Date Published: March 31, 2019
Better Customer Communication
Whenever you get into a situation where you are not sure which version of Drupal to use, or you expect to get challenged by a client, my recommendation is to use the approach of putting together the pros and cons, and see what insights emerge.
This actually is a good follow-up to our discussion around Drupal 7 vs Drupal 8. So let's build a table for that case as an example.
This should be easily adaptable whenever Drupal 9 starts to be a thing. It also works for other technology discussions.
Note that this table doesn't intend to be a fully comprehensive list -- just a starting point to launch a conversation. It may even need some updating as new Drupal 8 minor releases bring more and more functionality.
| Criteria | D7 | D8 |
| Reusability (from D7 platform) | Very limited to none | Higher reusability between Drupal 8 and next versions (Drupal 9, etcâ¦) |
| Upgrade effort to next version | High | Low |
| Innovation | Low | High |
| Security | High until EOL (medium term) | High (Long term) |
| EOL | Short (3 to 5 years, maybe less) | High (>5 years) |
| Usability | Medium | High (Innovations coming fast) ** |
| Training (developers) | Low | Medium (PHP and OO developer should find it easier now thanks to less Drupalisms and more OO concepts) |
| Training (site builders) | Low if already familiar with Drupal 7 | Medium to Low (as usability is improving and Drupal 8 backend does not change massively) |
| | | |
| Cost of ownership | low | Low (minor upgrades a bit higher) |
| Cost of migration | high | Low (thanks to minor upgrades new philosophy, although it still needs to reach maturity) |
| Support of 3rd party devices (screens, iot, etc) | Low (via modules and some work) | In core |
| ADD YOUR CRITERIA | | |
| ADD YOUR CRITERIA | | |
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