DIY Drupal is Costing You
Acquia’s Drupal Cloud delivers everything you love about DIY hosting — and nothing you hate. Most companies save upwards of 40%, deliver projects faster and do better work.
EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT, MADE EASY
Site Studio provides a visual page builder. Anyone within your organization can create a page or make changes to an existing page.
It's simple to add content, update content or make basic design changes. With real time preview functionality, you can see changes being made instantaneously.
24/7/365 EXPERT SUPPORT
Don't let your best trafficked day become your worst day with unexpected downtime. Back your business with a highly available and fully managed expert support team, committed to delivering our 99.95% uptime SLA.
TRANSPARENT PRICING. NO SHENANIGANS
Get everything you need from low-code solutions, a built-in CDN, application performance management (APM), and more, at one low cost with no surprises or sneaky fees.
THE ONLY D7 TO D9 MIGRATION TOOL
Speed up your Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 migration by up to 50%. Leverage an intuitive UI and comprehensive migration set-up built by Acquia's Drupal Experts.
TURBOCHARGE YOUR SITE DELIVERY
Acquia is the only cloud platform built for Drupal. Whether you're looking to host and manage one large site or 3000 smaller sites, Acquia has done it all.
MIGRATE FASTER FROM DRUPAL 7
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Speed up your migration by as much as 80%
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Receive module and patch recommendations from your D7 site to smooth migration paths.
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Use a curated user interface built specifically for D7 to D9 migrations
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Start with a pre-loaded Drupal 9 code base to make migrations smoother
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View your progress in one centralized migration dashboard
IF YOU’RE DOING DRUPAL WITHOUT US, IT’S A TOTAL WASTE OF YOUR TIME AND MONEY.
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Support and administration from the #1 contributor to Drupal
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Fully managed platform security
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Drupal development tools
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Highly available: 99.95% uptime SLA
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Dynamically scaling infrastructure
DIY is Holding You Back
Don't spend days setting up your development environment - installing databases, upgrading webservers, configuring debugging tools, and setting up CI/CD integrations. Acquia's Drupal Cloud developer tools, workflows, fully managed platform, and low-code solution designed to enable marketers to generate content without developers gets you to market, fast.
Guaranteed availability shouldn’t mean your team has to spend time troubleshooting, instead of building. Get 24/7 support from hard-core Drupal experts, and a 99.95% uptime guarantee. And remember - only Acquia provides application support to every enterprise cloud platform customer.* *Support not available to Acquia Cloud Professional or Acquia Cloud Free customers.
Protecting your data from evolving risk is more critical than ever, but maintaining your site's security can be time consuming and complex. Acquia is the only platform built for Drupal that meets FedRAMP compliance standards - the highest standards out there today. With a highly secure platform you can rest easy and focus on your real job.
Hardware, software, tooling, licensing, maintenance - the costs of that “money-saving” DIY approach sure do add up fast. Acquia’s Drupal Cloud pricing is simple, and based on real value. No more servers to stress about, no more surprise expenses.
| MANAGERIAL CONSIDERATIONS & STAFFING | Drupal Cloud | DIY |
|---|---|---|
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Team of cloud experts to architect your platform
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Yes
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Yes
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Three fully trained security teams dedicated to securing the platform and implementing best-practices
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Yes
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No
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Expert Drupal support available 24/7/365
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Yes
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No
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Team training (including yearly training on security best practices)
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Yes
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No
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Simple, value-based pricing
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Yes
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No
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| DRUPAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS & SERVICES | Drupal Cloud | DIY |
|---|---|---|
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Low-code; Drupal site builder included
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Yes
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No
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Separate development, staging, and production environments
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Yes
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No
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Automated code deployment across environments controlled by a drag-and-drop interface
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Yes
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No
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Built in code security and performance quality testing
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Yes
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No
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Build API to integrate your development platform with external systems
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Yes
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No
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Code tests automatically run when you push code from development to staging environments to ensure code quality
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Yes
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No
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Integration between development platform and third-party services (i.e. Github)
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Yes
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No
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Automated synching between file systems and databases across all environments (Click and Drag UI)
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Yes
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No
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Ready-to-use development environments deployed within minutes without installing any extra software (i.e. Cloud IDEs)
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Yes
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No
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Built-in critical system health monitoring (99.95% SLA)
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Yes
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No
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Built in infrastructure health insights (Stack Metrics)
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Yes
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No
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Built-in log streaming for advanced debugging
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Yes
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No
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Built-in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) (New Relic Pro AMP)
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Yes
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No
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| FULLY MANAGED, SCALABLE CLOUD PLATFORM | Drupal Cloud | DIY |
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Fully configured and maintained operating system (OS)
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Yes
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No
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Fully configured and maintained storage
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Yes
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No
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Fully configured and maintained database servers
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Yes
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No
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Fully configured and maintained persistent network file system with built-in replication and redundancy
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Yes
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No
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Fully configured and maintained web servers (including Apache, PHP, and Drupal Application)
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Yes
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No
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Fully automated server deployment to accommodate increasing traffic demands
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Yes
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No
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Reverse proxy caching with Varnish
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Yes
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No
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Fully configured and managed load balancing servers
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Yes
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No
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Built-in CDN for optimal performance
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Yes
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No
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Highly available across entire stack
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Yes
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No
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LAMP stack availability monitoring
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Yes
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No
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Fully managed database backups
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Yes
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No
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Software updates (e.g. OS updates, security patches, bug fixes)
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Yes
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No
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| SYSTEM MONITORING | Drupal Cloud | DIY |
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Database backup restoration tests and alerting for failed backups
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Yes
