# Page 3 | Drupal Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 3 - Is Drupal the right Content Management solution for you? Explore 453 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/119594/Drupal/reviews --- Drupal 4.2 (453) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/119594/Drupal/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of Drupal ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 453 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use DLM Diego Luis M. Owner E-Learning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The most complete to create an excellent content portal" February 19, 2023 5.0 Using Drupal is a great experience, because it allows you to really be in control of what you want to create. It is very stable and if the goal is to have a CMS that really stands out and looks professional to clients, Drupal is ideal. Pros \*It allows a wide variety of possibilities over all if you are looking to create a robust and attractive CMS\*It has integrations with many critical and important modules that allow us to greatly expand the possibilities of our CMS\*Personalization is very easy\*It has a good community where templates, security reports, support and answers to questions or problems are shared.\*It is very scalable. You can use it both if you just want to create a blog, or if you need a portal at a professional level. Cons \*Can be a bit overwhelming at first with the amount of customization options and settings\*It has many blocks and modules, this will take you a bit of time to learn how to navigate between the different sections Alternatives considered [Moodle](https://www.capterra.com/p/80691/Moodle/)[WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/)[Joomla](https://www.capterra.com/p/161648/Joomla/)[osCommerce Online Merchant](https://www.capterra.com/p/177166/Online-Merchant/) Review Source Luis Enrique C. Freelancer Design Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Interesante para la creación de sitios Web" September 19, 2023 5.0 Pros Estoy muy satisfecho con la flexibilidad y capacidad de personalización de Drupal. Es muy interesante el poder gestionar el contenido y la creación de sitios web dinámicos de una manera más accesible, esto gracias a sus módulos y temas. Sin duda Drupal ha impulsado mi eficiencia en el desarrollo web y me ha permitido crear proyectos altamente funcionales y atractivos. Cons Sería muy beneficioso que implementaran un proceso de instalación más amigable para un público con poco conocimientos en temas de programación y CMS. Esto atraería a una audiencia más amplia y facilitaría la adopción de esta poderosa plataforma. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Product owner Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great software made by a great community that uses and enforces best practices" August 22, 2019 5.0 Pros With Drupal, you can make almost anything you can imagine even (and mostly) complex sites/apps without the need for starting from scratch. This is possible because of its great (in terms of quality and size) community and contributed modules. Some features I like the most of Drupal: - Myriad of contributed modules - Security - Possibility to work with several environments and replicate a site/config/contents from code - Great documentation, repositories, issues... everything you need in one place - Backend allows managing most of the tasks using a great user interface - Multilingual - Community - Encourages and enforces best practices - Possibility to perform most actions from command line - ... Cons It has a steep learning curve Last 8.x version requirements are quite elevated Review Source alexandra A. Marketing Design Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Drupal es un CMS muy interesante" November 16, 2022 5.0 Yilizo Drupal para algunos blogs en donde necestio versatilidad y mayor manejo del contenido. Sin complicaciones para quellos del equipo que no tienen mucho conocimiento sobre manejo y administración de la web. Hasta el momento a sido una experiencia muy buena. Pros Drupal es un CMS muy interesante con funciones muy completas y con una plataforma entendible. Contiene muchas funciones y temas. Además, puede ser utilizada por usuarios de diferentes niveles en técnicas para la administración de contenido y sitios web. Cons Existen complicaciones cuando intentas migrar de otros CMS como Wordpress a Drupal. Sería interesante pudieran añadir una opción de migración más eficiente. Review Source Eric R. B. Chief Product Officer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Drupal's time has passed" June 17, 2021 3.0 I've configured Drupal for many customers and while it was good for our bottom line because they needed to ask us to do a lot of work for them, it meant building so much that it took much longer than if we'd just thrown someone on WordPress and used plugins. Drupal has a lot of power, but the tradeoff is usability and approachability. Pros Drupal has a lot of power if you have gotten past the learning curve and don't mind excessive configuration to get your website up. This is definitely an engineer's dream in that you have a lot of control over what you do and you can build your integrations to do some powerful stuff, like publishing to multiple sites. Cons Everything requires configuration and it is highly unfriendly to non-technical users. Additionally, the option to use WordPress is so much more attractive if your administrators are going to be non-engineers. Alternatives considered [WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/)[Silverstripe CMS](https://www.capterra.com/p/210803/Silverstripe-CMS/)[Joomla](https://www.capterra.com/p/161648/Joomla/) Reason for choosing Drupal The customer asked for it. