Real-World Case Studies and Customer Success Stories with Pantheon.io

Flagler College used Pantheon and Kanopi Studios to move its website to Drupal 10. The old site was hard to... use and slow, making it tough for students and parents to find information. The new site has a fresh design, better navigation, and works well on mobile. Over 50 pages were redesigned. Pageviews increased by 43.5% after launch. The marketing team now edits content more easily and can keep improving the site.
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Pantheon helped Cleveland State University migrate over 400 subsites from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10 and WordPress. The university needed... a secure, scalable platform to support its digital campus. Pantheon provided hosting, security, and migration tools, while Mediacurrent and IgniteCMS empowered editors with easy content management. After a bot attack, Pantheon's Advanced Global CDN protected the sites. CSU now updates content daily and plans to further improve the student experience.
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Pantheon helped North Dakota State University migrate nearly 300 legacy sites to a unified Drupal platform. The project improved site... speed, with the homepage loading in just 0.5 seconds and Lighthouse scores reaching 99. Over 400 content contributors now use intuitive tools for faster publishing. The migration reduced technical debt and improved security and compliance. NDSU's digital presence is now more agile, consistent, and accessible.
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Pantheon helped the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA save 52 engineering days each year. The team managed over... 170 websites and faced slow deployments and frequent downtime. After migrating to Pantheon, deployment downtime dropped by 85%. Site updates now take just 10–15 minutes instead of hours. Issue resolution is 92% faster, and site response times improved by 86%. Automated tools and better analytics made workflows easier and freed up the team for new projects.
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Pantheon helped Princeton University move 575 WordPress multisite websites to its WebOps platform. The IT team faced time-consuming server maintenance... and performance issues with their old on-premises solution. By switching to Pantheon, they improved website performance, achieving an 86 Lighthouse score and a 2-second Largest Contentful Paint. Pantheon automated routine tasks and provided strong security. This allowed Princeton’s web team to focus on supporting content teams and building new sites for the university.
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Pantheon helped ODUGlobal modernize its online enrollment platform. After launching with KWALL and Pantheon, ODUGlobal saw a 25% increase in... organic visits and a 40% rise in pageviews. The "Apply Now" feature saw a 250% increase in engagement. Admissions pages had a 200% surge in impressions. Pantheon’s platform improved site speed, stability, and allowed the team to focus on user experience and enrollment growth.
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Pantheon helped the University of Cambridge migrate over 500 websites in less than 12 months. The university moved from a... complex, on-premises Aegir stack to Pantheon's cloud platform. This shift improved site isolation, uptime, and made upgrades easier. Developers now use integrated Git workflows and multidev environments for faster testing and deployment. The new setup supports over 2,000 sites and handles more than 13.5 million annual pageviews. Cambridge now has a scalable, secure, and flexible web infrastructure.
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Pantheon helped Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia cut deployment times from three days to 90 minutes. The web team... consolidated 118 websites onto Drupal, creating a unified brand and improving site management. Monthly site traffic rose by 46% and page load speeds improved by 31%. With Pantheon, the team digitized over 10,000 geologic specimens and began cataloging seven million items. The web team now focuses on new digital projects thanks to Pantheon's reliable platform.
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Pantheon and KWALL helped Broward County, Florida, migrate their election website in just six weeks. The old site failed on... Election Day, causing outages and public concern. Pantheon provided modern, scalable infrastructure with a global CDN and enhanced security. The new Drupal-based site launched with zero downtime and handled high traffic smoothly. Non-technical staff can now update content easily, and public trust in the election process is restored.
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Pantheon helped Macomb County, MI modernize its digital services. The county cut web help desk tickets by 50%. Over 120... content editors now manage the site, doubling publishing capacity without adding IT staff. The new site improved accessibility, reaching an 86.2 AA level, above government benchmarks. Monthly web traffic climbed to over 350,000 visitors. Pantheon’s platform enabled technical flexibility and efficient collaboration.