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No
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Monitoring CPU stats (e.g. load time, user time, system time, I/O wait time, idle time, and CPU steal time)
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Yes
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No
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Web server run state monitoring
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Yes
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No
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Packet monitoring (e.g. dropped received, errors received, received overruns, errors transferred, dropped transferred, transferred overruns, and collisions)
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Yes
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No
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PHP process and fatal error monitoring
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Yes
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No
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MySQL availability monitoring
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Yes
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No
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Varnish monitoring (e.g. client connections, dropped connections, client requests, cache hit rate, cache hit/pass, cache miss, backend fail, n_expired, and uptime)
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Yes
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No
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| SECURITY FEATURES | Drupal Cloud | DIY |
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Multi-factor authentication
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Yes
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No
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Roles & Credentials built-in
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Yes
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No
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Real-time log streaming
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Yes
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No
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IPv6 Support
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Yes
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No
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Shell access via SSH
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Yes
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No
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ClamAV support
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Yes
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No
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GeoIP available
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Yes
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No
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Apache mod_proxy support to improve LAMP security
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Yes
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No
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Advanced WAF with customizable WAF rules (layer 7)
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Yes
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No
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Secure Virtual Private Cloud (Acquia Shield VPC)
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Yes
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No
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Secure Virtual Private Network (VPN)
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Yes
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No
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Specify application access by IP address (IP whitelisting)
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Yes
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No
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Centralize view of logs (Log Forwarding)
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Yes
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Yes
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Leverage internal organizational security policies to authenticate users (Enterprise SSO)
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Yes
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No
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Drupal Steward Program member
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Yes
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No
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| SECURITY ADD-ONS | Drupal Cloud | DIY |
|---|---|---|
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Advanced WAF with customizable WAF rules (layer 7)
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Add-On
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No
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Secure Virtual Private Cloud (Acquia Shield VPC)
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Add-on
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No
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Secure Virtual Private Network (VPN)
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Add-on
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No
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Specify application access by IP address in the Cloud UI (Access Control List)
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Yes
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No
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Centralize view of logs (Log Forwarding)
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Add-on
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No
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Leverage internal organizational security policies to authenticate users (Enterprise SSO)
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Add-on
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No
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| PLATFORM SECURITY AUDITS | Drupal Cloud | DIY |
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Yearly 3rd party security audits including: malicious user testing, insider threat assessments, and spearphishing exercise
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Yes
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No
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Monthly server and web application vulnerability scans
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Yes
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No
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Monthly operating system scans
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Yes
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No
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Monthly database and web application scans
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Yes
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No
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DDoS Detection
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Yes
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No
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| PLATFORM COMPLIANCE | Drupal Cloud | DIY |
|---|---|---|
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FedRAMP Authorized
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Yes
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No
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PCI
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Yes
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No
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HIPAA
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Yes
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No
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ISO 27001
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Yes
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No
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SOC 1 & SOC 2
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Yes
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No
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GDPR
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Yes
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No
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CSA STAR
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Yes
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No
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FISMA
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Yes
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No
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| DRUPAL APPLICATION MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY | Drupal Cloud | DIY |
|---|---|---|
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Automatically track Drupal core updates and ensure they are administered to all applications
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Yes
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No
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Automatically track Drupal module updates and ensure they are administered to all applications
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Yes
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No
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Automatically track Drupal security updates and ensure they are administered to all applications
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Yes
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No
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Vulnerability scans
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Yes
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No
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We believe Acquia is a leading enterprise-grade platform for creating Drupal digital experiences and we would recommend their Drupal cloud based on proven results with our joint customers. Acquia extends the value of AWS enabling their customers to innovate and get to market faster without risking overspending.
Saved $4.7M over 5 years
“We wanted to find a better web publishing platform because the existing one limited what we could do. At the same time, infrastructure was a big factor. We were paying a lot for servers, licensing, and maintenance, and needed to find a way to reduce those costs.”
— Nikhil Deshpande,
Director of GeorgiaGov Interactive
MIGRATED 300+ SITES IN 7 WEEKS
“The thing I’m most excited is having my environment in the cloud...when we have operational issues with the platform, we can come to Acquia. I also look forward to the automation and the ease of site management on Site Factory. We have 300-400 sites to move and that’s only going to grow.”
— Andy Smith
Associate Director, Web Development & Operations, George Washington University
ELIMINATED HOURS OF MAINTENANCE PER WEEK
"It can take months to ensure security and compliance for your Drupal application and infrastructure. Leveraging Acquia’s Cloud Platform, allows us to get even our most security conscious customers up and running fast and eliminates hours a week that would have been spent maintaining security and compliance for their digital experiences."
— Ken Fang,
President of Mobomo
