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At a Glance
Contentful
Contentful
Star Rating
(320)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.5% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
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Drupal
Drupal
Star Rating
(421)3.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.0% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Contentful vs Drupal

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Contentful easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Contentful overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Contentful meets the needs of their business better than Drupal.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Contentful is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Contentful over Drupal.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Contentful
Free
$0.00
Browse all 3 pricing plans
Drupal
No pricing available
Free Trial
Contentful
Free Trial is available
Drupal
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
232
8.3
349
Ease of Use
8.4
235
6.8
352
Ease of Setup
8.2
115
6.6
220
Ease of Admin
8.4
107
7.1
229
Quality of Support
8.4
189
7.4
284
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
98
7.5
173
Product Direction (% positive)
7.4
220
6.7
342
Features by Category
Web Content ManagementHide 23 FeaturesShow 23 Features
7.9
160
7.9
318
Content
8.3
147
|
Verified
8.3
286
|
Verified
7.9
145
|
Verified
7.8
280
|
Verified
7.9
132
|
Verified
7.9
248
|
Verified
7.7
114
|
Verified
7.9
266
7.9
100
|
Verified
7.7
233
|
Verified
8.4
90
|
Verified
7.7
234
|
Verified
7.8
132
|
Verified
7.3
254
|
Verified
7.7
137
|
Verified
7.4
269
|
Verified
8.2
133
|
Verified
7.9
257
|
Verified
Design
7.1
64
7.1
255
|
Verified
7.3
67
7.6
262
7.5
80
|
Verified
7.6
262
|
Verified
8.2
124
|
Verified
8.3
279
|
Verified
Platform
7.7
77
8.5
245
7.9
108
|
Verified
8.1
253
8.1
124
|
Verified
8.1
265
|
Verified
8.0
137
|
Verified
8.5
273
|
Verified
8.3
125
|
Verified
8.4
229
|
Verified
8.3
117
|
Verified
8.2
208
|
Verified
8.0
101
|
Verified
7.6
236
|
Verified
8.7
119
|
Verified
8.1
226
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
7.9
9
Not enough data
Analytics
7.6
7
Not enough data
6.9
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
Content Management
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
Design & Development
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Platforms
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
13
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.5
13
Not enough data
Management
9.2
13
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
Support
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
13
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
7.9
88
Not enough data
Publishing
8.1
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
27
Not enough data
Development
7.9
77
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
77
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
39
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analytics
7.5
47
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Headless CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Personalization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Contentful
Contentful
Drupal
Drupal
Contentful and Drupal are categorized as Web Content Management
Unique Categories
Drupal
Drupal is categorized as AWS Marketplace
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Contentful
Contentful
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
33.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
37.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
29.3%
Drupal
Drupal
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
43.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
35.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
21.9%
Reviewers' Industry
Contentful
Contentful
Information Technology and Services
12.2%
Computer Software
11.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
7.2%
Financial Services
5.9%
Internet
4.9%
Other
58.6%
Drupal
Drupal
Information Technology and Services
13.8%
Marketing and Advertising
8.5%
Computer Software
8.3%
Higher Education
7.8%
Education Management
5.3%
Other
56.3%
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Discussions
Contentful
Contentful Discussions
Can you do dynamic input validation on dropdowns?
1 Comment
Gary H.
GH
You can do dynamic validation on anything, but it would require that you wrap the open source contentful field editors with your own javascript validation...Read more
Is Contentful a CMS?
1 Comment
DSivaji .
D
Yes, Its a headless CMS Read more
Is Contentful a headless CMS?
1 Comment
Drupal
Drupal Discussions
What make drupal one of the best CMS in the world?
2 Comments
Kamrul H.
KH
Security, High scalabilityRead more
Version
1 Comment
Agata L.
AL
Drupal has a specific core release cycle: major, minor, and patch releases. Usually, Drupal core updates (bug fixes) are released once in a month but in...Read more
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