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Pantheon helped the State of Iowa modernize over 70 government websites. The project aimed to improve accessibility, readability, and user... experience for 32 million annual visitors. Iowa consolidated its sites on Drupal, simplifying publishing and centralizing web governance. Pantheon's CDN and scalable infrastructure supported high traffic and security needs. The state saw better readability scores, higher web quality, and improved accessibility across agencies.
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Pantheon helped the City of Oxnard launch a new municipal website on WordPress. The city saw an 83% increase in... site visits over five months and a 55% average monthly traffic growth. The bounce rate dropped from 35% to 10%. The new site improved accessibility with bilingual support and better navigation for assistive devices. Content management became easier for city departments, boosting efficiency and security.
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Pantheon and Promet Source helped Martin County, Florida, keep its website running during hurricanes and floods. The site supports nearly... a million users monthly, with traffic doubling in emergencies. Pantheon’s platform improved uptime, security, and made updates faster. The county avoided cyberattacks thanks to Pantheon’s security features. Staff can now quickly share alerts and updates with citizens.
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Pantheon helped the City of Raleigh migrate its main website from a proprietary CMS to Drupal. The new platform improved... accessibility, usability, and citizen engagement. Raleigh saw a 25% increase in average time spent on page. The site now supports easier content publishing for over 80 editors. The partnership enabled agile development and cost savings for the city.
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Pantheon helped Human Rights Watch keep their website running during big traffic spikes. Before Pantheon, the team spent half their... week on server maintenance. Pantheon made it easy to manage both Drupal and WordPress sites. The migration to Pantheon took two months and went smoothly. Now, the team spends less time on maintenance and more time improving the site. The site stays up even when new reports bring lots of visitors.
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Pantheon helped Doctors Without Borders (MSF-USA) boost Google keyword rankings by 30%. The team used Pantheon’s platform to optimize their... website for donor engagement and volunteer recruitment. Continuous optimization and agile content updates improved user experience and site navigation. The new site handled double the usual traffic during global events, supporting fundraising and outreach. Security, compliance, and reliable support kept the site stable during peak giving seasons.
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Pantheon helped the ACLU keep its website running during huge traffic spikes. During the 2016 election, site visits jumped by... 2,500% and donations rose six times above average. Pantheon's WebOps platform let the ACLU update content fast and launch new campaigns quickly. The team used tools like Multidev and Upstreams to manage the main site and 20 affiliate sites. The ACLU now responds to news in real time and keeps millions informed without outages.
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Pantheon helped the Wallace Foundation migrate its 20-year-old website from SharePoint to Drupal. The foundation's editorial team became self-sufficient, no... longer needing developer help for content updates. Page speed and uptime improved, supporting 50,000 monthly visitors and hundreds of downloadable reports. IntelligenceBank's DAM and Pantheon's CDN features streamlined asset management and image optimization. The new site supports the foundation's mission to share research and resources in arts and education.
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Pantheon helped Aspen Institute centralize oversight of 50 websites, improving security and governance. The migration unified 49 WordPress and one... Drupal site, supporting 440,000 monthly views on the flagship site. Over 40 content creators now use the platform daily, with more than 200 users accessing the main site. Editors gained a flexible interface and better workflows, while IT retained control. The new web strategy balanced freedom for programs with centralized management.
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Pantheon helped New Statesman handle a 3x surge in website traffic during UK elections. The site saw 400,000 visitors on... election day and over two million pageviews on its election site. Pantheon enabled instant scaling, reliable uptime, and fast migration just weeks before the event. The development team now manages over 20 sites from one dashboard, working 2-3x faster. Automation and built-in CDN let the team focus on innovation, not troubleshooting.
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Pantheon helped Golf. com double its annual website traffic from 35 million to 68 million users in two years. The...site improved ad viewability from 50% to up to 90% and reduced time to market for new WordPress features by 30%. Pantheon's WebOps platform and Advanced Global CDN eliminated downtime and solved caching issues. Golf.com now enjoys stable uptime and faster site performance. The Wondersauce agency managed the migration and ongoing development.
