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CoreMedia vs Drupal comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

CoreMedia
Ranking in Web Content Management
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Digital Asset Management (10th), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (8th)
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)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of CoreMedia is 2.3%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Drupal is 9.2%, up from 6.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Drupal9.2%
CoreMedia2.3%
Other88.5%
Web Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

VB
CDO at Intellidio
Provides effective workflow management and catalog management
Around three to four engineers are needed for the solution's deployment and maintenance. The solution's e-commerce integration feature has impacted our marketing efforts and catalog management. CoreMedia is stable and strong in terms of editorial things. The solution has helped our organization manage translations for different languages. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
it_user982032 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
A good product that helps me to manage complex digital solutions
My advice to others would be that Drupal is not only a CMS, you need to learn the Drupal fundamentals before to start the project. Drupal is a handy tool whenever you work on a digital infrastructure broad project and not only a simple website. So if you have a big project, you can use Drupal. But if you have a small website, like a blog or simple website, my advice would be not to use Drupal, because Drupal is too complex and the cost to maintain the platform can be too high, related to the value of your website, for example. If you have a website with a big product catalog, for example, in many languages and in many countries in the world, then Drupal is good. But if you have a simple website, like a portfolio or five page-website, you can use many other technologies that'd be simple to maintain and implement. On a scale from one to 10, I will rate Drupal an eight. In the next release, I would like to see basic page buttons and better integration with the analytics platform. A drag and drop function to create simple pages will also be handy. For example, if a customer wants to create a landing page, it should be easy for him or her to do so. I would also like to see better translation management.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CoreMedia is good for workflow management and user reviews."
"The feature I find most valuable is that Drupal is a framework and not only a CMS."
"Its scalability, content management practices, security and the community are valuable features."
"Being a community based product, the relationship with the product itself is providing back to the community."
"We now have more time to focus on crucial features that our client needs, like custom mail notifications, statistics, or other features that can give our clients business value."
"The velocity of its extensibility and prototyping is a valuable feature."
"You can build websites on it very quickly."
"Because of Drupal, we now have the ability to provide our customers with multilingual, multi-regional content to an extent that would not have been possible otherwise."
"Use Drupal if expandability is a must or if you are building a large website with various kinds of functionality."
 

Cons

"It is difficult to scale the solution with respect to the costs and infrastructure."
"I think the support needs to improve, as well as the integration with tracking and analytics systems."
"There are not enough Drupal developers to satisfy demand."
"The version upgrading process is very painful. Moving to a new Drupal version involves much more than building and configuring the new site."
"The admin interface has been lacking in usability."
"We had stability issues. I have a lot of 'Out of memory' issues."
"It has to improve the speed of the admin section. Sometimes you will get stuck while updating the configurations, especially because it uses AJAX in the interface."
"It needs a shorter learning curve."
"It needs better and more themes available for download, like you have in WordPress."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our customers pay a yearly licensing fee for the solution."
"I would like to see better pricing."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer with 51-200 employees
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
Comms Service Provider
16%
Retailer
13%
Healthcare Company
9%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
12%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CoreMedia?
CoreMedia is good for workflow management and user reviews.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CoreMedia?
Our customers pay a yearly licensing fee for the solution.
What needs improvement with CoreMedia?
It is difficult to scale the solution with respect to the costs and infrastructure. The solution's integration and multimedia could be improved.
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Sample Customers

Henkel, Deutsche Telekom and MASORANGE, Hoka, Ugg, Finnair, MaxMara, Emerson, The North Face, DMG Mori, Vans, Vodafone, TIM Brasil, TAP, Vans, UGG, Deckers
BMJ, The Economist, New Republic, SpaceX, Lush, Danone, Tesla Motors, Peugeot, Stanford Law, Harvard, Oxford University, MIT Media Lab, The Beatles, MTV UK, The Weather Channel, NBC, BBC, grammy.com, Mus_e du Louvre, Whitehouse.gov, London.gov.uk, Gouvernment.fr, New Zealand Government, The Prince of Wales, British Council, NYC Metropolitan Transport Authority, Gatwick Obviously
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