Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bitrix Site Manager
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Bitrix is an SMB content management system. In February 2015, sale of Bitrix SiteManager was discontinued, though support and upgrades for existing installations can still be obtained.N/A
Drupal
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Drupal is a free, open-source content management system written in PHP that competes primarily with Joomla and Plone. The standard release of Drupal, known as Drupal core, contains basic features such as account and menu management, RSS feeds, page layout customization, and system administration.N/A
MODX
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
The MODX Digital Experience Platform provides everything you need to build, host, and maintain amazing websites your way. The vendor says that with MODX CMS and cloud hosting, users have complete control over their creative vision and the experiences they deliver, without restriction or compromise. They can focus more on building great digital experiences, and less on hosting and maintaining. If you ever need help, MODX Professionals are available worldwide and direct support from…
$39
per month
Pricing
Bitrix Site ManagerDrupalMODX
Editions & Modules
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Free
$0
Base
$39
per month
Pro
$99
per month
Business
$349
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bitrix Site ManagerDrupalMODX
Free Trial
NoNoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsPAYMENT FORMS MODX Cloud accepts major credit cards and PayPal for your hosting subscription. We can only accept check (cheque) payments on the Enterprise Plan, annually. CANCELLATION You may cancel your MODX Cloud account at any time. Before you cancel you'll be reminded to backup and remove all your live websites and then follow the instructions for cancellation. If you cancel within the first month, we'll provide you with a full refund. REFUNDS If you cancel within the first month, we'll provide you with a full refund. All other cancellations will be effective at the end of your current billing period. We do not provide refunds for remaining days or months on monthly or annual billing.
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Community Pulse
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Drupal

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MODX
Chose MODX
After having built sites with WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, october cms, craft cms, magento, presstashop, opencart, os commerce and more it is my number 1 (october cms is 2).

Features
Bitrix Site ManagerDrupalMODX
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Bitrix Site Manager
-
Ratings
Drupal
8.1
74 Ratings
1% below category average
MODX
9.9
3 Ratings
19% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.174 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Bitrix Site Manager
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Ratings
Drupal
7.6
69 Ratings
2% below category average
MODX
8.0
3 Ratings
3% above category average
API00 Ratings7.264 Ratings6.13 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.160 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Bitrix Site Manager
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Ratings
Drupal
6.5
78 Ratings
18% below category average
MODX
9.4
3 Ratings
19% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings6.171 Ratings9.83 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings8.175 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings6.878 Ratings8.93 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings5.577 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings5.468 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings6.572 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings6.876 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings6.372 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Bitrix Site Manager
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Ratings
Drupal
6.5
77 Ratings
13% below category average
MODX
9.5
3 Ratings
24% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings6.971 Ratings9.93 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings6.272 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings6.367 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings6.570 Ratings8.93 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings6.569 Ratings9.93 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bitrix Site ManagerDrupalMODX
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
6.0
(84 ratings)
9.9
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(1 ratings)
1.0
(19 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(18 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
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6.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
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5.1
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
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10.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
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10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bitrix Site ManagerDrupalMODX
Likelihood to Recommend
Bitrix
No answers on this topic
Open Source
If you want to set up a basic Not For Profit (NFP) Membership system and content base, Word Press is easier than Drupal. However, if you have specific needs that require a fair bit of customisation then Drupal is the best CRM available. If the webmaster is confident with PHP and SQL, Drupal allows a lot of creativity.
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MODX
[MODX is well suited for] all websites, from blogs to corporate sites. It is fast scalable and really good. A small site can be build really fast, and a large site can be made extremely scalable. A website redesign is easy to implement with a new template, without having to redo the content. It got great user groups and users and back-office access can be completely customized.
While ecommerce is possible with some really good plugins I would only use MODX with ecommerce for sites where ecommerce is not the primary role. For pure ecommerce sites rather use a dedicated system like e.g. PrestaShop (i would say the same thing with other ecommerce plugins e.g. WP woo commerce don't do it unless its a site add on.)
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Pros
Bitrix
  • Bitrix is well structured CMS.
  • It provides rich integration with social media.
  • Available modules are mature and well tested.
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Open Source
  • Drag and drop functionality is easy to use
  • Easy to switch between straight text and HTML content
  • Ability to easily have multiple environments so that pages can be built in b/c-stage before they are approved and published
  • Solid user experience where it's clear how to navigate the platform
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MODX
  • Ease of use - the MODX platform is very easy to use for someone who may have limited experience in content management.
  • Content blocks - the content blocks within MODX add to the usability and customization of the website being managed.
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Cons
Bitrix
  • BITRIX does not provide multilingual features to the user-defined contents, although Bitrix does provide multilingual capabilities on system UI specific stuff. For example if our site is publishing company news then BITRIX does not provide an out of the box feature to implement this in different languages.
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Open Source
  • This is not an easy CMS to work with if you don't have a good understanding of website development. It isn't "plug-and-play" like Wordpress or Shopify.
  • Over time, doing major updates to the system can be taxing, especially if you aren't well-versed enough in doing system updates in line with your "child" theme and code.
  • The CMS can become somewhat cumbersome with server resources if not carefully optimized while you build and customize it to your liking.
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MODX
  • The user interface was confusing at times.
