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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    EvolutionX

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AEvolutionX is a B2B ecommerce solution from ECI Software Solutions, built for distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers in markets including business supplies, industrial, electrical, plumbing, gas and welding, and medical supplies.N/A
    Pricing
    DrupalEvolutionX
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DrupalEvolutionX
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—The cost of EvolutionX varies based on a number of factors including the scope of implementation, company size, desired integrations, and customizations. The best way to receive an accurate quote is to schedule an EvolutionX demo.
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    Community Pulse
    DrupalEvolutionX
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
    No answer on this topic
    ECI Software Solutions
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    76%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    76%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    DrupalEvolutionX
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Drupal and EvolutionX
    Feature
    Drupal
    8.3
    74 Ratings
    1% above category average
    EvolutionX
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.374 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Drupal and EvolutionX
    Feature
    Drupal
    7.8
    69 Ratings
    0% below category average
    EvolutionX
    -
    Ratings
    API7.364 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Drupal and EvolutionX
    Feature
    Drupal
    6.5
    78 Ratings
    19% below category average
    EvolutionX
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor6.371 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.275 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section7.078 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates5.677 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes5.568 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design6.572 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow6.776 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator6.672 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Drupal and EvolutionX
    Feature
    Drupal
    6.6
    77 Ratings
    13% below category average
    EvolutionX
    -
    Ratings
    Content taxonomy6.971 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support6.472 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management6.467 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions6.670 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management6.869 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Drupal and EvolutionX
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    EvolutionX
    7.4
    19 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings8.219 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings7.419 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings7.118 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings7.418 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings7.117 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings7.118 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings7.816 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings7.418 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings7.114 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Drupal and EvolutionX
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    EvolutionX
    6.8
    17 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings6.717 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Drupal and EvolutionX
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    EvolutionX
    8.3
    15 Ratings
    1% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.315 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Drupal and EvolutionX
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    EvolutionX
    6.9
    18 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings6.216 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings7.517 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Drupal and EvolutionX
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    EvolutionX
    7.3
    17 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings8.610 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings7.417 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings6.714 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings6.015 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings7.917 Ratings
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    DrupalEvolutionX
    Small Businesses
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DrupalEvolutionX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.8
    (87 ratings)
    8.2
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (19 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    6.9
    (20 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DrupalEvolutionX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    EvolutionX is great at getting a large catalog online in a hurry. Though the editing may take some time, the pull is a great feature to get you started. EvolutionX will give you the most professional looking site right out of the gate vs the competitors we have viewed. The person assigned to your account is a nice benefit and are very helpful and efficient this is an even bigger plus for those with no coding experience. EvolutionX may not be the best option for a small business, though the website may make you look like the big dogs it doesn't function as well yet. The cost of the service is high compared to what the customer gets from it after the initial set up and is the main reason why this isnt the best solution for a small business. It would be nice to see the price to be able to scale down or up in price with how well the site is doing after a set amount of time.
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    Pros
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    • Very easy to onboard products
    • Pricing updates are easy due to bulk editing (export to excel -> import back to EvoX)
    • It's easy to run promotions / sales with just a few clicks
    • SEO options with ready to grab site map
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    Cons
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    • On the backend, it would be nice to be able to COPY a similar sku to edit and make its own - creating items takes too long
    • The option for drop downs for different colors / sizes / etc. could be nice
    • The ability to export pricing where you can see the cost too would be nice
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    It is a good platform with good customizable features for our customers.
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    Usability
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    EvoX is a very user friendly platform, both for admin and customers. On the admin side, there are lots of KBs and videos to watch to learn more on the site and features of it. On the customer side, the features provided make it very easy for our customers. Quicklists are a feature we push to customers to make their ordering experience as easy as possible. B2B has a priority to make ordering as easy as possible, our customers are busy and need to place their orders quickly. If the customer cannot do that with your company, they will find one that does do that for them
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    I havnt come across an issue like this since we’ve started using it.
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    Performance
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    Havnt seen any slowdowns.
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    Support Rating
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    ECI has always provided good support for us on EvoX. Weather it is via monthly conversations to the intercom system, EvoX is quick to respond and look into the issue. Our sales reps are also a huge support for us to contact on any major issues that may come up
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    In-Person Training
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    In-person training was not an option for us.
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    Online Training
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    Hard to remember specifics, but I think it was executed at a level where we were satisfied.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    This project took some time for us to complete. Some of it was on our end with data cleanup, but overall I thought it went well.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    Evolution X feels better built specifically for our industry and helps to provide relevant supplier catalogues, it also opens us up to dialogue with new suppliers and partnerships to form around this. For instance our ACCO account has grown by x8 since we started adding their catalogue by Fusion Data via EVOX. PrestaShop is all added by spreadsheet and there is no pre-populated catalogue ready to add which means it relies on our in-house capabilities or the supplier to provide feeds to import which not many of them have
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    Scalability
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    10/10 is a hard rating for me to give, but I have been impressed with the scalability
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    Return on Investment
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    • Massive time savings for our AR Department as customers can now self-generate account statements, see past invoices, pay balances, etc.
    • Huge improvement for in-store customer service as our floor associates and reps can reference the website inventory to provide quick assistance to customers on their mobile devices.
    • Increased sales & revenue thanks to broader reach- most of our walk-in customers now start their shopping journey on our website to identify product availability and pricing.
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