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Frontend Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Ultimate Content Management Powerhouse" June 23, 2023 4.0 I appreciate the depth and complexity of Drupal, as it empowers me to tackle complex projects and implement advanced features. The supportive community has been invaluable, providing assistance, updates, and a wealth of knowledge Pros As a Drupal user, one of the things I love most about it is its unparalleled flexibility and extensibility. Drupal's modular architecture allows me to create and customize websites and applications to meet client needs Cons there are a few aspects that could be considered challenging for some users. One aspect that can be a bit overwhelming, especially for beginners, is the learning curve associated with Drupal's complexity. The system can be quite intricate and may require a significant investment of time and effort to grasp its full potential Switched from [WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/) client needs Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Program Analyst I Political Organization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Drupal is great for basic content management " July 26, 2021 4.0 Drupal is great for basic content management - its a great platform and gets the job done. Pros I like that Drupal is a pretty easy platform to navigate yourself. It's nice to have both a "staging" and "editing" mode so that you can really see the content before its published. I also like that Drupal keeps it simple for the most part on options. Cons Drupal could definitely be improved by offering more options and customization. The platform can be limited for content that includes long or large files. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Product Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful but can be tiring" April 15, 2019 3.0 Pros It's very, very flexible and ultimately enables you to use it for a wide range of applications. There's a very strong community to back it up which means that instead of having to write your own bespoke drupal modules, there's normally one already waiting for you on drupal.org. With very configurable permissions, you can allow regular users to have sessions with varying levels of access. Cons There's been a lot of security advisories for this software over the last year. Most weeks, I've had to support some issue or another and they just keep coming. Drupal 8 is an entirely different beast to Drupal 7 too so there's a whole lot to learn if you'd previously developed on 7. In addition, the APIs underneath the hood of Drupal often make it quite a long process developing with Drupal. There are a lot of quirks to learn about before you can really get stuck in. Review Source Sean P. Digital Media Specialist Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Drupal is a Beast!" November 16, 2018 4.0 Drupal gets us up to speed on projects quickly. Even though it can be a pain to learn, the effort is well worth it. It's flexibility is remarkable, and the API/de-coupled movement is well represented in Drupal 8. With this framework in place, it allows us to grow and build custom apps without having to upgrade for the foreseeable future. Pros Comprehensive CMS. Powerful, can handle a lot of requests quickly and efficiently. Great user management. Consistent upgrade life cycle with clear goals. Easily create and manage multiple content types. Crazy customization options for content types and users. Huge community with a lot of active support and plugins. Cons Minor features, like calendar functionality, found in other CMS's simply don't work. Drupal 7 and 8 both have this issue. Drupal's reliance on nodes can be difficult for a newcomer. Not the best solution for small sites. