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Angular vs Drupal

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Angular compare to Drupal on security, AI-readiness, and total cost of ownership? We scored both across 7 dimensions using NVD/NIST CVE data, GitHub metrics, and our census of the Tranco top 100,000.

Key finding

Angular scores 63/100 overall versus Drupal's 41/100. Angular has 30 total CVEs compared to Drupal's 1200, giving it a smaller vulnerability surface. (Source: WebPulse framework scoring, NIST NVD and CISA KEV, updated October 2026)

Who actually runs Angular and Drupal

Share of sites with an identified platform, from WebPulse's scan of the Tranco top 100,000 and our Common Crawl census.

WhereAngularDrupal
Top 1,000 9.8% (21) 4.2% (9)
Top 10,000 6.4% (164) 7.5% (192)
Top 100,000 5.9% (1,622) 7.2% (1,994)
Wider web1.6%4.4%

Highest-ranked sites on Angular

  1. microsoft.com#6
  2. office.com#21
  3. cloud.microsoft#41
  4. sharepoint.com#44
  5. pinterest.com#56

Highest-ranked sites on Drupal

  1. europa.eu#114
  2. nist.gov#239
  3. un.org#363
  4. noaa.gov#530
  5. unesco.org#627

Detected from each homepage's HTML, headers and cookies in September 2026. Methodology

63
Angular
Modern · TYPESCRIPT
vs
41
Drupal
Legacy · PHP
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Angular
75
35
Angular
Drupal
performance Tie
65
65
Angular
Drupal
ecosystem Angular
72
40
Angular
Drupal
ai readiness Angular
45
40
Angular
Drupal
developer experience Angular
65
40
Angular
Drupal
market trajectory Angular
55
35
Angular
Drupal
cost of ownership Angular
55
35
Angular
Drupal
Security details
Metric Angular Drupal
Total CVEs 30 1200
Critical CVEs 3 89
Exploited (KEV) 0 8
CVEs last year 5 120
Avg CVSS 4.8 6.5
Security score 75/100 35/100
Acceptable
Angular

Angular scores 64/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Caution
Drupal

Drupal scores 42/100. Consider migrating to: nextjs, django, laravel.

Alternatives: nextjs, django, laravel

Quick facts
Angular
Category: Frontend
Language: TYPESCRIPT
First release: 2016
Generation: Modern
Trend: Stable
Market share: 2.0%
Drupal
Category: Cms
Language: PHP
First release: 2001
Generation: Legacy
Trend: Stable
Market share: 1.5%
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Data sourced from NVD/NIST CVE database, GitHub API, and WebPulse framework scanner. Scores calculated using a 7-dimension model covering security, performance, ecosystem health, AI-readiness, developer experience, market trajectory, and cost of ownership. Updated October 2026.