Compare Drupal and Pantheon

At a Glance
Drupal
Drupal
Star Rating
(421)3.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (42.9% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Pantheon
Pantheon
Star Rating
(724)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
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Drupal vs Pantheon

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

  • Reviewers felt that Pantheon meets the needs of their business better than Drupal.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Pantheon is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Pantheon over Drupal.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Drupal
No pricing available
Pantheon
BASIC PLAN
$41
per month (prepaid annually)
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Free Trial
Drupal
No trial information available
Pantheon
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.3
350
8.8
498
Ease of Use
6.8
353
8.8
500
Ease of Setup
6.6
221
8.7
391
Ease of Admin
7.1
230
8.7
387
Quality of Support
7.4
285
8.7
475
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.5
174
8.8
372
Product Direction (% positive)
6.7
343
8.2
481
Features by Category
Web Content ManagementHide 23 FeaturesShow 23 Features
7.9
318
8.7
189
Content
8.3
286
|
Verified
9.1
119
|
Verified
7.8
280
|
Verified
8.9
114
|
Verified
7.9
248
|
Verified
9.2
135
|
Verified
7.9
266
8.8
127
|
Verified
7.7
233
|
Verified
9.0
112
|
Verified
7.7
234
|
Verified
8.9
106
7.3
254
|
Verified
8.9
116
|
Verified
7.4
269
|
Verified
8.6
108
|
Verified
7.9
257
|
Verified
9.1
115
|
Verified
Design
7.1
255
|
Verified
8.3
83
|
Verified
7.6
262
8.4
83
7.6
262
|
Verified
8.4
81
8.3
279
|
Verified
8.9
93
Platform
8.5
245
8.9
121
|
Verified
8.1
253
8.9
108
8.1
265
|
Verified
8.9
109
|
Verified
8.5
273
|
Verified
9.0
133
|
Verified
8.4
230
|
Verified
9.2
137
|
Verified
8.2
209
|
Verified
8.8
96
7.6
236
|
Verified
8.8
140
|
Verified
8.1
226
|
Verified
8.9
124
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
9.2
123
Functionality
Not enough data
9.5
103
Not enough data
9.2
92
Not enough data
9.8
104
Management
Not enough data
9.1
88
Not enough data
9.6
108
Not enough data
9.1
99
Support
Not enough data
8.5
90
Not enough data
8.8
90
Not enough data
9.3
89
Continuous IntegrationHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
7.1
77
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
60
|
Verified
Management
Not enough data
8.5
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
65
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Not enough data
4.0
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Not enough data
7.8
21
Performance
Not enough data
8.5
19
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
7.6
18
Security
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
7.7
19
Not enough data
7.7
16
Not enough data
8.0
17
Free Resources
Not enough data
5.9
16
Not enough data
6.0
17
Not enough data
8.1
18
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
Drupal
Drupal
Pantheon
Pantheon
Drupal and Pantheon are categorized as Web Content Management
Unique Categories
Drupal
Drupal is categorized as AWS Marketplace
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Drupal
Drupal
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
42.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
35.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
22.1%
Pantheon
Pantheon
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
62.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
27.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
10.6%
Reviewers' Industry
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
56.4%
Pantheon
Pantheon
Marketing and Advertising
15.6%
Information Technology and Services
14.9%
Internet
10.9%
Computer Software
10.6%
Higher Education
5.6%
Other
42.4%
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Discussions
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
Monty the Mongoose crying
Drupal has no more discussions with answers
Pantheon
Pantheon Discussions
Is Pantheon considering offering price tiers for nonprofit/education organizations?
3 Comments
Nick C.
NC
As Ian said, it doesn't hurt to ask, but nothing has been announced publicly ( https://pantheon.io/industry-solutions/nonprofit ). One way to save some...Read more
Any chance of allowing a Backup (on any Environment) to be easily used to spin up a MultiDev instance? It would be SO AWESOME to click a button and resurrect a 3day old backup on a new Environment and log into it and look around. :-)
2 Comments
Duran G.
DG
Doug. Spin up the Multidev as you normally would, and then you can import your backup database to the environment via the database connection info pantheon...Read more
Can I host multiple URLs on one plan?
1 Comment
Official Response from Pantheon
Each plan hosts one domain and any subdomains. Read more