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer RPA Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to Use, Hard to master CMS" September 8, 2018 5.0 I've used a few CMS such as Joomla before, but Drupal is the one that my team and I consistently go back to. For some of our key sites, this is a great tool to use. I have members on the team that are well versed in PHP and CSS so this is relatively easy for them to work with. We've used Drupal for a few in house websites ranging from relatively simple blogs to enterprise level business sites. The team has been using Drupal since Drupal6 and we're now at Drupal8. Drupal's best selling point over many CMS is in its flexibility and the multitude of options available for the users. Pros I really like the options that are available with Drupal; themes, modules,etc. I particularly enjoy having the ability to use themes and having options to create and use custom themes. It's a bit challenging to install and deploy the first time, but the themes themselves are incredibly easy to write if you have knowledge of CSS. I also feel that Drupal is well supported with forums, an established community documentation, and a decent slack channel. Cons I think that the old adage, "Easy to learn, hard to master" applies really well to Drupal. The layout and feel of Drupal is not really naturally intuitive. Furthermore, while it's not necessarily a con, but it feels like there really are almost too many modules and features available. Some of them share very similar functionalities and novice users may choose a less fleshed out/established option. However, I feel that this is typical of many open-source CMS software and it's something that can be easily overcome with experience. Review Source AR Anita R. Project Manager Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Drupal – a cozy platform for websites creating " March 5, 2019 5.0 Drupal is a great opportunity for non-technical users to publish content to website on their own. There is an uncountable number of themes, which you can use for your website. Drupal updates each month, so you can be sure that each day people work on improvements. I recommend using Drupal. It is a reliable and flexible platform. The level of security is pretty high. But the most important thing is that Drupal will help you to create a professional website without coding. Do not doubt. It worth using it. Pros When I started using Drupal, I understood why so many government agencies used it. It is really robust. I like that Drupal propose a lot of different modules like video, membership, commerce. Thanks to them you may add new features to your website. What is important – each module have submodules, which help to add only those blocks which you need. But the best is that you may combine different functions of different modules. Cons I wish Drupal admin panel was more modern. Everything is too sharp and “grey”. When started using it for the first time, it did not seem to be very intuitive, but I got used to it quickly. Also I dislike that there is no simple drag-and-drop builder. It still takes not little time to create a new layout. I worked with WordPress for several years and must admit it was a little bit easier to navigate. Maybe the reason was that WordPress has fewer features than Drupal, but still. Review Source Jarett S. Front End Web Developer Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Drupal - a CMS that could use an UX upgrade" March 9, 2019 4.0 Hopefully the new decoupled admin built in react will make for a better UX experience that will draw more attention to the system's strengths versus it's downfalls Pros Drupal is extremely versatile for people who have used it for a while. You get the options of being in an ecosystem for large scale development CMS software and it's all open source. Cons What can be extremely useful can also be horribly complex and not without it's challenges. Drupal 8 has gen going through some growing pains leaving devs a mystery in which path they should take without being left out. The community seems to talk in closed circles sometimes and you are left wondering if you made the right dev choice. <- this isn't a joke the webforms mess at the beginning of the drupal 8 cycle was a shit show. Review Source Lucila Z. Freelancer Design Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "flexibilidad y escalabilidad" September 26, 2023 5.0 Pros Drupal es mi elección indiscutible para el desarrollo web por su flexibilidad y escalabilidad que lo hacen un CMS impresionante. La capacidad de crear sitios altamente personalizados y la gran comunidad de apoyo han elevado mi productividad. La gestión de contenido es eficiente, y su arquitectura modular permite una adaptación perfecta a las necesidades del proyecto. Cons Me gustaría tener mayor libertad para manejar los archivos css de la web para una mayor personalización, por lo demás Drupal esta genial. Review Source SG Samuele G. Web Developer Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Ottimo CMS per la creazione di siti, sia semplici che complessi" December 20, 2023 4.0 Pros Ho utilizzato Drupal per diversi anni per creare siti di vario genere: comunicazione, vetrina ed e-commerce. E' un CMS estremamente personalizzabile, e ti permette di fare qualsiasi cosa. Cons CMS non proprio intuitivo e semplice, ci vuole tempo per imparare ad utilizzarlo a 360°. Inoltre la maggior parte delle modifiche deve essere effettuata tramite codice, quindi se non si è esperti si rischia di fare danni o non riuscire ad ottenere il risultato voluto. Review Source Andrés E. B. Community Manager Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Are you looking for an efficient, safe and easy to use CMS?" August 25, 2018 5.0 The installation of this CMS in the company