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Drupal vs ExpressionEngine - A Designer’s Perspective:

I am primarily a web designer. I don’t know PHP really very well. Just enough to get by. So this comparison is best for front end developers or designers who need to learn a content management system and are considering one of these two.

A comparison and overview of ExpressionEngine and Drupal for front-end developers. This article should be helpful if you find the two coming up against each other when making a technology decision.

For the cons section, I would’ve chosen something else other than price as a con for EE. How about you?

Posted on Jun 27, 2012 by Ryan Irelan

Filed Under: ExpressionEngine 2, What They're Saying About EE

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Posted by Dan on 2012-10-15 13:38:55 One issue I have with EE's price isn't that it's too high for client projects, but it's too high to fiddle with in your spare time. Even a $1 price is going to deter most people who just want to get to know the software
Posted by Gavin Anderegg on 2012-07-10 19:19:42 Brett, have you given MojoMotor a swing? http://mojomotor.com/ $50 Also for those sites, EE may not be the answer and that's probably OK, it's hard for me to think that if they reduce prices, support won't suffer and they would shoot themselves in the foot. I think down the line Ellis knows this is something they want to address but I think it'll take awhile.
Posted by James on 2012-06-28 09:30:51 I should have been clearer. For small business projects that are mostly brochure sites with a contact form, adding (or absorbing) the $300 cost makes no sense when WordPress will achieve the same thing for free. For sites that have complex content models and/or membership requirements, I have no problem making the case for EE. It is clearly the best choice. I'd love to see EllisLab create a "Small Biz" license that includes core, channel, comment, pages, RSS and maybe the search modules and offers it for less than $299.95. Why buy a Cadillac when all you need is a perfectly reliable Chevy? For me, providing the best value for my client's needs is key and sometimes the best value is not EE. Because of that, price is a factor.
Posted by Brett on 2012-06-28 08:31:43 I cannot figure out the $300 is too much comment, how much are you charging for building a website? It's about 3 hours of my billable time, which when you compare it to how much time I save vs all the OS packages out there, is a net WIN/Savings for my clients.
Posted by James on 2012-06-27 22:01:09 I agree that cost is very much a factor for not choosing EE. The $300 price point for a commercial license is too high for small- to medium-sized businesses who are hearing "Drupal and Joomla are free and do the same thing!" if I could use EE for every project, I would, but I can't justify the cost much of the time.
Posted by Brett on 2012-06-27 09:05:01

Brett — 09:05 on 06.27.2012

I agree that cost is very much a factor for not choosing EE. The $300 price point for a commercial license is too high for small- to medium-sized businesses who are hearing “Drupal and Joomla are free and do the same thing!” if I could use EE for every project, I would, but I can’t justify the cost much of the time.

James — 22:01 on 06.27.2012

I cannot figure out the $300 is too much comment, how much are you charging for building a website? It’s about 3 hours of my billable time, which when you compare it to how much time I save vs all the OS packages out there, is a net WIN/Savings for my clients.

Brett — 08:31 on 06.28.2012

I should have been clearer. For small business projects that are mostly brochure sites with a contact form, adding (or absorbing) the $300 cost makes no sense when WordPress will achieve the same thing for free. For sites that have complex content models and/or membership requirements, I have no problem making the case for EE. It is clearly the best choice.

I’d love to see EllisLab create a “Small Biz” license that includes core, channel, comment, pages, RSS and maybe the search modules and offers it for less than $299.95. Why buy a Cadillac when all you need is a perfectly reliable Chevy?

For me, providing the best value for my client’s needs is key and sometimes the best value is not EE. Because of that, price is a factor.

James — 09:30 on 06.28.2012

Brett, have you given MojoMotor a swing? http://mojomotor.com/ $50

Also for those sites, EE may not be the answer and that’s probably OK, it’s hard for me to think that if they reduce prices, support won’t suffer and they would shoot themselves in the foot.

I think down the line Ellis knows this is something they want to address but I think it’ll take awhile.

Gavin Anderegg — 19:19 on 07.10.2012

One issue I have with EE’s price isn’t that it’s too high for client projects, but it’s too high to fiddle with in your spare time. Even a $1 price is going to deter most people who just want to get to know the software

Dan — 13:38 on 10.15.2012

@“Automattic and Acquia are two companies which have made a lot of money on top of open source web platforms. I

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