  • Not a plug and play CMS system.
  • The site manager doesn't always run fast.
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Likelihood to Renew
Bitrix
Mostly good support, but some times i got response late so overall good. Good options with Ajax load of contents with different URL in browser. Similar and better modules to show different contents. Good options for advertising contents.
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Open Source
The time and money invested into this platform were too great to discontinue it at this point. I'm sure it will be in use for a while. We have also spent time training many employees how to use it. All of these things add up to quite an investment in the product. Lastly, it basically fulfills what we need our intranet site to do.
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MODX
It is the CMS we use the most, not because we know it well but because we literally tried many of other CMS and this one did it for us.
However having said we really do not like the one shoe fits all approach. E..g for eCommerce we usually use PrestaShop etc. if a specialized CMS can do a task rather use that.
However for a general CMS [MODX] is hard to beat.
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Usability
Bitrix
No answers on this topic
Open Source
As a team, we found Drupal to be highly customizable and flexible, allowing our development team to go to great lengths to develop desired functionalities. It can be used as a solution for all types of web projects. It comes with a robust admin interface that provides greater flexibility once the user gets acquainted with the system.
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MODX
Great and easy to use for both the coder and the end user. Especially if setup correctly by the coder.
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Reliability and Availability
Bitrix
No answers on this topic
Open Source
Drupal itself does not tend to have bugs that cause sporadic outages. When deployed on a well-configured LAMP stack, deployment and maintenance problems are minimal, and in general no exotic tuning or configuration is required. For highest uptime, putting a caching proxy like Varnish in front of Drupal (or a CDN that supports dynamic applications).
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MODX
We have not had it go down due to bugs etc. especially when comparing it to other cms out there.
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Performance
Bitrix
No answers on this topic
Open Source
Drupal page loads can be slow, as a great many database calls may be required to generate a page. It is highly recommended to use caching systems, both built-in and external to lessen such database loads and improve performance. I haven't had any problems with behind-the-scenes integrations with external systems.
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MODX
Damn its fast. really good page speed out of the box.
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Support Rating
Bitrix
No answers on this topic
Open Source
As noted earlier, the support of the community can be rather variable, with some modules attracting more attraction and action in their issue queues, but overall, the development community for Drupal is second to none. It probably the single greatest aspect of being involved in this open-source project.
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MODX
Great community support on slack.
If you have a paid plugin great support also esp from modmore
If you have cloud hosting MODX support is fast and all servers are optimized for MODX
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In-Person Training
Bitrix
No answers on this topic
Open Source
I was part of the team that conducted the training. Our training was fine, but we could have been better informed on Drupal before we started providing it. If we did not have answers to tough questions, we had more technical staff we could consult with. We did provide hands-on practice time for the learners, which I would always recommend. That is where the best learning occurred.
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MODX
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Online Training
Bitrix
No answers on this topic
Open Source
The on-line training was not as ideal as the face-to-face training. It was done remotely and only allowed for the trainers to present information to the learners and demonstrate the platform online. There was not a good way to allow for the learners to practice, ask questions and have them answered all in the same session.
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MODX
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Implementation Rating
Bitrix
No answers on this topic
Open Source
Plan ahead as much you can. You really need to know how to build what you want with the modules available to you, or that you might need to code yourself, in order to make the best use of Drupal. I recommend you analyze the most technically difficult workflows and other aspects of your implementation, and try building some test versions of those first. Get feedback from stakeholders early and often, because you can easily find yourself in a situation where your implementation does 90% of what you want, but, due to something you didn't plan for, foresee, or know about, there's no feasible way to get past the last 10%
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MODX
Good system
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Alternatives Considered
Bitrix
I have developed some small web sites in Joomla but the problem is that these kinds of CMS platforms are very easily hackable.
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Open Source
Drupal can be more complex to learn, but it offers a much wider range of applications. Drupal’s front and backend can be customized from design to functionality to allow for a wide range of uses. If someone wants to create something more complex than a simple site or blog, Drupal can be an amazing asset to have at hand.
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MODX
The other company that we looked into was WordPress and all of the features that it offered our organization. What MODX offered to us from development to everyday use just made more sense for our organization as a whole. WordPress is still a great CMS platform, just not exactly what we were looking for.
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Scalability
Bitrix
No answers on this topic
Open Source
Drupal is well known to be scalable, although it requires solid knowledge of MySQL best practices, caching mechanisms, and other server-level best practices. I have never personally dealt with an especially large site, so I can speak well to the issues associated with Drupal scaling.
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MODX
Very scalable. e.g. in the [MODX] manager you can manage multiple websites at once without having to login else where. it is very convenient and this way resources and be easily managed and shared.
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Return on Investment
Bitrix
  • Bitrix Site Manager provides an out of the box way to publish contents on a search engine friendly URL. In this way, site contents more easily crawlable by different search engines.
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Open Source
  • Given the endless possibilities that Drupal can have, we tend to have great support going on when we get a website launched
  • It has become much much faster and easier for us to launch a new project due to reusability
  • Configuration management in Drupal helps greatly with CI/CD, saves us costs
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MODX
  • Increased security permissions of the users and freelancers who worked on our website.
  • Gave our developers the ability to create any page that they wanted with custom code.
  • Hindered our Marketing team's ability to stay on top of our content strategy with changes.
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