Why Businesses are Choosing Drupal 8 Over WordPress & Joomla
The Content Management System (AKA “The CMS”) is the front end of the website building platform that gives creative content makers, the ability to create and manage high-quality sites without the requirement to have extensive prior knowledge of website programming, development and markup languages.
The introduction of the CMS has been the birth of independence for countless new businesses and resulted in new careers and project opportunities. Your CMS is ultimately the gateway and the framework for your content marketing campaigns. Whilst your site content is king, your CMS also needs to keep up with your company goals and vision.
Choosing the right Platform & CMS for your business is integral. Simply “switching platform and CMS” is not just a click away, but an entire website rebuild. Statistics show that WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal – the “Big Three” – dominated the 2017 online world covering about 71% of the CMS Market. WordPress is the most prevalent CMS from a volume perspective, dominating 27.8% of all sites on the web (with about 50,000 new sites being created daily).
There's a vast number of platforms to choose from, so why do businesses select Drupal 8 over the famed WordPress and Joomla? Without further ado, let's compare the three:
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CMS |
Drupal |
WordPress |
Joomla |
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Released when? |
Released in 2001 by Dreis Buytaert |
Released in 2003 by Matt Mullenwegg |
Released in 2003 by Mambo |
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Number of Websites |
1.1 Million |
75 Million |
2.8 Million |
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Free Themes |
2000+ |
3000+ |
1000+ |
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Free Plugins |
26k |
44k |
5k |
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Cost |
Free |
Free |
Free |
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Market Share |
4.7% |
58.9% |
7.0% |
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Update Frequency |
30 Days |
40 Days |
36 Days |
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Level of Skill Needed |
3 |
1 |
2 |
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Ease of Use |
Requires Coding Skill |
Beginner-friendly |
Somewhat Beginner-friendly |
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Security Ranking |
1 |
3 |
2 |
WordPress and Joomla, without a doubt, are the most suitable platform for beginners. They are easy to use, have a user-friendly interface and a great variety of plugins and functionality. Drupal, among the three, is more advanced, secure and complex which is favoured in popularity with enterprise-level business websites.
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Pros |
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Drupal |
WordPress |
Joomla |
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Cons |
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Drupal |
WordPress |
Joomla |
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Considering the features, benefits and value propositions, you can see why majority of enterprise businesses looking for security and industry leading website capabilities, chose Drupal. With it’s main technology being PHP, as an open source platform and being a community run software project, it’s clearly the most technically advanced CMS.
Complex as it is, Drupal's foundation is stronger than others and most importantly has higher security. Drupal offers Scalability, Development and Growth. Having your website on Drupal will help your site evolve at the same speed as your business.
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