Compare Drupal and Chartbeat - Jul 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jul 16, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Drupal or Chartbeat?

Chartbeat is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Drupal, and Drupal is rated higher (87/100) than Chartbeat (82/100). Drupal offers users more features (4) than Chartbeat (3). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Drupal!

Looking for the right Content Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Drupal Vs. Chartbeat

Drupal : Drupal is a free software package that allows you to easily organize, manage and publish your content, with an endless variety of customization.Drupal is open source software maintained and developed by a community of 630,000+ users and developers. It's distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (or "GPL"), which means anyone is ...

Chartbeat: We are leaders of the real-time revolution. We partner with doers – editors, writers, marketers, developers, those who create and build the content that users see and interact with online – to deliver the data they need, when they need it. Our real-time information gives these front-line teams instantly understandable data on their users’ emerg...

Who is more expensive? Drupal or Chartbeat?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Content Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Drupal and Chartbeat.

Drupal price starts at $500 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Drupal is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Content Management software. Chartbeat price starts at $7,000 per year , When comparing Chartbeat to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Content Management software cost.

Bottom line: Drupal cost is around the same cost of Chartbeat.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Drupal Vs. Chartbeat based on some of the most important and required Content Management features.

Drupal: Data Import/Export, Online Customer Support, Rich Text Editor, Content Management.

Chartbeat: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

Drupal is suitable for companies of all shapes and sizes starting from local businesses to large and global corporations including news publishing, corporate, education, art, music, multimedia, community and social networking sites. Customers of the software include businesses of all sizes hailing from all major industries.

Drupal

ITQlick rating
(4.3/5)

starts at $500 per month

Drupal is an open source content management system that can help users to create all types of websites and applications starting from personal blogs to large enterprise applications. The content management syst...

Categories: Website Content Management, Content Management, CMS, Video Marketing.

Chartbeat

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $7,000 per year

Chartbeat is a real time web analytics and management solution for businesses of all sizes. It supervises the web traffic and also offers tracking of visitors and sources over the web. The software was ...

Categories: Data Analysis Tools, Dashboards & KPIs.

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Drupal: 4 Features

Data Import/Export
Online Customer Support
Rich Text Editor
Content Management

Chartbeat: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Drupal
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$500 per month
Functionality
8
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Chartbeat
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
82/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$7,000 per year
Functionality
5
IZEA
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
$149 per month
Functionality
3
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Syndigo
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
3
Advantag...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
6/10
License pricing
$79 per 2 users/month
Functionality
17

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.