--- title: Drupal Reviews meta\_title: 'Drupal Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 425 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Drupal works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.9 review\_count: 425 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Content Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/content-management --- # Drupal Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Drupal but has limited features. Are you part of the Drupal team? [Upgrade your plan](https://my.g2.com/drupal/upgrade?utm_campaign=s3&utm_medium=claim-popup&utm_source=g2) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Decoupled Drupal, also known as headless Drupal, is an architectural approach that separates Drupal's backend content management system from its frontend presentation layer. This separation allows developers to use Drupal as a robust content repository while building dynamic, interactive frontends with modern JavaScript frameworks like React, Vue.js, or Angular. By decoupling, organizations can deliver content seamlessly across multiple channels, including websites, mobile applications, and IoT devices. Key Features and Functionality: - Content API: Drupal provides APIs such as JSON:API and GraphQL, enabling efficient content retrieval and manipulation for frontend applications. - Frontend Flexibility: Developers can choose any frontend technology, allowing for the creation of highly interactive and customized user interfaces. - Omnichannel Delivery: Content can be distributed across various platforms, ensuring a consistent user experience on web, mobile, and other digital channels. - Performance Optimization: Decoupled architectures can enhance performance by leveraging client-side rendering and integrating with content delivery networks (CDNs) for faster content delivery. - Scalability: The separation of concerns allows for independent scaling of the backend and frontend, accommodating growing user demands and traffic. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: Decoupled Drupal empowers organizations to future-proof their digital presence by enabling design refreshes without overhauling the entire CMS. It facilitates the delivery of content across multiple devices and platforms, ensuring a cohesive and engaging user experience. By leveraging Drupal's built-in caching and rendering technologies, decoupled architectures can achieve faster content delivery, enhancing overall site performance. This approach also allows development teams to work in parallel, with frontend and backend developers focusing on their respective areas, leading to more efficient development cycles and quicker time-to-market for new features. * * * Seller [Drupal](https://www.g2.com/sellers/drupal) Discussions [Drupal Community](https://www.g2.com/products/drupal/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Timothy Lehnen Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 4 months ### Return on Investment 16 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/drupal/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![WordPress.org](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "WordPress.org") WordPress.org 4.4/5(9,544) ](https://www.g2.com/products/wordpress-org/reviews) [ ![Umbraco](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Umbraco") Umbraco 4.5/5(1,011) ](https://www.g2.com/products/umbraco/reviews) [ ![Webflow](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Webflow") Webflow 4.4/5(995) ](https://www.g2.com/products/webflow/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/drupal/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 425 real user reviews. 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Web Technology Specialist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/31/2024 "A CMS for today's fast paced word" 5/5 What do you like best about Drupal? I like that Drupal has a lot of flexibility that usually doesn't require custom coding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Drupal? I don't like the complex, nested modules in edit mode. As the page gets more complex, so does the editing, you could get lost in edit mode. I also do not like that there isn't a recyle bin. Once you delete something it's gone forever. Another thing is with the abilty to find and delete files such as pdfs, WORD, EXCEL, etc. If the file is not actively being used on a page, it seems, at least from the end user's interface, that it cannot be deleted. Another thing I dislike is if I have to upload an updated file version of A pdf, i won't be able to keep the same link that people may have bookmarked. It places any files that I upoad into a new directory with the month and year in the folder structure. Other CMS systems I've used I could easily upload and overwrite an existing file and keep the file path the same not breaking the link. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Drupal solving and how is that benefiting you? The CMS of Drupal is a lot better than the one we were previously using. In the past users would need to go to an admin to make changes sometimes for small simple changes. Now all users are able to go in and it is easy enough for them to make edits. Now that we have been using this for a couple of years, we can speak more to it's ease of use and scalability. We are able to easily create long form pages, articles, report pages and other types of mult-media content. The endless customization options and plugins make things a lot easier to do what we need to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/19/2026 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Accounting](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Accounting") AA Verified User in Accounting Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/2/2026 "Flexible, Scalable, and Secure CMS for Complex Content" 5/5 What do you like best about Drupal? Drupal’s biggest advantage is its flexibility and scalability. It is a highly customizable content management system that allows organizations to build complex websites and applications with advanced content structures. The platform provides strong security features, which makes it widely trusted by enterprises, government institutions, and large organizations. Drupal also offers a large ecosystem of modules and integrations, allowing developers to extend functionality easily without building everything from scratch. Its role-based access control, multilingual capabilities, and powerful taxonomy system make it ideal for managing large amounts of structured content. Another key strength is its open-source community, which continuously improves the platform and provides documentation, modules, and security updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Drupal? One of the main downsides of Drupal is that it has a steeper learning curve compared to other CMS platforms such as WordPress. Non-technical users may find the interface less intuitive, and some tasks require developer knowledge. Implementation and setup can also take longer because Drupal is designed for complex and enterprise-level projects, which often require customization and configuration. Additionally, upgrading between major Drupal versions can sometimes require significant redevelopment or module updates. For small websites or simple projects, Drupal may feel overly complex, and the hosting and maintenance requirements can be higher compared to lightweight CMS platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Drupal solving and how is that benefiting you? Drupal helps solve the problem of managing large and complex website content efficiently. Many organizations struggle with handling