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A few years back if someone wanted to build a website from scratch, they had to either hire an expert or get their hands dirty by doing lots of coding. But over time, building websites has become increasingly easy.
Today, there are many free as well as paid platforms available for building websites.
In this article, I will compare two such platforms, Wordpress and Drupal, and will analyse it based on the following criteria.
- Usage Statistics
- Security
- Search Engine Optimization
- Business Goal
- Level of Skill Needed
- Cost
Let’s begin the face-off: WordPress Vs. Drupal.
WordPress Vs. Drupal
Usage Statistics
The first bout in the Drupal Vs WordPress fight is Usage Statistics.
Drupal was released in 2001, two years before WordPress.
According to W3tech.com, 37.6 % of the internet uses WordPress where whereas Drupal is only used by 1.6 % of people.
The main reason for WordPress being so popular is its user-friendliness. WordPress is easier to learn as compared to Drupal. A beginner can get the hang of the user interface of WordPress quite quickly whereas for Drupal it might take some time.
Winner: WordPress
WordPress Vs Drupal: Security
If a company is building or rebuilding their website, then the first thing that comes to their mind while developing a website is Security. Though, nothing is 100% secure; we can only try to achieve a high level of protection.
Technically both WordPress and Drupal are equally secure. The core programs for both are robust and regularly updated.
However, to customize and extend the benefits in WordPress, you need to use various third-party plugins and themes. These third-party themes and plugins make your website vulnerable. Due to its popularity WordPress attracts a large number of attacks.
On the other hand, Drupal has enterprise-level security. Drupal doesn’t rely much on third-party apps or plugins and has most of the features inbuilt into the themes, making drupal very secure.
Therefore, in terms of sheer Security Drupal is better than WordPress.
Search Engine Optimization
If your site does not rank well in terms of Search Engine Optimization, your website will not grow. Both WordPress and Drupal are good with SEO.
Google, or any other Search Engines, does not care about which platform you are using as long as you deliver competent and SEO friendly content.
Drupal has built-in SEO tool which allows automatic optimization of a website and makes SEO task easier.
In WordPress, you can use plugins such as All in One SEO Pack, Yoast SEO, etc. and they work pretty well.
Therefore, there is no clear winner in WordPress Vs Drupal from an SEO standpoint.
Business Goals
One of the most critical factors for any Business is choosing a platform which meets their business goals.
- For small business: For Blogging sites or small business, where you do not need heavy security and sophisticated features, WordPress is a better choice than Drupal.
- For Large Business: Drupal is highly customizable without the need for any plugins. While with WordPress, you will need a large number of plugins to achieve your goal. More third-party plugins will make your website more vulnerable and heavy. So, for an enterprise-level business website, Drupal is way better than WordPress.
Again, there is no clear winner in WordPress Vs Drupal from an Business Goal standpoint.
WordPress Vs Drupal: Ease of Usage
The next factor to consider is Drupal Vs WordPress is – “Ease of Use“
WordPress is user-friendly. You do not need much development knowledge; Only some basic understanding will serve you good. With the right combination of themes and plugin, you can build eCommerce sites, blogging sites and a lot more.
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Drupal is more developer-centric. Although Modules and extensions are available in Drupal, they are less compared to WordPress. So to build suitable custom functionality and custom looking website for your business, you need to be comfortable with HTML and PHP.
Winner: WordPress
Cost
WordPress and Drupal both are open source content management system written in PHP. Therefore, both give you a self-hosting platform to create and manage all of the content of your website. But still, it comes with some cost attached which easily can go up to hundreds and thousands of dollar based on the size of your project.
In WordPress, apart from the cost of Domain and Hosting you might need to invest in buying premium themes and plugins if you need certain advanced features.
Is Drupal Free of Cost? Yes. In Drupal, however, the significant cost would be the cost of the developer or the company which develops the website for you. Moreover, it would help if you had a support team available continually for taking care of the maintenance and update of your website.
Conclusion
Each content management system has its advantages and disadvantages. The key factor in choosing a CMS and platform to build your website is your business goal. So, choose the platform that fulfils your business goal efficiently.
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