M Series F funding round, bringing the total investments to $118.6 million. The cash influx will be used to build out sales and marketing, including adding more channel partners.
WordPress.com is a blog web hosting service provider owned by Automattic, "VIP" services and advertising. Registration is not required to read or comment on blogs hosted on the site, except if chosen by the blog owner. Registration is required to own, or post in, a weblog. All the basic and original features of the site are free-to-use. However, some features are available as paid options. There are nearly 60 million WordPress.com sites, which receive more than 100 million pageviews per day.
Sample Customers
Acquia Cloud Site Factory
Nestle Purina, SABMiller
Wordpress.com VIP
Gigaom, Re/code, Grantland, National Post, TIME.com, National Post, LIN Media, NFL Blogs, Tim Ferriss, NextDraft, Metro UK, USA Today, Foreign Policy, NBC
WordPress Business-Enterprise
TIBCO Software, Code for America, Crosswise, Essio Shower, AdLemons, Applied Geographics
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
7%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
11%
University
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Educational Organization
8%
Quotes From Member Reviews
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