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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CoSchedule Marketing Suite

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACoSchedule provides a content calendar, content optimization, and contentmarketing products, with users among 50,000 marketers worldwide, helping them organize their work, deliver projects on time, and prove marketing team value.N/A

    Drupal

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ADrupal 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
    Pricing
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteDrupal
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteDrupal
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteDrupal
    Considered Both Products
    CoSchedule
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    76%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    76%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteDrupal
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Drupal
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Ideation5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content collaboration7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content calendar10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Drupal
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Drupal
    -
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    Content distribution10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content promotion10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content automation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Drupal
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    30% above category average
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content performance analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Drupal
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Drupal
    8.3
    74 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.374 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Drupal
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Drupal
    7.8
    69 Ratings
    0% below category average
    API00 Ratings7.364 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.260 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Drupal
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Drupal
    6.5
    78 Ratings
    19% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings6.371 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings8.275 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings7.078 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings5.677 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings5.568 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings6.572 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings6.776 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings6.672 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Drupal
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Drupal
    6.6
    77 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings6.971 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings6.472 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings6.467 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings6.670 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings6.869 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteDrupal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    6.8
    (87 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.9
    (20 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.1
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteDrupal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CoSchedule
    CoSchedule is great for businesses or agencies who need an overview of all their marketing efforts, and who want to establish collaboration between multiple departments. The calendar view is one of the best we've worked with and makes it easy to see exactly what's happening. There is some slight clunkiness when it comes to admin-related tasks, and a few things aren't easy to find, but there's great support.
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    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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    Pros
    CoSchedule
    • Best time to post is great at updating to when we get the most engagement by platform
    • Requeue tool to slate out additional posts for a given piece of content is a huge time saver
    • Aggregate analytics tool shows us a peek across our posts on a given platform that's actually easier to read than the platform itself
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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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    Cons
    CoSchedule
    • The platform seems sluggish as of late, likely as a result of the robust amount of data we are entering and the number of filters we're creating.
    • Social media scheduling exists, but we do run into publishing errors more often then we'd like.
    • Task templates when updated are not retroactive, so when you create projects for an entire year and then change a template, you need to go back and change them manually.
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    CoSchedule
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Usability
    CoSchedule
    The interface is very intuitive, from setting up social profiles, to posting, to tags, to optimizing for best day/time to post. It's super easy to scan the aggregate analytics. The calendar is very easy to grok at a glance, and the more advanced functionality is intuitive to set up.
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    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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    Reliability and Availability
    CoSchedule
    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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    Performance
    CoSchedule
    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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    Support Rating
    CoSchedule
    I didn't have to use their official support, but I can say that they put out a lot of content online to help users. Their YouTube page has quite an array of tutorial videos explaining how things work and how to get the most out of their tools. If you're struggling, before picking up a phone or blasting off an email, try searching for your problem on YouTube or their forums.
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    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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    In-Person Training
    CoSchedule
    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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    Online Training
    CoSchedule
    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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    Implementation Rating
    CoSchedule
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    CoSchedule
    CoSchedule provides collaborative planning of projects. The calendar view is very well designed. Meetings and tasks can be scheduled and tracked easily. Whatever is being done, no matter how big the task/project is, it gives a bird-eye view of everything. Additionally, it also integrated very well with WordPress. Their customer service team is also very helpful.
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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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    Scalability
    CoSchedule
    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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    Return on Investment
    CoSchedule
    • It has saved me about 1 hour per day to keep things organized from Asana to WordPress.
    • By not having a functioning Google Doc import feature, it costs me about 30 minutes for each blog post to copy paste all the content, images, etc.
    • By bundling too many features into their plans, many of which we don't use (e.g. social media scheduling), we lose a little ROI because we are not using the full feature set. We use and prefer Buffer for social media, so when CoSchedule raised their price $40+ per month on features we would not be using, that hurt.
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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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    ScreenShots

    CoSchedule Marketing Suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of Calendar Organizer: Visualizes everything in real time, and shows every project on a unified calendar of record. Helps to keep stakeholders in the know and pivot quickly when priorities change.Screenshot of Content Organizer: Eliminates content bottlenecks from idea to promotion. Optimizes the editorial process, and centralizes publishing and promotion by connecting marketing tools.Screenshot of Work Organizer: Maximizes resources by implementing consistent, defined workflows to speed up production and identify how urgent changes impact proactively planned work.Screenshot of Asset Organizer: Catalogs and maintains control of brand assets with customized taxonomies to find, update, and share files. Folders and files can be shared with stakeholders to make sure work is up-to-date.Screenshot of Idea Board: Used to write down ideas, take in requests, and prioritize the projects that are up-next, before giving them a publish date and putting them on the calendar organizer.Screenshot of An AI-powered Marketing Intelligence Assistant that can be used to write first-draft copy, complete work faster, and generate new ideas.