for which work has been very useful. In our case, we use it to move content oriented to the internal public and the results are remarkable. Both in the ease it offers to work day by day and in the scope of our audiences. In particular I think it is a means with excellent features that are worth trying. Pros What I liked the most about Drupal is its performance, its safety standards and versatility. These are features that offer a truly pleasurable user experience. Cons As administrator of websites, I consider that although its characteristics and usability are extraordinary, its installation may need knowledge oriented to the technical area. I refer to this point, because at present there are other CMS that can be used without having that kind of knowledge. Review Source Cristian V. Software Developer Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Want to use an unnecessarily complex CMS? Drupal is for you" December 5, 2019 4.0 Painful at least. There are several times where we have been affected by bugs that, after digging in a little, we found that had been there for 5 or 6 years with no solution. If you are starting out a new project, I don't recommend using it unless you require some specific feature. For example, drupal permissions management is excellent. If you don't require something that you know only drupal can provide, go with something else. You will save a lot of frustration. Pros Some of its design choices make sense, and actually help you set up a complex site without diving in too deep. Cons Unnecessary complex. The software cannot evolve at the same rythm of the web. Some packages that were crucial in Drupal7 are still in Beta in Drupal8, and several years have passed. Basically if you choose to go with Drupal, you are on your own. Review Source Muhammad Adil M. Technical Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Drupal" July 7, 2021 4.0 If you want to make your site for corporates, enterprise, institutions or governments you can count on drupal. It gives you wonderful digital experience to implement. Pros Best security features as compare to other CMS in market. Huge community and support for developers. There are lots of free module available. With high scalability and support for multilingual features makes it one of the top contender. Cons A bit more complex as compared to others and you need bit of coding skills to master it. There are issues in speed if optimization is not properly done Review Source Romaric S. Web designer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Drupal" November 23, 2022 5.0 Drupal offers more advanced Content management facilities which in my opinion are very suitable for larger businesses with large content management needs and it's a nice work tool for professional developers too. Pros From its framework system to all other extensive functionalities, Drupal performs extremely well. It offers a lot of customization features that are suitable for designing large and complete websites.Drupal offers a more advanced security grid which is best to avoid website phishing or any other forms of web attacks.There is quite a large quantity of training resources available for new users and the community support solution is also great. Cons What made me migrate off Drupal is the fact that it's designed mostly for advanced web designers. The workstation is not beginner-friendly even though, I do enjoy its performance. Review Source PL Phillip L. Digital Content Manager Sports Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Leaving Drupal behind" September 9, 2021 3.0 It makes building involved content a chore in many instances. Having used it for years, the problems and glitches have built up and left a bad impression. Moving on from the system next year and pretty excited about it. Pros Has provided a sturdy and decent website publishing experience for years. Cons Not sure the more recent versions have 'found a groove' when it comes to publishing various content formats. Seems inflexible and not easily customizable. Alternatives considered [WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/) Reason for choosing Drupal To be honest, I don't know. I guess loyalty to the company we were working with. Review Source Gustavo M. Manager Graphic Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Sí me gustó Drupal" October 22, 2022 5.0 En general me ha brindado resultados satisfactorios. Muy sofisticado y eficiente. Hasta el momento llena mis espectativas. Pros Producto muy fácil de usar. Es muy bueno para la organización de contenidos. Tiene una gran cantidad de plugins disponibles. Los resultados son siempre satisafactorios. Cons En general me parece muy bueno, pero no me parece que sea recomendable para principiantes, si no más bien para desarrolladores más experimentados.Cada vez hay más plugins de paga y menos gratuitos de calidad. Alternatives considered [WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/)[Joomla](https://www.capterra.com/p/161648/Joomla/) Reason for choosing Drupal Por buena reputación en el mercado. Review Source IF Imad F. Marketing