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Vue.js vs Drupal

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Vue.js 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

Vue.js scores 67/100 overall versus Drupal's 41/100. Vue.js has 12 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 Vue.js and Drupal

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

WhereVue.jsDrupal
Top 1,000 1.9% (4) 4.2% (9)
Top 10,000 2.7% (68) 7.5% (192)
Top 100,000 2.6% (732) 7.2% (1,994)
Wider web1.2%4.4%

Highest-ranked sites on Vue.js

  1. bilibili.com#346
  2. selectel.ru#360
  3. uol.com.br#573
  4. bandcamp.com#738
  5. att.com#1,116

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

67
Vue.js
Modern · JAVASCRIPT
vs
41
Drupal
Legacy · PHP
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Vue.js
85
35
Vue.js
Drupal
performance Tie
65
65
Vue.js
Drupal
ecosystem Vue.js
70
40
Vue.js
Drupal
ai readiness Vue.js
58
40
Vue.js
Drupal
developer experience Vue.js
60
40
Vue.js
Drupal
market trajectory Vue.js
60
35
Vue.js
Drupal
cost of ownership Vue.js
55
35
Vue.js
Drupal
Security details
Metric Vue.js Drupal
Total CVEs 12 1200
Critical CVEs 1 89
Exploited (KEV) 0 8
CVEs last year 2 120
Avg CVSS 4.0 6.5
Security score 85/100 35/100
Acceptable
Vue.js

Vue.js scores 68/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Caution
Drupal

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

Alternatives: nextjs, django, laravel

Quick facts
Vue.js
Category: Frontend
Language: JAVASCRIPT
First release: 2014
Generation: Modern
Trend: Stable
Market share: 2.5%
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.