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Drupal vs Microsoft Teams comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Drupal
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Web Content Management (5th), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (4th)
Microsoft Teams
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
166
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (4th), Enterprise Social Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Drupal and Microsoft Teams aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Drupal is designed for Web Content Management and holds a mindshare of 6.4%, down 6.8% compared to last year.
Microsoft Teams, on the other hand, focuses on Virtual Meetings, holds 2.7% mindshare, up 1.5% since last year.
Web Content Management
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

it_user628050 - PeerSpot reviewer
The best features are its extensibility and plug-ability. It has a very good authentication/authorization system.
The learning curve is the thing that scares most people away from using Drupal. With Drupal Version 8, it has taken a more standardized way by teaming up with the Symfony framework. This, however, is a double-edged sword. It takes you a step further away from the typical front-end developers that had found their gem in Drupal Versions 6 and 7. By its procedural nature, they were able to build semi-complex websites without any real programming and object oriented programming knowledge. Everything below Drupal 8 was aimed at being a procedural application where you can make changes by using hooks they provide in their code (a small amount were Object Oriented, but most people would never touch this). This allows for an easy way to modify existing pages for the non-programmers who know how to write scripts a little. But these hooks are very specific to Drupal itself (hence the steep learning curve) and aren’t very intuitive if you look at PHP frameworks/applications as a whole. The documentation on how to do things as a complete novice is only subpar in both Drupal 7 & 8. By now there are plenty how-to tutorials on how to do things in Drupal 7 luckily. With Drupal 8 they decided to use Symphony2 as the base framework for the system. This allows for best practices in that framework to be used and allow the vast community of symphony2 programmers to make a switch to Drupal since it leans closer to home than the procedural approach from the previous version. Almost everything is now Object Oriented and the amount of hooks (the old procedural approach) has been pushed back to a minimum. This makes it more difficult for the previously mentioned non-programmers. They are now looking at a huge time-investment to learn OO Programming to get started in Drupal 8. I believe this is the reason why Drupal 8 is making such a slow start compared to Drupal 6 & 7. It’s a good product but they made it so much harder for the people who can write basic PHP scripts. The main area of improvement would be better/more documentation and tutorials on how to do things in Drupal 8 at this moment. It’s a leap of faith for the non-programmers out there and some of them just completely thrown off by it. This is what incites projects like https://backdropcms.org/ where they fork Drupal 7 to keep it going after it reaches EOL.
Arun Srivastav - PeerSpot reviewer
Seamless presentation and collaboration enhance organizational productivity
There are three main areas for improvement: Firstly, AI capabilities should be integrated into Microsoft Teams to provide better transcript services and offer multiple language support. Secondly, it should allow participants to remain visible during presentations, enhancing interaction. Lastly, it needs broader integration capabilities with other products, like Salesforce ( /vendors/salesforce ), which is currently limited.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use a part of the solution called Acquia. The personalization portion of this is the most valuable aspect fo the solution."
"The feature I find most valuable is that Drupal is a framework and not only a CMS."
"You can build websites on it very quickly."
"It is good for big projects."
"The tool makes it easy for us to book meetings. It seamlessly integrates with the Office application which we are using for the last four years."
"It's great for meetings and even hybrid classes, for example, where the teacher has students attending in person and online at the same time. It's really convenient for that too, and I like that you can easily share presentations."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams for us is the ability to share files from OneDrive seamlessly."
"Organizing a meeting is very simple to do."
"The solution's scalability works well."
"You can add teams to a conversation. You can create reports, project plans, or many other things based on Microsoft solutions. It has improved communication between teams and within each team."
"Microsoft Teams is a scalable tool because it integrates with many other tools and different kinds of apps."
"All the functions I needed were supported very well, making the product very effective."
 

Cons

"It is a little bit simplified."
"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."
"At times, we encounter difficulties with remote access through Teams, which requires improvement."
"It would be better if Microsoft Teams can link us to the internet on the screen sharing mode during the meeting."
"There are some issues with stability."
"The setup of Microsoft Teams is not very easy, with occasional issues in driver installation and browser compatibility."
"Signing up for a new device for the solution is challenging."
"The UI can be further improved upon. When I used to use Skype, Skype was a small window that opened on your desktop. With Teams, when you use it, it occupies your full screen just like if you were in Word or Excel. Skype worked more like an app, which I preferred. I liked being able to use it in a minimized screen. If Teams could emulate that a bit, it would be a better user experience."
"Microsoft Teams could log in faster."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would like to see better pricing."
"We are using the free version of the solutions."
"The price is relatively high."
"The pricing for Teams is very competitive."
"Microsoft Teams is a cheap solution."
"The tool's price is part of MS Office 365 and I would rate its pricing five out of ten. The tool's licensing costs are monthly."
"You don't buy only the Teams license; you buy it as part of the Microsoft 365 bundle."
"I don't think the solution is as expensive as big Webex licenses. It doesn't usually offer one-on-one licenses, so it's hard to compare. It's more expensive than the Google equivalent, but you can't replace Microsoft Teams with Google's offering."
"I rate the tool's pricing a six out of ten. Its pricing is fixed."
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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%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Educational Organization
68%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
3%
Computer Software Company
3%
 

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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Microsoft Teams?
The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams for us is the ability to share files from OneDrive seamlessly.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams comes with Office 365 ( /products/office-365-reviews ) licenses like E3, but there are options for those who prefer not to pay for Teams by using alternative products like Slack ( /...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
The biggest issue with Microsoft Teams is switching identities, especially when communicating with external organizations. Users often don't know they have messages from another company unless they...
 

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Sample Customers

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