What is Drupal?
Drupal is an open source CMS that stands out for its power and flexibility for complex websites. Where WordPress shines in simplicity, Drupal excels in enterprise scenarios: multilingual sites, complex permission structures, many content types, and integrations with business systems. It is used by governments, universities, media organisations and large companies.
Why Drupal is useful
Drupal is the choice when your website is more than a brochure. If you need complex workflows, multiple languages, advanced taxonomies or integration with enterprise systems, Drupal offers the robustness and scalability that other CMSs lack.
- Enterprise-grade: Built for complexity and scale
- Native multilingual: Full multilingual support without plugins
- Secure: Strict security standards and active security team
- Flexible content: Content types and relationships as needed
Time savings with Drupal
Drupal's strength lies in workflows and automation of content processes for large teams and complex organisations.
Content workflows
Define approval processes: draft, review, published. Content only goes live after approval.
Scheduled publishing
Schedule content for specific times, including automatic unpublishing.
Bulk operations
Apply changes to hundreds of content items at once via Views Bulk Operations.
Translation workflow
Manage translations with status tracking and workflow per language.
Hidden features that often go unused
Drupal is often underestimated or incorrectly deployed. These features make it particularly powerful:
- Layout Builder: Visually compose pages without code, but with enterprise control.
- Paragraphs: Flexible content components that editors can combine as building blocks.
- JSON:API: Drupal as a headless CMS with automatic APIs for all content.
- Config management: Version control of site configuration for safe deployments.
- Rules module: Event-driven automation without code.
- Webforms: Powerful forms with conditional logic and integrations.
Integrations with other tools
Drupal integrates with enterprise systems via modules and APIs:
Google Workspace
Microsoft 365
Zapier
Mailchimp
- SSO/SAML: Single Sign-On with Azure AD, Google Workspace, or other identity providers.
- CRM: Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics integrations.
- Marketing: Mailchimp, Marketo, HubSpot for marketing automation.
- Analytics: Google Analytics, Matomo, Adobe Analytics.
- CDN: Cloudflare, Fastly for performance and security.
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