Drupal vs Umbraco: Streamlined, Scalable, and Built for Marketers

Drupal was built for developers. Umbraco was built for teams. If your current CMS feels too complex, costly, or slow to evolve, it may be time to replatform. Scandia helps organizations migrate from Drupal to Umbraco, unlocking a simpler, faster, and more flexible digital experience.

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Say Goodbye to Developer Bottlenecks

While Drupal is powerful, it often requires heavy dev involvement for even minor content updates. Umbraco empowers marketers and content teams with a clean, editor-first interface and composable backend that supports rapid change.

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Developer-Heavy vs. Editor-First

Drupal: Requires technical expertise for most updates and publishing tasks.

Umbraco: Designed for marketers, with structured content models and intuitive UX.

Complex Configurations vs. Flexible Architecture

Drupal: High setup overhead and rigid architecture can slow down innovation.

Umbraco: Composable, modular design adapts quickly to evolving business needs.

High Maintenance vs. Low Overhead

Drupal: Frequent security patches, module conflicts, and performance issues.

Umbraco: Cleaner codebase, fewer dependencies, and optimized deployment workflows.

Steep Learning Curve vs. Easy Onboarding

Drupal: Long ramp-up time for both developers and editors.

Umbraco: Quick training, clear UI, and faster editorial adoption.

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Built to Unblock Marketing Teams

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Replatforming from Drupal to Umbraco is more than a technical upgrade—it’s a business decision. Umbraco gives your content creators the freedom to iterate without constantly leaning on developers. It helps marketing teams move faster and tech teams focus on higher-value priorities.

Why choose Umbraco over Drupal?
You’ll improve editorial agility, lower your maintenance burden, and gain a CMS that’s easier to manage and scale as your organization grows.

Reduce technical overhead and complexity

Umbraco offers a simpler, cleaner architecture that reduces reliance on custom modules and heavy development cycles.

Give control back to content teams

Empower marketers with an intuitive interface and content tools that make publishing fast and painless.

Accelerate time-to-market

Cut down on delays and launch new pages, features, and campaigns faster with Umbraco's streamlined workflows and editor-first structure.

Tired of Fighting with Drupal? Let's Make a Change.

We’ll help you plan, migrate, and relaunch your CMS with less friction and more flexibility. Modernize your marketing platform with Umbraco—and get your teams moving again.

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They’re tired of complex workflows, high developer dependency, and constant security updates. Umbraco simplifies content creation while still supporting enterprise scale.

Yes. Umbraco’s open architecture, extensibility, and custom content modeling deliver enterprise-grade flexibility without the bloat.

Most migrations take 10–14 weeks depending on site size, features, and integrations. We handle planning, mapping, development, and QA. And of course, if you need a redesign along with the migration we can tackle that as well! 

Absolutely. We migrate structured content, metadata, URLs, and apply redirects and best practices to protect your rankings.

Yes. Umbraco offers enterprise security, supports hosting on Azure or Umbraco Cloud, and integrates with authentication tools like Azure AD and OAuth.