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Drupal vs Twill: What are the differences?

Introduction

In this comparison, we will explore the key differences between Drupal and Twill, two popular content management systems used for building websites.

  1. Customization Flexibility: Drupal offers extensive customization options with its modular architecture, allowing users to create complex websites with varying requirements. Twill, on the other hand, focuses on simplicity and ease of use, offering limited customization options compared to Drupal.

  2. Learning Curve: Drupal has a steep learning curve due to its complexity and extensive features, making it more suitable for users with technical expertise. Twill is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive, making it easier for non-technical users to create and manage content on their websites.

  3. Community Support: Drupal has a large and active community that contributes to its development, provides support, and creates a wide range of modules and plugins. Twill, being a newer platform, has a smaller community and may have fewer resources and support available compared to Drupal.

  4. Scalability: Drupal is known for its scalability and is preferred for large and complex websites that require high levels of performance and customization. Twill is more suited for smaller websites with simpler requirements and may not be as scalable as Drupal for larger projects.

  5. Cost: Drupal is open-source and free to use, which can lead to lower overall costs for website development and maintenance. Twill, while also open-source, may have additional costs associated with premium features or support, depending on the specific requirements of the website.

  6. Ecosystem Integration: Drupal has a rich ecosystem of integrations with other platforms and services, making it easier to connect to external tools and technologies. Twill may have more limited integrations available, which could impact the ability to expand functionality and capabilities beyond the core features.

In Summary, Drupal offers extensive customization and scalability with a steep learning curve and strong community support, while Twill focuses on simplicity and ease of use with limited customization options and a smaller community.

Decisions about Drupal and Twill
Kamaldeep Singh

I usually take a slightly different tack because the technical level of people I usually am dealing with is lower. I tend to be pitching to decision makers and not tech people. A bit of my standard answer is below.

Wix and Squarespace are proprietary systems meant for unsophisticated users who want to build their own websites quickly and easily. While they are good for that specific use case, they do not offer any way to move beyond that if your needs arise. Since they are proprietary closed systems if you need something more advanced at some point your only option is to start over.

WordPress is an Open Source CMS that allows much more freedom. It is not quite as simple to setup and create a new site but if you are talking to me then you are not looking to build it yourself so that is really a non-issue. The main benefit of WordPress is freedom. You can host it on virtually any decent web hosting service and since it uses PHP and MySQL you can have virtually any developer take over a project without problem.

I believe in open source because of that freedom. It is good for me as a developer and it is good for my clients. If something were to happen to me or my company you would have no problem finding another qualified WordPress developer to take over the site in a totally seamless fashion. There would be no need to start from scratch.

Additionally the extensible nature of WordPress means that no matter what your future needs, WordPress can handle it. Adding things like e-commerce and custom quoting systems are just two examples of advanced solution's that I have added to WordPress sites years after they were first built.

WordPress is used by tiny one person businesses all the way up to major websites like the NY Times and I think it is right for this project as well.

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10 Years ago I have started to check more about the online sphere and I have decided to make a website. There were a few CMS available at that time like WordPress or Joomla that you can use to have your website. At that point, I have decided to use WordPress as it was the easiest and I am glad I have made a good decision. Now WordPress is the most used CMS. Later I have created also a site about WordPress: https://www.wpdoze.com

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Pros of Drupal
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    Stable, highly functional cms
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    Great community
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    Easy cms to make websites
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    Highly customizable
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    Digital customer experience delivery platform
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    Really powerful
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    Customizable
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    Flexible
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    Good tool for prototyping
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    Enterprise proven over many years when others failed
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    Headless adds even more power/flexibility
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    Open source
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    Each version becomes more intuitive for clients to use
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    Well documented
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    Lego blocks methodology
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    Caching and performance
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    Built on Symfony
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    Powerful
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    Can build anything
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    Views
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    API-based CMS
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    Amazing visual editor with drag & drop
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    Powerful and customisable admin console
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    Beautiful UI and easy to use
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    A CMS that I actually *like* to use!
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    Easy for publishers to create media-rich narratives
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    Ensures the integrity of your design system
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    Flexible with easy to use editors
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    Flexible and Powerful CMS. Easy to setup
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    Scaleable and easy to maintain
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    Incredibly simple and beautiful interface
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    Ensures the integrity of the design system
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    Scaleable and easy to maintain

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    Steep learning curve
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    What is Drupal?

    Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world.

    What is Twill?

    Twill is an open source CMS toolkit for Laravel that helps developers rapidly create a custom admin console that is intuitive, powerful and flexible.

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    What are some alternatives to Drupal and Twill?
    Joomla!
    Joomla is a simple and powerful web server application and it requires a server with PHP and either MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server to run it.
    WordPress
    The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family.
    Django
    Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.
    ProcessWire
    ProcessWire is an open source content management system (CMS) and web application framework aimed at the needs of designers, developers and their clients. ProcessWire gives you more control over your fields, templates and markup than other platforms, and provides a powerful template system that works the way you do
    Typo3
    It is a free and open-source Web content management system written in PHP. It can run on several web servers, such as Apache or IIS, on top of many operating systems, among them Linux, Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, macOS and OS/2.
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