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    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

    Meta Business Manager

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AMeta Business Manager (formerly Facebook Business Manager, or Pages Manager) is a mobile app that supports management of up to 50 Facebook pages from a smart phone or tablet, allowing social media managers to see activity, post updates, and respond immediately to customers.N/A
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    DrupalMeta Business Manager
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    DrupalMeta Business Manager
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Open Source
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    76%
    Would buy again
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    77%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    76%
    Happy with the feature set
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    77%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    76%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    73%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    DrupalMeta Business Manager
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Drupal and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Drupal
    8.3
    74 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Meta Business Manager
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    Role-based user permissions8.374 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Drupal and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Drupal
    7.8
    69 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Meta Business Manager
    -
    Ratings
    API7.364 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Drupal and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Drupal
    6.5
    78 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Meta Business Manager
    -
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    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 Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Drupal
    6.6
    77 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Meta Business Manager
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    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
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Drupal and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    5.7
    44 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings5.427 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings4.134 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings5.829 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings7.432 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Drupal and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    7.0
    60 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings7.860 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings7.957 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings6.855 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings5.645 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Drupal and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    7.1
    52 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.242 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings7.547 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings6.734 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Drupal and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    7.7
    57 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings7.748 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings7.752 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings7.949 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.653 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Drupal and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    5.8
    60 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Twitter00 Ratings5.512 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings8.359 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings5.512 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings5.57 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings7.945 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings6.514 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Drupal and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    6.9
    58 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings7.757 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings7.353 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings5.736 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Drupal and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    7.9
    59 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings7.656 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.356 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    DrupalMeta Business Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.8
    (87 ratings)
    6.2
    (60 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.9
    (20 ratings)
    6.1
    (26 ratings)
    Availability
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    6.1
    (14 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)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    DrupalMeta Business Manager
    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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    Meta Platforms Inc
    Meta Business Manger is well suited for large/medium and small organisations with single or multiple stake holders and products. It works very efficiently. Cases where app events are defined for android and iOS, it work wonders for campaign measurement and campaign level targeting. Meta Business Manager is very appropriate for running financial, educational, real estate, e-commerce related ads. Meta Business Manager is not appropriate if you have are into enterprise sales.
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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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    • Helps drive more efficient CPCs and CPMs than other social channels
    • Targets users outside of working hours
    • Helps grow Retargeting pools to use on other channels
    • Meta Business Manager's AI does a great job in identifying our ICP based off intent signals
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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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    Meta Platforms Inc
    • You have to look in multiple places for a full range of analytics
    • The way it handles ad spend can be unpredictable, so if you're on a budget, you have to make sure you're really watching your ad spend
    • For as much as Meta Business Manager pushes stories, reels, etc., the editing tools for this kind of content are limited or nonexistent.
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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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    Meta Platforms Inc
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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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    Meta Platforms Inc
    The UI is easy and intuitive for any beginner, but it also has a lot of depth for more advanced users. There have been very few cases where I could not do something I wanted to do regarding media buying. However, there are big limitations regarding account management, admin settings, and user appeals.
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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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    Meta Platforms Inc
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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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    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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    Facebook is notoriously difficult to access for help and FBM is no exception. Only the chat feature will get someone in touch with you and then there is very limited help. The most they do is send links from their 'help section' without really offering much help at all. Business owners and directors need a person on the phone that can understand the problem and help fix it, not 'helpful links that have already been tried.
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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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    Meta Platforms Inc
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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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    Meta Platforms Inc
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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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    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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    Meta Platforms Inc
    Facebook is a well-known platform that has to be utilized. It allows us to reach so many new customers and potential patients for our clients. As well as allows us to interact with them consistently and keep them informed or advertise to a new niche of people. The best part about Facebook Business Manager is its usability and reach!
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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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    Meta Platforms Inc
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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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    Meta Platforms Inc
    • Pro: It gives me a central place to manage my Page.
    • Pro: There are a lot of options to take advantage of, like Ads, available, which I hope to use more in the future.
    • Pro: The pixel has allowed me to connect Facebook data with my website, and has been a good referral source.
    • Con: There is so much I don't use because it is so complicated. I know I could get more use of it, but it's not going to happen anytime soon, and probably without help.
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