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Pros
"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.""We use a part of the solution called Acquia. The personalization portion of this is the most valuable aspect fo the solution."

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"One of the most robust, stable, secure, feature-rich CMSs on the market.""The speed in which you can take a CMS and make it a full-blown shopping cart with analytics tracking, SEO, user accounts, security, and ease of use through a robust framework of modules and plugins to enhance and promote-related content is about as turnkey as it gets with Joomla."

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"I would say they have a modern, flexible, agile content management system.""The most valuable features are its integration capabilities and advanced marketing suite."

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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."

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"I would like to see more back-end admin power pulled into the front-end, therefore the admins will not have to use the back-end as much, especially for the menu manager, user manager, etc. versus using third-party extensions to achieve this.""I would like to see the same sorting and attributes available through the web browser on the JED (sorting by free or commercial license, sort by rating, popularity, etc.) within the back-end Joomla Web Installer when browsing extensions."

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"They don't have a lot of libraries, which is something that they can improve on.""This product needs an out of the box Intranet/Extranet Solution."

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  • "I would like to see better pricing."
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  • "Joomla is open source, therefore free. Only hosting, the time to build it along with the training time is your startup cost."
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  • "The licensing fees are probably about $100,000 USD per year."
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    Anonymous User
    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 round-up of a couple of the more well known platforms and compare their products to Drupal. In this roundup we will be comparing Jive, Sharepoint and Drupal Commons. Drupal Commons is a popular distribution created by Acquia to compete with some of these other proprietary platforms. There are many other options out there, commercial and otherwise, to compare with Drupal but I want to focus on Jive and Sharepoint for a couple of reasons. I chose Jive because it is one of the leading competitors in this space in respect to market share. Next, I chose Sharepoint because I have some history with Sharepoint. This experience dates back to when I built www.adhe.edu with Sharepoint 2007 a few years ago. I subsequently wrote this blog entry about my experience shortly after joining Mediacurrent. This roundup will also act as a refresher for those who read my original “Drupal vs. Sharepoint” blog. Yammer, which was recently bought by Microsoft and is the tool we currently use for office communication will also get some mentions throughout this article. As I went through and tested each of these tools I used three main criteria in my evaluation Cost Ability to Customize Overall features… Read more →
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    Overview
    Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications
    Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications.

    Kentico is a high-quality digital experience platform that allows companies and organizations to reach customers across different channels through its content management, digital marketing, and e-commerce features. Kentico offers easy-to-use applications that allow even beginners to create a working DXP that will benefit their organization as well as the users on their platform. Kentico also provides a way for companies to track the satisfaction of their customers through a detailed customer data platform that is fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and other data regulations. Companies can receive insight into different target groups within their customer base. This top-quality feature of Kentico helps businesses to adapt to the needs of their customers and make their DX more successful.

    Kentico Features

    Kentico’s value-added features include:

    • Content management: Page builder, option for structured content, digital asset management, multilingual content, workflows and versioning, multi-site management.

    • Digital marketing: Kentico offers companies a variety of features regarding the creation of successful digital marketing for their brands, ensuring the vast reach of their content. Features in this category include market automation and personalization, content management, email marketing, social marketing, recommendations, search, form builder, and SEO optimization.

    • Digital commerce: Shopping cart and checkout process, payment and shipping options, promotion and discounts, product information management and multi-store management, and commerce integration. To provide you with the ability to reach an international client base, Kentico also offers multilingual shopping.

    • Customer data: An efficient digital experience platform should be able to provide companies with the ability to track and analyze customer data to be able to act accordingly and improve its services to benefit clients. Kentico offers features that include contact management, segmentation, activity tracking, lead scoring, personas, and data protection, to ensure that the DXP complies with all data protection regulations.

    • Analytics: Kentico also offers features like A/B testing, web analytics, and reporting, to provide companies with data about performance of the DXP.

    • Platform: Headless API, deployment tools, MVC development, and cloud deployment help businesses build and maintain their digital experience platforms.

    • Integrations: There are various integration features that this DXP provides for its clients, including out-of-the-box integrations, translation management, and integration bus.

    Kentico Benefits

    The Kentico digital experience platform offers its users the following benefits:

    • Easy content management
    • Ability to maximize ROI
    • Option to launch a DXP with low to no code
    • Digital experience maturity
    • Solutions for multichannel marketing

    Reviews from Real Users

    Kentico is a modern, flexible and agile content management system, according to the President at a tech services company that uses the DXP for UI and website development.

    Sample Customers
    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
    Artisan Web and Print, HLVC Design, Media A-Team Inc, Holdingbay - Tristan Bailey, Molehill Web Works, Sysgen Media, Pappy Productions, Inc., Turn To The ProsPB Web Development, LC Publishing - LambCottage Foundation
    Gibson Musical Instruments, Mazda, Segway, Twinings, Ingram Micro, Allergan, Kingspan
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Marketing Services Firm20%
    Media Company20%
    Non Profit20%
    Retailer10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government16%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Government12%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Real Estate/Law Firm13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise28%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise64%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business100%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business34%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise45%