| Pantheon | Acquia | |
|---|---|---|
| Developer productivity | Up to 4x team productivity with WebOps tooling: Dev, Test, Live, Multidev, Autopilot, GitHub Integration. | Script-heavy workflows require manual maintenance and troubleshooting. Slow deployments that often introduce instability push releases to off-hours. |
| Platform flexibility | Supports all versions of Drupal. | Platform for “Acquia CMS” can only support Modern Drupal. No solution for those with legacy (Drupal 7) sites in their portfolio. |
| Technology ecosystem | Includes the best of open WebCMS and modern front-end frameworks, with no limit on integrations. | Aging suite of add-on acquisitions being sunset in favor of white-labeled exclusive partnership offers. |
| Content velocity | Real-time collaboration and staging for content and campaigns. | Updates are slow, high-friction and often require dev or IT to unblock. |
Limited time
We do Drupal better.
Move from Acquia to Pantheon for free.
Migrate your Drupal site from Acquia to Pantheon, fast and free.
Pantheon’s dedicated migration team handles your complete Acquia-to-Pantheon move. That's right...the migration is on us.
We’ve moved hundreds of Drupal sites from Acquia and self-hosted infrastructure. We know every edge case, and we’re putting our money where our mouth is. No catch.
Contract buyout assistance included
Free migration assessment bundled in
3 months free on any plan
Dedicated migration engineer assigned
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The offer
Everything you need to leave Acquia behind.
We've moved hundreds of Drupal sites from Acquia and self-hosted infrastructure. We know every edge case, and we're putting our money where our mouth is.
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Contract buyout assistance
Stuck in an Acquia contract? We'll work with you on transition options so you're not paying for two platforms at once.
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Free migration assessment
Before a single line of code moves, our engineers audit your site architecture, modules, and data to build a precise migration plan.
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3 months free on any plan
Get full access to Pantheon's platform: WebOps, multidev environments, and automated workflows, at no cost for your first quarter when you sign a multi-year contract.
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Dedicated migration engineer
A named Pantheon engineer owns your migration end-to-end. One throat to grab. No ticket queues, no support handoffs.
The guarantee
Free Migration.
Fast.
Fast.
We commit to completing your migration on time, and on us. We're that confident in our process.
*Applies to standard Drupal 7, 9, and 10 migrations. Complex multi-site architectures may require an additional scoping call. Offer valid through the end of June, 2026.
The process
Zero-to-live in four steps.
A proven playbook refined across thousands of Drupal migrations. You stay in the loop — we do the heavy lifting.
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Days 1–2
Assessment & kickoff
We audit your current environment: modules, integrations, database size, traffic patterns, and assign your dedicated engineer.
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Days 3–10
Environment setup & code migration
Your Pantheon environment is provisioned and your codebase, database, and files are transferred and tested in multidev.
3
Days 11–25
QA, UAT & performance tuning
Your team gets a full staging environment to test against. We resolve issues, optimize caching, and confirm performance benchmarks.
4
Day 30
Go-live & DNS cutover
We handle DNS cutover, confirm CDN and caching are optimal, and monitor the site for 48 hours post-launch. Done.
Who this is for
The most common migration paths.
Whether you're fleeing D7 end-of-life, escaping Acquia pricing, or moving off self-hosted infrastructure, we've seen it before.
Most common
Acquia → Pantheon
From: Acquia Cloud or Site Factory
Acquia's pricing has gotten aggressive. We'll move your sites — often with zero code changes — and you'll see meaningful cost savings immediately.
- Direct database + file transfer
- Module compatibility verified pre-launch
- Acquia-specific config converted automatically
- Contract overlap minimized
Drupal 7 → D10 on Pantheon
From: Any D7 host (D7 EOL Jan 2025)
D7 is no longer supported. If you're still on it, you're exposed. We migrate your content and rebuild on a modern D10 architecture.
- Content migration via Migrate API
- Module audit and modern equivalents mapped
- D10 best-practice architecture applied
- Full QA before cutover
Self-hosted → Pantheon
From: AWS, Azure, bare metal, cPanel
Stop paying an ops team to manage a server that runs a CMS. Move to a WebOps platform and get your engineers building features again.
- Full infrastructure migration handled
- Automated deployments via Git workflows
- Multidev for your dev team from day one
- Ops overhead eliminated
Drupal 9 → D10 upgrade + migration
From: D9 on any host (EOL Nov 2023)
Drupal 9 reached end-of-life. Combine your upgrade with a platform move and kill two birds with one 30-day sprint.
