Drupal is a powerhouse CMS. It’s the kind of solution that gains value as you move from intermediate to advanced user, allowing you to build far more than WordPress or Adobe Experience Manager, while remaining completely free and open source.

Are you looking for basic page view analytics for a Drupal site? You do not need the complexity of Google Analytics, and you definitely do not want to show visitors yet another cookie consent popup?

Coming back to Drupal after years away, while working primarily as a frontend developer in the long-established React ecosystem with TypeScript and its surrounding tech stack, a natural question emerged: does starting new projects on Drupal in 2026 still make sense?