Drupal and its benefits
Drupal, while not as popular as WordPress, has developed a reputation as being the CMS of choice for enterprise level projects. This is primarily as a result of its security and scalability. Drupal is better suited to projects that have more stakeholders involved and require a lot of planning and flexibility.
It’s secure
Drupal is built with security in mind and dispatches security updates regularly to keep on top of it.
Security is WordPress’ Achilles heel. This is partially because of its popularity. Hackers play a numbers game and because of this there is more software developed which is used to hack WordPress sites. There are also more WordPress plugins available which can be targeted for hacking.
It’s scalable
Drupal leverages software development best practices which makes it a much more scalable solution. It has a modular approach to development which makes code more reusable, testable and interoperable.
It can integrate with your business operations
Drupal’s infrastructure allows flexibility when integrating with your business operations. Whether that’s integrating with a third party technology or generating reports based on web activity or user input. Whatever your business needs are, Drupal will be able to conform to them.
It can deliver consistent brand representation
Drupal’s modular approach to code also encourages the development of web projects with more consistent brand representation. Additionally, Drupal’s user permissions system and sign off process can be leveraged to protect brand consistency.
It’s a long-term value option
Drupal requires more of an initial investment to get the project off the ground. But for projects that need to be scalable from the beginning, Drupal provides a more long-term value option.
Multi-User flexibility
Drupal comes with a dynamic users module which gives us huge flexibility when managing user roles and permissions. This is incredibly useful on an enterprise level where there are multiple users managing content for different departments across an organisation.
WordPress is good for…
Getting out of the blocks quickly and cheaply for projects that might not require some long-term attention. It’s really good for:
- DIYers
- SMEs, small business owners and sole traders looking for a web presence
- Bloggers
Drupal is good for…
Long-term, enterprise-level projects, that have multiple stakeholders involved and that need to be reliable and scalable. It’s really good for:
- Government bodies
- Educational institutions
- NGOs
- Growing businesses
- Newspapers (online publishers)
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