- D9→D10 upgrade path planned upfront
- Deprecated module replacements identified
- Performance optimized for D10 on Pantheon
- Bundled into single migration engagement
By the numbers
What customers see after migrating.
From the Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study of Pantheon and published customer case studies.
50%
Decrease in page load times reported by customers after migrating to Pantheon
99.99%
Uptime SLA on Pantheon's managed infrastructure
156%
ROI achieved per Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study, with payback in under 3 months
Tens of thousands of web teams run on Pantheon
Perforce
"Our issues were solved overnight."
– Jeremy Pieper, Web Development Manager, Perforce
Before Pantheon:
Frequent outages, inefficient workflows and inflexible multisite management with Acquia’s Site Factory.
After switching:
Perforce's dev team found a silver bullet with Pantheon’s Upstreams for multisite management. Bot traffic, cache issues and deployment delays are gone, and marketing and IT teams are now free to focus on growth.
"Pantheon’s support team has been incredible… Compare that to Acquia, where tickets of even medium to high importance would take seven days for a response if we get a response at all.” – Tom Trench, Drupal Developer, Perforce
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Martin County, FL
"We haven’t had any problems with cyberattacks and I think that’s due to Pantheon’s tight security and fast security patches and updates."
– Jennifer Hagedorn, Web Content Analyst, Martin County
Before Pantheon:
The team struggled with slow updates, outages and unreliable support on Acquia during hurricane season and COVID-19 traffic surges.
After switching:
With Pantheon’s Multidev workflows and real-time performance alerts, Martin County now delivers reliable, secure updates during emergencies without downtime or delays.
“We didn’t have [Multidev] on Acquia and sometimes we had problems with content getting erased. Now, on Pantheon, we have a more agile process for the Promet Source team to set up environments without impacting our weekly sprints and releases. It’s super helpful!” – Jennifer Hagedorn, Web Content Analyst, Martin County
Recent successful migrations
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North Dakota State University
NDSU unified 300 sites on Pantheon, boosting performance, governance, usability.
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Vertafore
Modernized their legacy Drupal footprint and consolidated workflows onto Pantheon.
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Travelopia
Migrated large, multi-brand sites to gain faster performance and operational efficiency.
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Monotype
Reduced hosting complexity and improved global reliability by moving to Pantheon.
We've got you covered
Migrate with confidence.
Your content, integrations, and workflows come with you, and your operations get an upgrade.
What stays the same
✓ All content and structured data
✓ User accounts and permissions
✓ URL structure and SEO value
✓ Custom modules, themes, and workflows
What gets better
✓ Streamlined Dev/Test/Live environments
✓ Automatic updates and security patching
✓ Built-in performance monitoring
✓ 24/7 support included in every plan
Every Pantheon migration includes:
- A dedicated migration specialist
- Automated tooling for speed and consistency
- Performance benchmarking before and after
- 30 days of post-migration support
- Rollback guarantee
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Why teams choose Pantheon over Acquia
Pantheon
- Serverless architecture that is truly elastic and fits sites of all sizes.
- Native AI-first platform with comprehensive DrupalCMS AI integration and deep integration with the Google ecosystem.
- Support for sites of all shapes and sizes across an enterprise portfolio.
- Elite support for Drupal and other leading web technology from tenured subject matter experts.
- Full Platform support for Drupal, WordPress and NextJS, as well as integration with Google Docs.
Acquia
- Fixed Kubernetes (EKS) infrastructure is slow and costly to scale.
- AI capabilities primarily through third-party integrations and partner solutions. Limited to specific modules with no integrated LLM framework.
- Site Factory forces monolithic one-size-fits-all approach to portfolio governance.
- Service and support teams replaced with low-cost call center, significant expertise drained from the organization.
- Acquia Source CMS is a SaaS version of Drupal.
FAQs
Will we lose Acquia-specific features?
Every major Acquia capability has a direct Pantheon equivalent or a more modern alternative. We map feature dependencies during the assessment.
Does Pantheon match Acquia’s Drupal expertise?
Pantheon’s Drupal team includes core contributors and long-time maintainers. We’ve supported Drupal sites for more than 14 years.
How much will our migration cost?
It varies by site complexity. Many customers qualify for free migration. Our team can walk through what applies to your organization.
Can we test before going live?
Yes. We migrate a full staging copy first so your team can validate performance, integrations, and workflows long before production cutover.