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Drupal Does What Is Intended
September 27, 2018

Drupal Does What Is Intended

Stefanie Cash | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Drupal

My company needed a new website that was responsive, allowed for an easy to manage content management system, and flexibility/scalability. Due to Drupal being open source and having the ability to create templates that are customized - it solved many of our business problems. Some of those problems being; dynamic response, loading forms, creating custom landing pages.
  • Content storage
  • Easy backend navigation
  • Ability to add users with ease
  • WYSIWYG
  • Rich Text Editor
  • Containers
  • Revenue generator
  • Custom content
Drupal is similar to WordPress when discussing content management and WYSIWYG capabilities. That is where the similarities end from a functional standpoint. WordPress is a top contender for blog sites, whereas Drupal is for sellable content, i.e. products and services. Both have API customization features so you can create custom feeds and port over information.
Act-On Software, Google Ads (formerly AdWords), Facebook for Business, Microsoft 365 Business, Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Photoshop, Twitter Ads, TweetDeck, WordPress, Hootsuite Enterprise, Hootsuite Free, Buffer, Google Analytics, Google Drive, Trustpilot, Union Metrics, AdRoll
I find Drupal is only suited for individuals who are savvy with content management systems. It is not a difficult learning curve to overcome, but without experience, it does make the navigation hard. Loading up content and physical management of said content is a breeze. Scalability also makes Drupal a solid go-to for website development.

Drupal Feature Ratings

8.4
WYSIWYG editor
6
Code quality / cleanliness
7
Admin section
10
Page templates
8
Library of website themes
Not Rated
Mobile optimization / responsive design
10
Publishing workflow
10
Form generator
8
9.4
Content taxonomy
10
SEO support
10
Bulk management
8
Availability / breadth of extensions
9
Community / comment management
10
9.0
API
9
Internationalization / multi-language
9
10.0
Role-based user permissions
10
CMS programming language or framework ()
Not Rated

Evaluating Drupal and Competitors

Yes - Our website was based in java using a proprietary software platform via our reservation system. You can gather, that it did not work well as we switched over to Drupal. We decided to go with a Drupal platform due to the customization it offers. Being open source, Drupal was the perfect platform for our ever changing product selection.
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
The single most important factor in our decision to use Drupal came from the features offered. Again, Drupal is open source so whatever you want to make happen, can happen with the right toolset and willingness to work on it. The second factor, of usability was important because we are not developer and needed a content management system that was easy to navigate, easy to understand, and the easy to load content.
Having to go back from square one, something we would have to consider is our own internal knowledge of api feeds and how they sync with Drupal. Also, from a broader spectrum how we want to monetize our site. Since Drupal is not a blogosphere site it’s important to ensure from that all of those are considered from the start of the project. We had to go back and adjust how we wanted to promote our site due to it.