multiple pages, users, and content types across different departments. Drupal provides a structured content management system with role-based access control, allowing teams to securely manage and publish content without conflicts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 4/3/2026 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Gowtham R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Gowtham R.") GR Gowtham R. Architect Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/24/2026 "Flexible, Scalable Solution for Large Multisite & Multilingual Apps" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Drupal? Flexible and scalable for handling large multisite and multilingual applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Drupal? Large and complex applications are slow. Need third parties like redis for better performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Drupal solving and how is that benefiting you? Good product for building complex, multilingual brand websites. It handles content-heavy sites with ease and makes managing larger amounts of content feel straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Ron N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ron N.") RN Ron N. Director of Technical Marketing Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/11/2024 "Powerful, flexible, and supported by a great community... but expect a learning curve" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Drupal? Drupal has been my go-to platform for over 15 years, and it continues to impress me. The open-source nature and vibrant community make it an exceptional choice for building applications. You can create powerful solutions with minimal coding thanks to its robust core and ecosystem of modules. When custom functionality is needed, it’s easy to extend with custom code in modules. Support is abundant, with countless resources, forums, and knowledgeable users ready to help. Once the platform is set up, content creators find it intuitive to manage their content, and the flexible workflows adapt to various needs. Overall, Drupal combines power, flexibility, and ease of use, making it a fantastic choice for both developers and content teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Drupal? Drupal’s power and flexibility come with a level of complexity that can be challenging for new site builders and developers. While improvements like the Startshot initiative have made it easier to get started, certain features can still be confusing due to how they are structured. The extensive library of modules is both a strength and a weakness—not all modules are reliable, and some may lose support after you’ve integrated them into your project. For developers unfamiliar with PHP, creating custom modules or working with the theming layer (from the module code) can be daunting and has a steep learning curve. Deployment and hosting add another layer of complexity. Setting up Drupal on a hosting platform ideally uses Git and best pratices include a CI/CD pipeline for build and efficient deployment. Once it is set up, the process is not bad, but can be a challenge wen things break. Managed hosting providers like Acquia, Pantheon, or Platform.sh can simplify this, but they add costs. Although the software itself is free, the time and resources required to build, maintain, and host a Drupal site make it best suited for medium to large projects. For simpler needs, a SaaS website builder might be a more practical option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Drupal solving and how is that benefiting you? Drupal provides a framework for creating structured data in the admin UI, and giving you tools to use and display that data in many ways. This is why it is commonly used to build websites. However, it is powerful enough to be used to build web applications of just about any type. by providing this framework, it makes it relatively easy to create a project, model the data, provide forms and workflows, add features, and create theming options for display, Additionally, Drupal provides powerful developer tools like a visual query builder, API support OOTB, and a modeul system for add custom code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile RM Roshan M. Marketer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/18/2025 "Powerful and amazing tool for CMS content management" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Drupal? Drupal is a feasible software that is capable of handling and managing several types web pages and marketing content easily. Also it offers great ability to built and luanch new websites so quickly and easily and manage the web pages through it. The dashboard of the application is well organised, there is not all the clutter of the plugins seen on it. This application offers a quicker and responsive interface and the tools of it are compresive then the worpress. The websites and e-commerce platform and data can be managed in an amazing way with the help of Drupal software, content management and tracking abilities are great of this app. This keeps all the content to be well organised and also manages to organise larger datasets in its database. It is a wonderful open source tool, with great integrating abilities with third party applications. The platform has inbuilt templates designs for digital marketing, this saves time and there are also the AI features for automaticlly posting and scheduling the posts for websites. This platform is best solution for increasing the customers reaching rate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Drupal? At initial stages the installation and setup process is quite complex for new users some times. Upgrades of the software are very less here, sometimes the functionality gets older. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Drupal solving and how is that benefiting you? Drupal software was a best solution for our team and business, this lead to increase our productivity and sales ratio. With the help of this tool we have been able to keep our web pages content managed and secured. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Sheilla S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sheilla S.") SS Sheilla S. Software Development Project Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/31/2023 "A powerful and flexible open-source CMS framework." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Drupal? It was so easy for us to start using Drupal. It has simple product architectural design and the a very flexible interface which made it easy and quick for us to learn it. Also, we received a lot of supportive materials from the community support and other online documentation articles. What has left a mark in us about Drupal is how secure it is. Despite it being an open-source framework, it has robust and comprehensive security functions dedicated to keep every single data safe from any form of security threats. Being an open-source framework, Drupal allows us to scale it by adding any module that we need and this allows us to be more creative. It made it possible to build very productive and fast performance websites and apps by use of modern technology tools like Symfony. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Drupal? Drupal offers us endless possibilities in building websites. It is fantastic and top performing CMS framework with good security. It always deliver when we need and i have no dislikes for it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Drupal solving and how is that benefiting you? Drupal is an outstanding open-source CMS tool that help us bring professionalism and creativity into actions when building websites. It is very scalable and secure. It helps us use modern technology tools to come up with stable and fast performing sites. We also use it to edit and manage our online content to ensure we are giving our site visitors the best and most useful content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Elizabeth F.