![Why Not DIY Hero](/sites/default/files/styles/angled_header_desktop_retina/public/media/image/2021-03/Why-Not-DIY-Hero.png?h=b165467a&itok=Sa8J2bzP) # 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. [See Your Savings](#see-your-savings) [ It's Time to Ditch DIY ##### Learn what DIY is costing you ](/blog/acquia-vs-diy-why-you-shouldnt-go-it-alone-drupal-hosting) ## 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. Video Thumbnail ![Acquia Site Studio Video Thumbnail](/sites/default/files/styles/video_with_text/public/video-thumbnails/2021-09/Site-Studio-Video-Thumbnail.png?h=c673cd1c&itok=NOUjC8_j) Our Founder Invented Drupal ## Industry Leading Drupal Experts [Download Datasheet](/sites/default/files/media/document/2022-11/DC%20-%20Acquia%20vs.%20DIY%20-%20Datasheet%20-%20Q4%202022.pdf) #### 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. ![Blue gradients with drupal cloud logo](/sites/default/files/styles/angled_image_and_text_desktop/public/media/image/2021-09/Drupal%20Banner.png?itok=Wc6CJ8I7) #### **MIGRATE FASTER FROM DRUPAL 7** - ``` Speed up your migration by as much as 80% ``` - ``` Receive module and patch recommendations from your D7 site to smooth migration paths. ``` - ``` Use a curated user interface built specifically for D7 to D9 migrations ``` - ``` Start with a pre-loaded Drupal 9 code base to make migrations smoother ``` - ``` 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.** - ``` Support and administration from the #1 contributor to Drupal ``` - ``` Fully managed platform security ``` - ``` Drupal development tools ``` - ``` Highly available: 99.95% uptime SLA ``` - ``` Dynamically scaling infrastructure ``` ## DIY is Holding You Back ![](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_accordion_desktop/public/legacy/images/2020-08/speed_to_market_1_3.png?itok=RCJdouis) ![](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_accordion_desktop/public/legacy/images/2020-08/taxing_resources_3.png?itok=OsdtQgWE) ![](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_accordion_desktop/public/legacy/images/2020-08/security_settings_3.png?itok=XfRfo2Wg) ![](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_accordion_desktop/public/legacy/images/2020-08/cloud_dash_1_3.png?itok=M0Mm0Va3) ![](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_accordion_desktop/public/legacy/images/2020-08/speed_to_market_1_3.png?itok=RCJdouis) ### [ Lightning-Speed to Market ](#) 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. [More About Site Studio](/products/acquia-cloud-platform/site-studio) ![](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_accordion_desktop/public/legacy/images/2020-08/taxing_resources_3.png?itok=OsdtQgWE) ### [ Stop Taxing Your Resources ](#) 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. [More on Enterprise Availability](/why-acquia/cms-solutions/enterprise-content-management) ![](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_accordion_desktop/public/legacy/images/2020-08/security_settings_3.png?itok=XfRfo2Wg) ### [ Security and Compliance Made Easy ](#) 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. [Download the Datasheet](/resources/datasheet/acquia-cloud-security-features) ![](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_accordion_desktop/public/legacy/images/2020-08/cloud_dash_1_3.png?itok=M0Mm0Va3) ### [ No More Surprise Costs ](#) 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. [Meet Drupal Cloud](/products/drupal-cloud) Acquia Drupal Cloud vs. DIY: It’s not even close MANAGERIAL CONSIDERATIONS & STAFFING Drupal Cloud DIY Team of cloud experts to architect your platform Yes Yes Three fully trained security teams dedicated to securing the platform and implementing best-practices Yes No Expert Drupal support available 24/7/365 Yes No Team training (including yearly training on security best practices) Yes No Simple, value-based pricing Yes No DRUPAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS & SERVICES Drupal Cloud DIY Low-code; Drupal site builder included Yes No Separate development, staging, and production environments Yes No Automated code deployment across environments controlled by a drag-and-drop interface Yes No Built in code security and performance quality testing Yes No Build API to integrate your development platform with external systems Yes No Code tests automatically run when you push code from development to staging environments to ensure code quality Yes No Integration between development platform and third-party services (i.e. Github) Yes No Automated synching between file systems and databases across all environments (Click and Drag UI) Yes No Ready-to-use development environments deployed within minutes without installing any extra software (i.e. Cloud IDEs) Yes No Built-in