With Drupal 7 reaching end-of-life, thousands of businesses face a critical decision: upgrade to Drupal 10, go headless, or migrate to a completely new stack. Here's what you need to know.
Why you can't wait
Drupal 7 will stop receiving security updates. Running an unsupported CMS puts your site and your customers' data at risk. The longer you wait, the more complex (and expensive) the migration becomes.
Option 1: Upgrade to Drupal 10
If your site relies heavily on Drupal's content management features, upgrading to Drupal 10 keeps you in the ecosystem. Drupal 10 is faster, more secure, and has a modern admin interface.
Best for: Content-heavy sites with complex workflows, multi-language requirements, or extensive custom modules.
Option 2: Headless Drupal with a React frontend
Keep Drupal as your content backend but replace the frontend with React or Gatsby. This gives you the best of both worlds: Drupal's powerful content management with a blazing-fast modern frontend.
Best for: Teams that love Drupal's CMS but want better frontend performance and developer experience.
Option 3: Full migration to Gatsby or Next.js
For simpler sites (marketing pages, blogs, portfolios), a full migration to a static site generator eliminates the complexity and cost of maintaining a CMS server.
Best for: Business websites, marketing sites, and blogs that don't need complex content workflows.
Our migration process
- Audit. We catalog your content, features, and integrations.
- Plan. We choose the right target platform based on your needs.
- Migrate. We move content, rebuild features, and preserve SEO.
- Test. We run thorough QA, including redirect verification.
- Launch. We cut over with zero downtime and monitor the result.
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