For a small, fixed, brochure site I'd go with html.
For a low budget blog site with no shopping cart, WP.
For an easy to maintain mom & pop shop CMS, I would recommend joomla though I haven't used it in a while.

For a site with a secure shopping cart, multiple authors and editors, or more complex setup then I'd recommend Drupal.

I also think that Drupal is probably the most secure of all the different platforms. I've been porting a customer from Drupal to WP (because WP is easier to maintain donchya know) and I've been kind of horrified at the WP code.

On 3/18/2015 12:33 PM, Drupal wrote:
Hi to all,
Actually, I'm not asking which CMS is better or something. I use Drupal for almost 6 years but, still, I would put myself to "higher beginner" level. 90% of my websites are small, simple, intro websites I built for friends and "clients". Mostly with News, Basic, Events/Calendar, Webform, Forum... content types. Pretty standard. 
So, my question is "When is Drupal to big for a website?" When would WP fit better? Or even when would home-made-code fit better? Where is "the line" you step over and have to use Drupal? If a small nonprofit asks you to build small website with some basic stuff, for free if possible, would you still build it on Drupal?

Thanks for any input,
afan


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