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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

    Middesk

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AMiddesk is a business intelligence (BI) software used to onboarded clients working in three primary verticals — Fintech, Credit Reporting, and Business Marketplaces.

    $1,000

    per month

    Pricing
    DrupalMiddesk
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DrupalMiddesk
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Users may also pay per use if they are expecting a lower volume of usage.
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    Community Pulse
    DrupalMiddesk
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
    No answer on this topic
    Middesk Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    76%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    76%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    DrupalMiddesk
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Drupal and Middesk
    Feature
    Drupal
    8.3
    74 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Middesk
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    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.374 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Drupal and Middesk
    Feature
    Drupal
    7.8
    69 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Middesk
    -
    Ratings
    API7.364 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Drupal and Middesk
    Feature
    Drupal
    6.5
    78 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Middesk
    -
    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 Middesk
    Feature
    Drupal
    6.6
    77 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Middesk
    -
    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
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Drupal and Middesk
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Middesk
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Drupal and Middesk
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Middesk
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Drupal and Middesk
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Middesk
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Drupal and Middesk
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Middesk
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Drupal and Middesk
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Middesk
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Drupal and Middesk
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Middesk
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Drupal and Middesk
    Feature
    Drupal
    -
    Ratings
    Middesk
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DrupalMiddesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.8
    (87 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.9
    (20 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (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)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DrupalMiddesk
    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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    Middesk Inc.
    Middesk majorly provides us with real-time access to the data and documents which are required for automating KYB and CIP regulatory compliance, mitigating front and backend risk. In addition, it is the easiest way for financial services companies to verify and monitor their business customers. It for us very much makes the process of onboarding customers very easy.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Middesk Inc.
    • Gathering information needed for registration.
    • Making the registration process efficient.
    • Guiding us through the process when we hit snags.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Middesk Inc.
    • Better navigation.
    • More marketing and make it very reachable to customers.
    • Login is difficult.
    Incentivized
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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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    Middesk Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Middesk Inc.
    UI is not as intuitive as other systems we use. For states that require income tax withholding, some of them require registration with multiple agencies - the UI doesn't easily tell you which login credentials are tied to which agency.
    Incentivized
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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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    Middesk 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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    Middesk Inc.
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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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    Middesk Inc.
    The user experience of this tool must be rearchitected. I am able to observe a lot of lag in the process when initiated. There are sometimes when the tool's navigation becomes difficult. The time taken at times is large to process a request and this can also be highly improved in the future.
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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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    Middesk Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Middesk 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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    Middesk Inc.
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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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    Middesk Inc.
    ADP Workforce Now offers a module to handle payroll tax registrations. The interface is confusing and the information is hard to find. The service and support are awful - nobody ever knows who can answer tax account questions, they escalate to a different department and promise a callback but they never call back.
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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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    Middesk 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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    Middesk Inc.
    • Better speed.
    • Better quality for optimal cost.
    • Saves a lot of time.
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