Item: Drupal
Rating: 5
Author: Andres Gonzalez

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have developed some sites using Drupal in the past, and I maintain some of them today. What I do is to apply updates on the core or the modules when it's necessary. I also help when changes are required in the theme or when implementing new functionalities that require adding/editing content types, taxonomies or modules.

Pros and Cons

CMS
Theming
Modules

Performance
Database
Language

Return on Investment

Fast prototyping
Hard to scale

Alternatives Considered

WordPress and Joomla!

I normally prefer to use WordPress if I need CMS capabilities. If I need more than that, I go with framework. Drupal could be an option when you have to develop something more complex than a blog, or pure content pages.

Other Software Used

WordPress, Joomla!

Likelihood to Recommend

Drupal is well suited If you want to create a simple application to manage content, to add content, and edit content. If you need to add some few functionalities around, that could be complicated in another CMS. If you need something bigger is not appropriate, because it's very complicated to maintain the code.

My experience with Drupal

Overall Satisfaction with Drupal