critical system health monitoring (99.95% SLA) Yes No Built in infrastructure health insights (Stack Metrics) Yes No Built-in log streaming for advanced debugging Yes No Built-in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) (New Relic Pro AMP) Yes No FULLY MANAGED, SCALABLE CLOUD PLATFORM Drupal Cloud DIY Fully configured and maintained operating system (OS) Yes No Fully configured and maintained storage Yes No Fully configured and maintained database servers Yes No Fully configured and maintained persistent network file system with built-in replication and redundancy Yes No Fully configured and maintained web servers (including Apache, PHP, and Drupal Application) Yes No Fully automated server deployment to accommodate increasing traffic demands Yes No Reverse proxy caching with Varnish Yes No Fully configured and managed load balancing servers Yes No Built-in CDN for optimal performance Yes No Highly available across entire stack Yes No LAMP stack availability monitoring Yes No Fully managed database backups Yes No Software updates (e.g. OS updates, security patches, bug fixes) Yes No SYSTEM MONITORING Drupal Cloud DIY Database backup restoration tests and alerting for failed backups Yes No Monitoring CPU stats (e.g. load time, user time, system time, I/O wait time, idle time, and CPU steal time) Yes No Web server run state monitoring Yes No Packet monitoring (e.g. dropped received, errors received, received overruns, errors transferred, dropped transferred, transferred overruns, and collisions) Yes No PHP process and fatal error monitoring Yes No MySQL availability monitoring Yes No Varnish monitoring (e.g. client connections, dropped connections, client requests, cache hit rate, cache hit/pass, cache miss, backend fail, n_expired, and uptime) Yes No SECURITY FEATURES Drupal Cloud DIY Multi-factor authentication Yes No Roles & Credentials built-in Yes No Real-time log streaming Yes No IPv6 Support Yes No Shell access via SSH Yes No ClamAV support Yes No GeoIP available Yes No Apache mod_proxy support to improve LAMP security Yes No Advanced WAF with customizable WAF rules (layer 7) Yes No Secure Virtual Private Cloud (Acquia Shield VPC) Yes No Secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) Yes No Specify application access by IP address (IP whitelisting) Yes No Centralize view of logs (Log Forwarding) Yes Yes Leverage internal organizational security policies to authenticate users (Enterprise SSO) Yes No Drupal Steward Program member Yes No SECURITY ADD-ONS Drupal Cloud DIY Advanced WAF with customizable WAF rules (layer 7) Add-On No Secure Virtual Private Cloud (Acquia Shield VPC) Add-on No Secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) Add-on No Specify application access by IP address in the Cloud UI (Access Control List) Yes No Centralize view of logs (Log Forwarding) Add-on No Leverage internal organizational security policies to authenticate users (Enterprise SSO) Add-on No PLATFORM SECURITY AUDITS Drupal Cloud DIY Yearly 3rd party security audits including: malicious user testing, insider threat assessments, and spearphishing exercise Yes No Monthly server and web application vulnerability scans Yes No Monthly operating system scans Yes No Monthly database and web application scans Yes No DDoS Detection Yes No PLATFORM COMPLIANCE Drupal Cloud DIY FedRAMP Authorized Yes No PCI Yes No HIPAA Yes No ISO 27001 Yes No SOC 1 & SOC 2 Yes No GDPR Yes No CSA STAR Yes No FISMA Yes No DRUPAL APPLICATION MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY Drupal Cloud DIY Automatically track Drupal core updates and ensure they are administered to all applications Yes No Automatically track Drupal module updates and ensure they are administered to all applications Yes No Automatically track Drupal security updates and ensure they are administered to all applications Yes No Vulnerability scans Yes No > 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. Darren Haas Principal Advisory Consultant, Shared Delivery Teams, AWS [ GTA ](#) [ GWU ](#) [ Mobomo ](#) ##### 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** ![GTA Square](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tabs_desktop/public/media/image/2021-01/gta.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=e9cUWXCC) ##### 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** ![GWU Square](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tabs_desktop/public/media/image/2021-01/gwu.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=J_43kUd3) ##### 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** ![Mobomo Square](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tabs_desktop/public/media/image/2021-01/mobomo.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=c_2XY-kL) ## Get Started with an Expert Consultation