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| In a sentence | Simple and attractive sites for faculty/staff | Simple sites hosted by DIT using your URL | Familiar Wordpress experience, hosted by DIT using your URL | Manage content and provide complex functionality | Manage content and provide complex functionality |
| Order process | Self Service | Request from DIT | Request from DIT | This service has been retired in favor of Drupal hosted by Pantheon. Please request a Drupal (Pantheon) instance. | Request a new Drupal (Pantheon) site |
| Best Use | Best used for intranets, team projects, marketing micro-sites for events or campaigns, organizing club meetings or activities. | Best used for HTML/Javascript websites. There is no database back-end to store data or forms, and no server side components like PHP or CAS. | Best used for less complex websites without workflows. Can support simple web applications . | Best used for departmental/college websites, with advanced workflows and multiple content editors/approvers. Can support complex web applications. | Best used for departmental/college websites, with advanced workflows and multiple content editors/approvers. Can support complex web applications. |
| URL mapping | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Restrict access based on audience | Partially | No | Partially | Partially | Partially |
| Modify HTML code | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| WYSIWYG page editor | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Add additional admins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Web based GUI | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Storage restrictions | No | No | No | No | Yes - Please see plan resources. |
| Recover deleted sites | Only from Trash folder in Drive | No | Yes | Yes (for 30 days) | No |
| Recover older versions | No | No | Yes | Yes (for 30 days) | Weekly backups are available up to 30 days. |
| Name restrictions | No | Must be approved | Must be approved | Must be approved | Must be approved |
| Renewal | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Reusable University templates | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Automatic resolution changes (mobile view) | Yes | Can be added by site owner | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DIT support | Functional (creation, editing, permissions) | Provisioning only | Provisioning only | Yes | Pantheon - Tier 2 & Tier 3 |
| Analytics | Can be added | Can be added | Can be added | Can be added | Available at no cost for Performance Medium sites and above - Please see plan resources. |
| Annual downtime | None | None | None | None | None |
| Integrations or embedded applications | Google Apps only | No | No | Possible | Possible |
| Learning curve | Low | Low | Low | High | High |