When your Drupal site is costing too much

Hosting costs don’t have to be high

Servers and hosting setups are often taken for granted as unchangeable, often due to agency platform tie-ins or contractual agreements, and some agencies even keep the true cost a secret as part of the ‘package’.

We believe in full transparency on hosting costs, and have saved our clients thousands of pounds each over their time with us by making sure they have the right account tiers with the most appropriate providers.

Recommendations

Ask your agency or development team if you’re on the most appropriate hosting setup for your site.
Consider having a Site Audit - we can discuss and investigate your site hosting costs, and bring back specific recommendations.

Development costs should be worth it

Drupal development can be really complex sometimes, but your dev team or agency should have the skills to help you understand the scope and complexity of your requests - and not just pull the wool over your eyes.

As an agency specialising in Drupal, our team have a huge collective range of exposure to Drupal’s features, capabilities and future developments.

ComputerMinds have been trusted by businesses and enterprises of all sizes, in often very long term relationships. We are clear communicators and our clients (also friends, at this point) trust us to explain clearly the time and cost requirements of the work we’re taking on, and to deliver excellence every time.

Recommendations

Add capacity

If your team needs extra capacity, ComputerMinds can come alongside

Jump ship

If you're not getting value for money, consider changing to a new agency
(like ComputerMinds!)

Read this

Check out this key article:

10 ways Drupal is cost effective for Enterprise and Small Business

Our site is slow / ugly / naff / [insert-accusation-here!]

Nobody likes using a slow site! And quality of life for content editors and administrators does matter. With the right care, Drupal sites should be highly performant and a breeze to work with. If your site has become a nuisance rather than a pleasure, it might well be time to switch things up.

Award-winning performance out of the box

Article

Don't throw away your Drupal site

Read our take on some key gripes that come up, each with recommendations and some perspective challenges.

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Drupal Site Audit and Review

Whether you're facing issues or simply want to ensure that your site is running at its best, our comprehensive audit can identify areas for improvement and help you make informed decisions moving forward.

Remember what you’re not paying

Inflated consultancy costs

The bigger your partner, the more layers of people you're paying for by the hour - but you don't need three layers of management to access Drupal experts! Working with ComputerMinds, not only do you have direct access to the team but our efficient organisation keeps costs down.

Modules, plugins and add-ons

Drupal’s module ecosystem is free to have and free to use. Unlike other platforms, there is no ‘freemium’ tier and there are no bolt-ons, so there are no additional subscription or contract costs associated with using Drupal modules. All Drupal functionality and all Drupal modules are open source and available for you to use. The only cost is the setup and customisation.

Platform tie-in

On large bespoke systems, and even Web platforms like Contentful, it can cost several thousand pounds a month just to have your site running, and that’s before you pay for additional costs or custom development. There is no platform cost for running Drupal, and if you want to take your site to a different agency, you can - you’re not tied to a single platform with a single provider.