Drupal vs Wordpress

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Drupal
Based on 37 reviews.
Wordpress
Based on 34 reviews.
Overview
The standard release of Drupal, known as Drupal core, contains basic features common to content management systems. These include user account registration and maintenance, menu management, RSS feeds, taxonomy, page layout customization, and system administration. The Drupal core installation can serve as a simple Web site, a single- or multi-user blog, an Internet forum, or a community Web site providing for user-generated content.
WordPress.com is a blog web hosting service provider owned by Automattic, "VIP" services and advertising. Registration is not required to read or comment on blogs hosted on the site, except if chosen by the blog owner. Registration is required to own, or post in, a weblog. All the basic and original features of the site are free-to-use. However, some features are available as paid options. There are nearly 60 million WordPress.com sites, which receive more than 100 million pageviews per day.
Sample Customers
Drupal
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
Wordpress.com VIP
Gigaom, Re/code, Grantland, National Post, TIME.com, National Post, LIN Media, NFL Blogs, Tim Ferriss, NextDraft, Metro UK, USA Today, Foreign Policy, NBC
WordPress
TIBCO Software, Code for America, Crosswise, Essio Shower, AdLemons, Applied Geographics
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Government
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Government
9%
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