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Elizabeth F.") EF Elizabeth F. Vice President of Communications Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/26/2023 "Easy to use, clean, speedy CMS" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Drupal? I use both Drupal and Wordpress on a weekly basis, managing content and administering user access for different websites. Pros of Drupal: -I find the user interface for Drupal to be faster, less cluttered, and more responsive than Wordpress. -I find Drupal easier to navigate and interact with, overall, and it is also easier to onboard team members to make content edits. (The learning curve is lower!) -Drupal has a robust open source development community; there have been existing plugins for most features and integrations that I needed or wanted, and it's been relatively easy to have custom modules developed and implemented, too. - Drupal customer support has been responsive to our developers when they've had to reach out, and there are also lots of message boards with developers who can provide additional support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Drupal? Cons (VS Wordpress) -There are fewer plugins available than on Wordpress -Fewer themes available than Wordpress -Not as easy as Wordpress to customize everything without hardcoding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Drupal solving and how is that benefiting you? No one on my nonprofit team is an expert coder or web developer: Drupal has the flexibility of allowing our web development firm to make larger structural changes to the website while also being clean enough that my team can make content edits to our pages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/18/2024 "Drupal Continues to Shape the Future of the CMS" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Drupal? Flexibility and Extensibility, Strong Community Support, Scalability and many CMS features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Drupal? Upgrading between major versions can be complicated and time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Drupal solving and how is that benefiting you? Drupal is a highly configurable content management system (CMS) that offers extensive flexibility to expand its functionality through custom-coded modules. This adaptability allows developers to tailor the platform to meet precise business requirements and innovate beyond out-of-the-box solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite MC Manoj C. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/6/2024 "Drupal Commerce easy way to build ecommerce very quickly and scalable" 5/5 What do you like best about Drupal? Drupal is very good content management system and scalable solutions for website and ecommerce Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Drupal? Still using older tech stack should upgrade to recent tech Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Drupal solving and how is that benefiting you? Easy to rollout and very efficient in managing different roles Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Vijay P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vijay P.") VP Vijay P. Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/3/2024 "Drupal Enterprise Web Application - Review" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Drupal? Drupal is a CMS(Content Management System), which helps us to organize the content of our own. Does not require much of the developer support. Really helpful for an large database application. Security is high Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Drupal? Community support is less when compared to the other platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Drupal solving and how is that benefiting you? Drupal is helpful in managing the website content and it's an free and open source CMS, able to manage the website at very low cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Drupal? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Drupal ](https://www.g2.com/products/drupal/discussions/new) ![Yusef M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Yusef M.") YM Yusef Mohamadi • Last activity about 4 years ago What make drupal one of the best CMS in the world? 1 Upvote 2 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/35339-what-make-drupal-one-of-the-best-cms-in-the-world) ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") G2 Verified User in Higher Education • Last activity over 6 years ago Version 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/10421-version) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/drupal/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 4 months ### Return on Investment 16 months ### Average Discount 9% [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/drupal/pricing) Drupal Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_cf3585642187318ab772bcc30b80ad5a/wordpress-org.png "Product Avatar Image") WordPress.org 4.4/5(9,544) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/drupal-vs-wordpress-org) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_5a7938ffd6497884772dc39786f9e1e2/adobe-experience-manager.png "Product Avatar Image") Adobe 4.2/5(691) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/adobe-experience-manager-vs-drupal) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_9d4475b56a0a42a2492638eba5a81bcd/sitecore-digital-experience-platform.png "Product Avatar Image") Sitecore Digital Experience... 4.1/5(662) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/drupal-vs-sitecore-digital-experience-platform) ##### ##### Drupal Features Content Content Authoring Rich Text Editor Versioning Design Breadth of Pre-Built Templates Mobile Branding/Themes Platform User Community SEO Flexible Navigation Structures [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/drupal/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Web Content Management](https://www.g2.com/categories/web-content-management)[AWS Marketplace](https://www.g2.com/categories/aws-marketplace) ##### Explore More [What are the encryption key management solutions offering unified control across AWS, GCP, and Azure environments?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-encryption-key-management-solutions-offering-unified-control-across-aws-gcp-and-azure-environments%20)[What is the most reliable social media management tool for enterprises?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-most-reliable-social-media-management-tool-for-enterprises)[Which Acumatica consulting partners have responsive project managers who adapt to unique business processes instead of forcing templates?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-acumatica-consulting-partners-have-responsive-project-managers-who-adapt-to-unique-business-processes-instead-of-forcing-templates) [What's the best marketing analytics software for teams that need real-time data without reporting bottlenecks or delays?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-s-the-best-marketing-analytics-software-for-teams-that-need-real-time-data-without-reporting-bottlenecks-or-delays)[best crm for ecommerce platforms](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-crm-is-the-best-for-e-commerce-platforms)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/drupal/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)