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Backdrop CMS Overview

Backdrop CMS makes website creation straightforward with its lightweight, user-friendly design. This open-source platform, built in PHP, is perfect for crafting professional and visually appealing websites without the complexity. A standout feature is its seamless upgrade path from Drupal 7, catering to users familiar with Drupal's ecosystem. The system places your content at the forefront, ensuring it remains the focal point of your site. Backdrop CMS is ideal for those seeking a simple yet effective solution for managing web content, offering a balance of functionality and ease of use.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Content Management, Meeting Management, Collaboration, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Backdrop CMS.

Other use cases:

Lead Qualification: Behavioural
Business Development
Proposal & Quote Management

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Business Priorities

Enhance Customer Relationships and Scale Best Practices are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Backdrop CMS.

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Backdrop CMS Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Backdrop CMS works with different mediums / channels such as Phone Calls. and Website.

Backdrop CMS's features include Personalization. and Backdrop CMS support capabilities include 24/7 Support, Chat Support, AI Powered, etc. also Backdrop CMS analytics capabilities include Custom Reports, and Analytics.

Reviews

"...Mission Backdrop CMS enables people to build highly customized websites, affordably, through collaboration and open source software...." Peer review

Peer review evidence (same sources as the product rating summary)

"...Visitors enjoy a great mobile experience, and administrators can create and edit content from phones or tablets...." Backdrop CMS

"...See our Google calendar for the complete meeting schedule: [ iCal feed ] Tweets. Upcoming Events...." Weekly Meetings

"...Mission Backdrop CMS enables people to build highly customized websites, affordably, through collaboration and open source software...." Peer review

Backdrop CMS, belong to a category of solutions that help Content Management Systems. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Backdrop CMS is a free, open-source CMS built in PHP. It is simple, lightweight, and easy to use for creating professional websites.

Popular Business Setting

for Backdrop CMS

Top Industries

Design

Popular in

Small Business

Backdrop CMS is popular in Design, and is widely used by Small Business,

Backdrop CMS Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

What Are the key features of Backdrop CMS for Content Management?

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Backdrop CMS solved their Content Management Systems needs. Cuspera uses 105 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Content Management Systems needs.

myShakespeare - Education - Small

USA

Backdrop helped myShakespeare migrate from Drupal 7 to a more cost-effective platform. The migration took 400 hours over 9 months. The new site supports over 1 million monthly visits from students an...d teachers. Backdrop enabled seamless integration with Clever and Google Classrooms. The team built a custom module for media migration and contributed fixes to open-source modules.

Ärzte für Alles - Hausarztpraxis in Hannover Linden - Hospital & Health Care - Small

Hannover, Germany

Ärzte für Alles used Backdrop CMS to build a website for their medical practice in Hannover. They needed a secure, accessible, and privacy-compliant platform. Backdrop CMS allowed them to create a us...er-friendly site with no external tracking tools. The modular system fit their specific needs and ensured full GDPR compliance. Patients can now easily book appointments and access information online.

Food Co-Op Initiative (FCI) - Non Profit Organization Management - Small

USA

Backdrop helped Food Co-Op Initiative move from Drupal 7 to a modern platform. FCI needed a cost-effective way to keep using CiviCRM for donations, events, and mailings. A Drupal 10 rebuild was too e...xpensive, and WordPress was not a fit. Backdrop let FCI keep their data and workflows without big changes. This upgrade supports FCI’s mission and daily operations.

FirstTimeWatching - Internet - Small

FirstTimeWatching built a searchable database of YouTube reaction videos using Backdrop CMS. The site helps users find reactions to movies and TV shows by matching videos with data from The Movie Dat...abase. Backdrop was chosen because the creator had past experience with Drupal and found Backdrop familiar. The platform made it easy to organize and display reaction content for users.

Universal Hub - Media Production - Small

Boston, USA

Universal Hub switched from Drupal 7 to Backdrop for its Boston news site. The site owner found Drupal 10 too complex and resource-heavy for a small operation. Backdrop allowed easy migration of 80,0...00 articles and 800,000 comments. Some metadata, like map coordinates, required extra effort. The site is now live and running smoothly on Backdrop.

Lynching Sites Project of Memphis (LSP) - Non Profit Organization Management - Small

Memphis, USA

Lynching Sites Project of Memphis used Backdrop to share research with the public. They needed an easy way to display an interactive map, event summaries, and digital archives. The site also features... news and event listings. Backdrop was chosen for its user-friendly design and affordability. Volunteers manage the project, so simple tools were important.

Image Optimization for Backdrop CMS (2024/02/15 - User Group Meeting)

Peers used Backdrop CMS for content management and meeting management

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Backdrop CMS Software Association News

Product 20/08/2025

Backdrop 1.30 released! | Backdrop CMS

Product 20/08/2025

Backdrop CMS drops support for PHP versions prior to 7.1 | Backdrop CMS

Backdrop CMS will require PHP version 7.1 or greater starting May 15, 2025, with the release of version 1.31.0. This change aims to support PHP 8.4 and improve security and performance. Sites running older PHP versions must upgrade to continue receiving updates and security fixes.

Backdrop CMS Software Association Profile

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Backdrop CMS Software Association

Company Website

https://backdropcms.org/

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