Overview
Drupal is an open-source content management system distributed under the GNU GPL with no licensing fees; the project states that it “will always be free”.[2] The Drupal Association, a non-profit, supports the project, and the community, which the project describes as one of the largest in open source, counts more than one million contributors. Drupal is a registered trademark of its founder, Dries Buytaert.[2]
Drupal is known for structured content modelling, granular permissions, multilingual support and scalability, which have made it common among governments, universities and large organisations. To address its reputation as a developer-centric tool, the project now offers Drupal CMS, a packaged version intended to put Drupal “into the hands of marketers, designers and content creators”, with a trial and a user guide.[2] Drupal’s limitations are a steeper learning curve than WordPress, a smaller pool of developers, and higher implementation costs for custom sites.
Drupal features
- GPL licence with no licensing fees
- Drupal CMS packaged edition for marketers
- Drupal CMS trial and user guide
- Non-profit Drupal Association support
- Community of 1,000,000+ contributors
Drupal pricing
Free and open source under the GPL, with no licensing fees. Hosting and implementation are paid separately.
Drupal strengths and limitations
Strengths
- No licence cost
- Strong content modelling and permissions
- Proven at large institutional scale
- Large contributor community
Limitations
- Steeper learning curve
- Fewer developers than WordPress
- Custom builds can be expensive
- Major upgrades require planning
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Drupal alternatives and competitors
Alternatives to Drupal: companies ranked in the same lists.
WordPress (self-hosted)
Joomla!
Webflow
HubSpot data enrichment
Contentful
Sanity
Strapi
Storyblok
Craft CMS
Payload
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