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Drupal

Read 37 Drupal reviews
1,757 views|1,233 comparisons
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Kentico

Read 2 Kentico reviews
504 views|357 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
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Web Content Management
March 2024
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Drupal and Kentico based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Featured Review
Anonymous User
Being free to extend or alter it is important for us.
It gives the company the ability to quickly spin up ideas, and the scalability to take them further if required.
Adrian Bradley
The advanced marketing suite has helped us to establish our US business
It has helped us establish our business in the USA and allows us to work with a range of corporate clients.
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
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Pros
"You can build websites on it very quickly.""The feature I find most valuable is that Drupal is a framework and not only a CMS.""We use a part of the solution called Acquia. The personalization portion of this is the most valuable aspect fo the solution.""It is good for big projects."

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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
"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.""It is a little bit simplified."

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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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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I would like to see better pricing."

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  • "The licensing fees are probably about $100,000 USD per year."

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    Comparison Review
    Anonymous User
    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 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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    Does Kentico provide good options for marketing?
    Top Answer:Absolutely! I can't stress enough how important marketing is for the digital experience you're giving to customers. If you want to reach your clients through multiple channels, each type of content… more »
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    What is the content management system of Kentico like?
    Top Answer:In my experience, Kentico has been a very flexible and easy-to-use content management system. Keep in mind that we haven't been using it for a while because our management decided to change DXPs for… more »
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    What do you use Kentico for?
    Top Answer:Hello, I think Kentico will serve you well as a digital experience platform and especially for commerce purposes. We at my company have been using this feature of the DXP as well because we recently… more »
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    out of 48 in Web Content Management
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    1,757
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    11th
    out of 48 in Web Content Management
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    357
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    Comparisons
    SharePoint logo
    SharePoint vs. Drupal
    Compared 16% of the time.
    WordPress logo
    WordPress vs. Drupal
    Compared 12% of the time.
    Adobe Experience Manager logo
    Adobe Experience Manager vs. Drupal
    Compared 11% of the time.
    Magnolia CMS logo
    Magnolia CMS vs. Drupal
    Compared 8% of the time.
    Atlassian Confluence logo
    Atlassian Confluence vs. Drupal
    Compared 7% of the time.
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    Adobe Experience Manager logo
    Adobe Experience Manager vs. Kentico
    Compared 26% of the time.
    WordPress logo
    WordPress vs. Kentico
    Compared 22% of the time.
    HubSpot CMS Hub logo
    HubSpot CMS Hub vs. Kentico
    Compared 21% of the time.
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    Drupal
    Kentico
    Overview
    Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and 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
    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 Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Real Estate/Law Firm13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise28%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise44%
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    March 2024
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    Drupal is ranked 5th in Web Content Management while Kentico is ranked 11th in Web Content Management. Drupal is rated 8.6, while Kentico is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Drupal writes "Through my different companies, we have developed many Drupal sites, from simple ones to complex E-commerce sites and custom made applications. The UI could be improved, though". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kentico writes "The advanced marketing suite has helped us to establish our US business". Drupal is most compared with SharePoint, WordPress, Adobe Experience Manager, Magnolia CMS and Atlassian Confluence, whereas Kentico is most compared with Adobe Experience Manager, WordPress, HubSpot CMS Hub, Sitecore Experience Platform and Liferay Digital Experience Platform.

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