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Pantheon helped WABE, Atlanta’s NPR and PBS affiliate, unify three separate sites into one modern digital news hub. The migration to... Pantheon enabled seamless integration of radio, TV, and web content, improving user experience and streamlining operations. Five months after launch, pageviews and unique visitors increased by 74%, with 87% of visitors new to the site. Audio streaming users grew by 14%. The new platform allowed distributed publishing and improved SEO, helping WABE reach a broader audience.
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Pantheon helped Drift fix website downtime and slow performance. Drift moved its flagship WordPress site to Pantheon for better stability... and speed. Pantheon delivered 99.99% uptime and fast page loads. Drift's digital marketing and development teams used Pantheon tools to build new features and test ideas quickly. Drift saw a 25% increase in organic sessions after switching to Pantheon.
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Salesloft wanted to grow globally and relaunch its website. Their old hosting provider caused website outages and security issues. The... marketing team chose Pantheon for better website performance and security. They used Pantheon’s WebOps tools and Advanced Global CDN with WAF. After switching, Salesloft saw a 70% increase in leads from their website.
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Pantheon helped Mr. Money Mustache double website traffic by solving major scaling issues. Before Pantheon, the site crashed during traffic... spikes, losing thousands of visitors. Pantheon migrated the site, fixed WordPress plugin issues, and provided expert support. Now, the site handles over 175,000 pageviews in a day and runs smoothly. Pete Adeney can focus on content, not technical problems.
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Pantheon and XWP helped OFX, a global money transfer provider, move from Sitecore to WordPress. OFX managed over 3,000 pages... across eight regions, facing slow updates and high maintenance costs. With Pantheon, OFX centralized content publishing, cut update times from hours to minutes, and improved site reliability. The migration was seamless, with no downtime. OFX now launches new campaigns faster and manages content from a single source of truth.
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Pantheon helped Pernod Ricard consolidate four CMS platforms into one WordPress-based system. Two engineers now manage 279 websites for 226... marketers, spending just eight hours a week on infrastructure. New environments are built in about an hour, and onboarding a new agency takes less than a day. Pantheon’s platform improved security, streamlined plugin management, and passed rigorous load testing. The solution lets Pernod Ricard focus on marketing instead of technical maintenance.
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Pantheon helped the Exploratorium migrate 30 years of educational content to Drupal 10. The museum moved 20,000 media items and... 9,000 pages, consolidating complex event types and user roles. The new site supports 11 languages and doubled traffic from 500,000 to over 1 million users in one year. Editorial teams now update content easily, and visitors can book events without confusion. Pantheon’s Advanced Global CDN enabled timely launches and seamless collaboration.
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WebMD Ignite used Pantheon to manage over 200 healthcare websites on Drupal. The company saw a 70% increase in speed... to market and grew total campaign revenue by over $30 million. Pantheon’s agile developer tools and automation helped WebMD Ignite build microsites in hours, not days. Automating with Pantheon delivered a 7:1 ROI and increased margin potential tenfold. The platform enabled fast innovation and reduced operational headaches for the healthcare SaaS.
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Employ used Pantheon and 3 Media Web to bring together four recruitment tech brands. They needed a web operations platform... to handle 5.8 million annual visitors and avoid costly downtime. By consolidating all brands on Pantheon, they saved $20,000 a year in hosting costs. JazzHR’s site improved to a 99 Core Web Vitals score and monthly users grew from 170,000 to 225,000. The move made site management easier and improved customer experience.
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Clarivate used Pantheon’s WebOps platform to unify nearly 20 WordPress sites under one global brand. The team replaced a legacy... CMS, solving issues with fragmented branding, slow development, and multilingual support. Pantheon enabled automation, streamlined content migration, and improved collaboration for distributed teams. Productivity increased so much that Clarivate avoided a 50% increase in development headcount. The platform’s reliability and integrations supported global expansion and faster digital marketing decisions.
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