Drupal vs Kentico comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Drupal
Ranking in Web Content Management
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (4th)
Kentico
Ranking in Web Content Management
12th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (9th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Web Content Management category, the market share of Drupal is 10.1% and it increased by 18.6% compared to the previous year. The market share of Kentico is 2.2% and it increased by 10.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management
Unique Categories:
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
21.2%
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
3.0%
 

Featured Reviews

it_user635487 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 27, 2017
Being free to extend or alter it is important for us.
The open source nature of Drupal, being free to extend or alter it is massively important for us. We also use it to build communications. Not being tied to a single vendor means that we can have scale for developers It gives the company the ability to quickly spin up ideas, and the scalability to…
AB
May 10, 2019
The advanced marketing suite has helped us to establish our US business
Our primary use case is to deliver enterprise level web solutions It has helped us establish our business in the USA and allows us to work with a range of corporate clients. The most valuable features are its integration capabilities and advanced marketing suite. This product needs an out of…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The feature I find most valuable is that Drupal is a framework and not only a CMS."
"We use a part of the solution called Acquia. The personalization portion of this is the most valuable aspect fo the solution."
"You can build websites on it very quickly."
"It is good for big projects."
"The most valuable features are its integration capabilities and advanced marketing suite."
"I would say they have a modern, flexible, agile content management system."
 

Cons

"The user experience in designing layouts should be much easier or much more helpful."
"Digital experience features like target, segmentation, and campaign management have a long way to go."
"I think the support needs to improve, as well as the integration with tracking and analytics systems."
"It is a little bit simplified."
"This product needs an out of the box Intranet/Extranet Solution."
"They don't have a lot of libraries, which is something that they can improve on."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would like to see better pricing."
"The licensing fees are probably about $100,000 USD per year."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 23, 2013
Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons
At Mediacurrent we often get requests to compare Drupal to other platforms used for intranet sites and social business platforms (like https://dev.twitter.com/ for example). This is often referred to as “Social Business Software”, which has grown in popularity in recent years. I decided to do a…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
18%
Real Estate/Law Firm
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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Does Kentico provide good options for marketing?
Absolutely! I can't stress enough how important marketing is for the digital experience you're giving to customers. If you want to reach your clients through multiple channels, each type of content...
What is the content management system of Kentico like?
In my experience, Kentico has been a very flexible and easy-to-use content management system. Keep in mind that we haven't been using it for a while because our management decided to change DXPs fo...
What do you use Kentico for?
Hello, I think Kentico will serve you well as a digital experience platform and especially for commerce purposes. We at my company have been using this feature of the DXP as well because we recentl...
 

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