Drupal vs. Squarespace

Drupal

379 Reviews and Ratings

Squarespace

318 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Drupal	Score6.9 out of 10	N/A	Drupal is a free, open-source content management system written in PHP that competes primarily with Joomla and Plone. The standard release of Drupal, known as Drupal core, contains basic features such as account and menu management, RSS feeds, page layout customization, and system administration.	N/A
Squarespace	Score8.6 out of 10	N/A	Squarespace is a CMS platform that allows users to create a DIY blog, eCommerce store, and/or portfolio (visual art or music). Some Squarespace website and shop templates are industry or use case-specific, such as menu builders for restaurant sites.	$25 per month

Pricing

Drupal

Squarespace

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Basic: $25
per month
Core: $36
per month
Plus: $56
per month
Advanced: $139
per month

Pricing Offerings
Drupal	Squarespace
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Drupal	Squarespace
Considered Both Products	Drupal.org Rae Carson Communications Strategist in Marketing at Institute for Cultural Communicators (Non-profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Drupal I inherited Drupal from a developer who made the website for our nonprofit many years ago. It was increasingly obvious that it wasn't a fit for our organization, which has multiple staff and volunteers who need to edit or update the website but don't have coding experience. Wix … Incentivized Helpful? Lindsay Halsey Co-Founder in Marketing at webShine (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Drupal We have used many content management systems — WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, ExpressionEngine, and more. Drupal is more powerful and flexible than most. Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Deakyne Academic Services Manager in Information Technology at The University of Kansas (Higher Education, 10,001+ employees) Chose Drupal I've used Squarespace and WordPress for other businesses, and Drupal was honestly selected due to cost. It does a good job of scaling across our organization - and many units have benefited from having a space to provide content. Squarespace is more modern, and WordPress may … Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Montgomery CTO in Manufacturing at Animal Necessity (Veterinary, 11-50 employees) Chose Drupal Drupal excels at allowing seasoned programmers to really get creative with marketing initiatives in terms of working with a theme and the core code. That being said, it is definitely much more challenging for average developers and front-end builders to use, especially at … Incentivized Helpful? Kyle Reichelt Senior Project Manager in Information Technology at OnMetric (Internet, 11-50 employees) Chose Drupal Drupal is certainly a more complex animal, comparatively. But its power lies in its flexibility, extensibility, and stability. And the API is fantastic. There's really nothing else like it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Drupal Between these products, as a developer I would most likely go with Drupal unless I had a very specific reason to go with something else. To put it simply, Drupal is capable of anything that these other products can do. It may take a little longer to configure it in some cases, … Incentivized Helpful? Thomas Ongeri Frontend Developer in Engineering at Code and Theory (Design, 201-500 employees) Chose Drupal Drupal is highly customizable unlike WordPress and Joomla. It may take a longer time to set up but it works well for the needs of the organizations it is set up for. Incentivized Helpful?	Squarespace Sean Pomory Digital Media Specialist in Marketing at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare (Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Squarespace Again, Squarespace is the best option for small businesses seeking an e-commerce solution. If you need more robust features, look to Drupal or WordPress, depending on site size. Weebly or Wix are solid options for basic sites, but I personally have had significant issues with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Squarespace WordPress is much more flexible and offers a much broader and deeper range of capabilities that Squarespace. However, setting up a WordPress site can be quite time consuming in comparison, and you must commit to spending time regularly - at least once a month - to updating … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Squarespace SquareSpace is infinitely easier to use than any CMS I've used before. It's more reliable and saves a lot of time. I wouldn't recommend SquareSpace for large e-commerce sites or big government sites, but for small business, it's ideal. Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Drupal

Squarespace

Comparison of Security features of Drupal and Squarespace
Feature	Drupal 2.0 66 Ratings	Squarespace 8.5 59 Ratings
Role-based user permissions	2.066 Ratings	8.559 Ratings

Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Drupal and Squarespace
Feature	Drupal 7.7 63 Ratings	Squarespace 4.2 52 Ratings
API	9.358 Ratings	4.945 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language	6.054 Ratings	3.434 Ratings

Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Drupal and Squarespace
Feature	Drupal 5.3 69 Ratings	Squarespace 7.1 90 Ratings
WYSIWYG editor	1.062 Ratings	8.178 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness	9.366 Ratings	8.071 Ratings
Admin section	3.069 Ratings	6.089 Ratings
Page templates	4.068 Ratings	7.090 Ratings
Library of website themes	3.059 Ratings	7.087 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design	10.063 Ratings	7.386 Ratings
Publishing workflow	9.367 Ratings	6.278 Ratings
Form generator	3.064 Ratings	7.171 Ratings

Comparison of Web Content Management features of Drupal and Squarespace
Feature	Drupal 5.0 68 Ratings	Squarespace 7.0 80 Ratings
Content taxonomy	10.063 Ratings	6.768 Ratings
SEO support	1.063 Ratings	7.973 Ratings
Bulk management	10.059 Ratings	8.045 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions	2.062 Ratings	5.760 Ratings
Community / comment management	2.062 Ratings	6.760 Ratings

User Ratings
	Drupal	Squarespace
Likelihood to Recommend	2.0 (78 ratings)	9.4 (90 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.2 (18 ratings)	10.0 (4 ratings)
Usability	3.0 (10 ratings)	10.0 (4 ratings)
Availability	9.7 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	8.9 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	5.0 (4 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
In-Person Training	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	6.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	5.1 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)