Specialist Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great for multiple teams in different Regions" September 27, 2020 4.0 Overall, it gives me the peace of mind that I don't need to learn coding to update my website. Pros Once it's set-up, which I'm sure would be a complicated task, it gets very easy to modify things on the website. Even people who don't know website building, can easily update their websites. Cons Once the webiste is built, there is not much room to move around, be creative. The design layout is fixed and no place where you can modify them, as a user ofcourse. Alternatives considered [Wix](https://www.capterra.com/p/169007/Wix/) Reason for choosing Drupal More secure, easier for multiple team members to work on it and update it. Switched from [WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/) You need to know some amount of coding for this which wasn't helping me and my team. Review Source Jim K. Owner Entertainment Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Drupal is fast and reliable." November 14, 2021 5.0 Overall, I am very happy with Drupal. I have zero regrets with it. Pros The Drupal platform is solid. It responds to input quickly and it has never crashed on me. The interface is clean and organized. There are a lot of modules and themes available. And the community is helpful. When I had questions, I was able to get answers within a business day. Cons I would like to see major versions released more often. Alternatives considered [Joomla](https://www.capterra.com/p/161648/Joomla/)[Shopify](https://www.capterra.com/p/83891/Shopify/) Reason for choosing Drupal The open source community behind Drupal. Review Source BM Ben M. Head of Development Technologies Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "More than a CMS--An incredibly powerful site building and management tool!" March 31, 2018 5.0 Pros It's open source! You can build just about anything with it, and you can do most things right within the user interface. Many things you can do in the UI such as building complex views are quite simple once you know the process, and would require writing complex code or database queries in most other systems. The community is excellent and there are thousands of free contributions. Drupal is great about security releases and about reviewing the security of Drupal core as well as the contributed space. Powerful theming layer using Twig templates in Drupal 8+. Drupal Commerce allows for a powerful e-commerce system. Cons The admin interface is not always intuitive for non-technical users. There's a learning curve involved with Drupal and many of its major contributed modules. Requires contributed modules for, or just entirely lacks, some features which users unfamiliar with the technical aspects of Drupal might expect. Drupal can be slow compared to some other systems, but its great caching layer mitigates this. Review Source OS Omar S. Technical Coordinator Used the software for: 2+ years ### "very capable, extensible web framework, sort of beastly under the hood" June 27, 2018 4.0 Pros Can format/present/lay-out a website in almost any imaginable way. Perms and auths allow for easily varied professional/enterprise workflow (versus something like Wordpress that seems intended for SoHo sites). Lots of good features for optimizing complex pages. Scales up well for high-volume. Large community, lots of support options. A whole ton of contrib code offers multiple ways to do most things you might want to do within the context of Drupal. Cons Very steep learning curve. relatively heavy system requirements. Abtruse jargon/mechanisms. Out of the box, it's not even vaguely ready to use. Newer releases have emphasized gee-whiz features and change-for-change's sake, making internal APIs increasingly complex without adding a lot of value. Drupal8 is a lot more top heavy than Drupal7, and abandoned much of the contrib code base for little practical gain. The common PHP name space combined with many contrib authors can make for code instability, though the community is better at that than it used to be. Review Source William T. Technical Director / Owner Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I wants to marry Drupal" December 16, 2017 5.0 Pros Being a developer its hard not to love Drupal -- with their recent update to Drupal 8 and moving to a Symfony2 backend and Twig templating system, its become bulletproof. Also, Composer is now built in to manage dependencies. The developer community is incredible and all modules are peer-reviewed by the community. This way you know the code you are getting is safe and sound unlike competitors...\*cough\*wordpress\*cough\* Cons The migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 may be hard for some developers to swallow. A lot has changed, but almost all for the better. Drupal 8 modules are still a bit slow to be ported from Drupal 7. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Content Management](https://www.capterra.com/content-management-software/)[Document Management](https://www.capterra.com/document-management-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.