$141/mo
Starting price
Acquia Cloud Platform, entry tier
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Should I Use Acquia?
Acquia provides the leading cloud platform for building, delivering, and optimizing digital experiences.
Depends
DependsBuy only if you are a large organization standardized on Drupal needing multi-site management, personalization, or DAM at scale.
Enterprise Drupal cloud: powerful but pricey ($141/mo entry, ~$100k/yr deals). Great for big orgs; overkill for small sites.
Confidence: Medium
3.9/5
AWS Marketplace rating
97 ratings
4.4/5
G2 rating (Acquia DAM)
631 reviews
$174M
Total funding
Backed by Vista Equity Partners
Value for money
2
Users cite ~$100k/year costs; pricier than Pantheon.
Ease of use
4
G2 reviewers consistently praise ease of use.
Feature depth
5
G2 leader across DXP, DAM, WCM, hosting categories.
Security posture
3
ISO 27001 certified, but 41 CVEs tracked including recent auth bypass.
Pros
Cons
Gotchas
- highReal enterprise deals reportedly hit six figures; entry pricing hides true cost
- mediumPantheon notes Acquia's model locks you into Site Factory add-on purchases⁶
- medium2025 auth-bypass CVE in Acquia DAM; verify patching before purchase⁸
- lowCancellation requires notice per Terms of Service — check renewal terms first
Best for
- Large enterprises standardized on Drupal
- Multi-site, multi-brand organizations
- Government and financial services
- Teams needing CMS + DAM + personalization together
Not for
- Small sites, blogs, or simple brochure sites — massively overkill
- Non-Drupal stacks; Acquia is Drupal-centric
- Budget-conscious startups — deals run ~$100k/year
- Anyone wanting simple, cheap managed hosting
Companies that use it
- Mars10
- Bayer Consumer Health
- Crayola
Pricing
Cloud Platform Professional
From $141/month
- Entry managed Drupal hosting
- Listed on SoftwareAdvice
Enterprise / DXP
Reported ~$100k+/year
- Site Factory multi-site
- Personalization, DAM, CDP add-ons
AWS Marketplace
Not disclosed
- Custom pricing confirmed with sales
Security
ISO 27001 certified with a HackerOne bug bounty, but 41 CVEs tracked including a 2025 Acquia DAM auth bypass.
- CVE-2025-9954 — Acquia DAM missing authorizationForceful browsing / auth bypass vulnerability in Acquia DAM, disclosed October 2025.⁸
- CVE-2026-31431 ("Copy Fail") and CVE-2026-43284 ("Dirty Frag")Acquia published an official status page addressing these platform CVEs.
What users say
Drupal developers on Reddit report solid hosting but repeatedly flag Acquia's premium pricing versus Pantheon, while G2 reviewers praise ease of use.
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Alternatives
Compare Acquia with each alternative.
Pantheon
Direct Drupal rival, frequently cheaper; commonly cited Acquia alternative.
Upsun
Markets predictable pricing and multi-cloud control vs Acquia.
Acquia vs UpsunPlatform.sh
Similar managed hosting features, named alongside Pantheon by developers.
Acquia vs Platform.shSelf-managed Drupal on AWS/Heroku
Cheaper DIY path if you have DevOps capacity.
Full analysis
Based on 40+ public sources: Reddit threads, G2/Gartner/AWS reviews, Acquia docs, security databases, and case studies.
Sources
- Acquia Cloud Platform Reviews, Cost & Features — SoftwareAdvicesoftwareadvice.comreview
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- Acquia DXP — AWS Marketplaceaws.amazon.comreview
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- Acquia Named a Leader in DXP, DAM, WCM by G2 Usersbusinesswire.comnews
- Pantheon vs Acquia: Head-to-Head Comparisonpantheon.ioreview
- Acquia vs Heroku Hosting — Redditreddit.comreview
- CVE-2025-9954 Acquia DAM advisorygithub.comsecurity
- Security and compliance — Acquia docsdocs.acquia.comsecurity
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