Senior Drupal engineering: custom builds on Drupal 10 and 11, Drupal 7 end-of-life migrations, security and accessibility work, and flat-fee maintenance. We will tell you when WordPress is the cheaper, better call.
We treat Drupal as what it is: the CMS you reach for when content has real structure, permissions matter, and a site has to clear a security or accessibility bar that off-the-shelf builds cannot. Government portals, university sites, large editorial operations, multi-language enterprises. The work below is senior engineering on Drupal 10 and 11, not a theme install.
Here is the part the other agencies leave off the page: Drupal is the wrong tool for most small sites. A brochure site, a blog, a simple shop, those launch faster and cost less on WordPress, and we will say so and lose the sale. Drupal earns its keep when you have hundreds of content editors, granular roles, structured data, or a Drupal 7 site still running past its January 2025 end of life. When it is the right call, you want it built by people who have already done the migrations and the accessibility audits.
How we usually work. The first call is free and scoped: 30 minutes to work out whether you need a fresh Drupal build, a Drupal 7 migration, a security and accessibility audit, or a performance rescue. You leave that call with a fixed scope and a price, not a vague proposal.
Drupal pays back on structure and control. If you run a university with course catalogs, faculty directories and dozens of editors, or a government site that has to pass WCAG and keep an audit trail, or a media operation with real moderation workflows, Drupal is built for that out of the box. Multilingual is core, not a plugin. Roles and permissions are granular down to the field. If you instead need a five-page marketing site or a blog, Drupal is overhead you will pay for and never use, and we will point you at WordPress and build it there.
Drupal 7 reached end of life in January 2025. No more security patches from the core team, and the contributed modules you relied on are going quiet one by one. If you are still on it, you are running an unpatched public site, which is a problem your insurer and your security team already know about. The fix is a migration to Drupal 10 or 11, and it is not a click-upgrade: the data model changed, so we rebuild the content types, migrate the data, and re-implement custom functionality on the modern stack. We quote it after an audit, because the real cost is in how much custom code the old site carries.
Real numbers, since the rest of this results page hides them. A straightforward custom Drupal build starts around $20,000 and 8 to 12 weeks. An enterprise or government site with single sign-on, third-party integrations and an accessibility audit runs $40,000 and up. A Drupal 7 migration depends on the legacy code, so we scope it after the audit rather than guess. Maintenance retainers start at $500 a month and include the security patching that, on a public Drupal site, you do not skip.
Two of Drupal's strongest arguments, and the reason it still wins government and higher-ed work. Drupal has a dedicated security team that coordinates disclosures and ships advisories on a predictable schedule, so patching is a routine rather than a fire drill. On accessibility, the admin and the default themes are built to WCAG, which matters when a Section 508 or AA requirement is in your contract. We build to that bar from the start instead of bolting it on after a failed audit, and we hand over a site your own team can run, with the code and hosting in your name.
New to the platform? Start with our Drupal platform overview for where it fits and where it does not.
More on Drupal. Deciding between platforms first? Read our Drupal vs WordPress comparison. Planning a build? See the Drupal modules we install on every project, or browse the Drupal blog for migration and cost guides.
For the on-page side, our Drupal SEO guide covers the modules and settings we configure on every site.
Drupal Commerce is the open-source ecommerce engine for Drupal; our page weighs when it fits.
Custom site builds on Drupal 10 and 11, theme development, custom module work, content modeling, Drupal 7 to 10 or 11 migrations, accessibility and security audits, third-party and single sign-on integrations, and ongoing maintenance. Most projects are a build or a migration plus a maintenance retainer.
A straightforward custom build starts around $20,000 and 8 to 12 weeks. Enterprise and government sites with integrations and an accessibility audit start near $40,000. Migrations are quoted after an audit. If your project is a simple brochure site or blog under about $10,000, Drupal is the wrong platform and we will tell you so.
WordPress for most sites: blogs, marketing sites, small shops, anything where editors need to move fast and the budget is tight. Drupal when content has real structure, you have many roles and editors, multilingual is central, or you face a WCAG or security requirement. We build both, so the recommendation is honest rather than whatever we happen to sell.
Drupal 7 stopped getting security patches in January 2025, so staying on it is a live risk. The path forward is a migration to Drupal 10 or 11. Because the data model changed, it is a rebuild and migration rather than an in-place upgrade: we move the content, recreate the content types, and re-implement custom features on the modern version. We audit first, then quote.
For content-led commerce, yes, through Drupal Commerce, especially when the catalog sits inside a larger content site with complex permissions or B2B rules. For a store that is mostly a store, WooCommerce or Magento usually fit better and cost less. We will tell you which lane you are in before you commit.
Yes, both as standalone work and as part of a build or migration. The accessibility audit checks against WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 and comes with a prioritized fix list. The security audit covers module versions, configuration, user roles and the patching process. For government and higher-ed clients this is usually where we start.
Yes, on flat-fee monthly retainers from $500. That covers security patching on the core team's schedule, module updates, uptime monitoring, small changes and an SLA on production issues. You keep full access to the code and hosting; we do not lock anyone in.
A standard custom build runs 8 to 12 weeks. Enterprise and government builds with integrations take longer. Drupal 7 migrations vary with the amount of legacy custom code. You get a timeline with the fixed scope after the first call, not a guess up front.
30 minutes with a senior engineer. No salespeople. We respond within one business day with a brief outline.
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