Drupal Features
Structured content, APIs in core, and AI agents out of the box. Acquia handles the patching, upgrades, and scaling, so your developers can build.
Open by Design, Managed by Acquia
Drupal gives you the freedom to build. Acquia handles the rest.
Built for AI Before AI Was the Requirement
Agents are only as good as the content and controls they work with. Drupal has had both for more than a decade.
- Any agent, any model. Connect assistants such as Claude through MCP, and switch among 48+ AI providers without rewriting code.
- On-brand, and approved by humans. The Context Control Center keeps agents on your brand voice, and agents inherit the same roles and workflows as your editors.
- Agents inside Acquia Source. Acquia AI Advisor answers Acquia and Drupal questions, and agents work inside the access model you set. (Limited Availability for build and diagnose agents.)
- Connect any agent with Model Context Protocol (MCP). The MCP Server module exposes Drupal capabilities to AI assistants such as Claude, with OAuth 2.1 authentication. The MCP Client module lets Drupal call external MCP servers in turn.
Build Sites With Drupal CMS and Canvas
Drupal CMS is Drupal with the setup already done.
- Build visually. Drag components into Drupal Canvas and preview changes live.
- Start from a template. Install industry site templates and add features with Recipes.
- Try it free on Acquia. Run Drupal on Acquia Cloud Platform for two weeks, or build simpler sites on Acquia Source CMS from a prompt.
Write It Once, Publish It Everywhere
Drupal stores content as structured data, so one update reaches your website, apps, and AI assistants.
- Deliver anywhere. JSON:API and REST ship in core. Run traditional, headless, or hybrid. All one site, if you want.
- Reach every audience. Translate content, menus, and interface text across 110+ languages, with accessibility built into core themes. Acquia Web Governance scans every site for accessibility, content quality, and privacy issues. And it works with any front end, including headless frameworks.
- Assets, front ends, and your stack. Acquia DAM brings approved assets into your content, Acquia Front End Hosting runs your JavaScript front end, and Acquia Source connects to Salesforce, HubSpot, Google Analytics, and Shopify.
Security You Can Verify
Drupal’s security process is public, so you can check the record yourself.
- Control who can do what. Roles, permissions, and revision history come in core.
- A process anyone can audit. The Drupal Security Team publishes every advisory.
- We patch it for you. Acquia provides patched versions of your site for review and provides 24/7/365 Drupal application-level support, with FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI, and SOC 2 compliance. Add Acquia Edge Security & Performance for a managed WAF and DDoS protection.
Performance at Any Scale
Recent Drupal releases cut the work behind every page request.
- More requests, same load. Drupal 11.3 serves 26–33% more requests at the same database load.
- Caching that knows what changed. Cache tags refresh only the pages that have been impacted by changes.
- Ready for traffic spikes. Acquia Cloud Platform offers a 99.95% contractual SLA, and Acquia Edge Security & Performance adds a global CDN that can cut load times by up to 50%.
Reach every visitor, in every language, on any device
Multilingual support and accessibility are part of Drupal core, not plugins you add later. Launch in a new market or meet an accessibility mandate without rebuilding your site.
- Translate everything, not just pages. Four core modules cover languages, the admin interface, content, and configuration such as menus, views, and field labels.
- Decide what gets translated. Translate content field by field, keep images or prices shared across languages, and give each region its own editors and workflows.
- Accessible from the first install. Core themes, the admin interface, and Drupal Canvas are built and tested against WCAG guidelines, with semantic HTML and ARIA where it helps assistive technology.