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The Alternative Mandate

Leaving Acquia? Senior Drupal hosting, transparent pricing.

Acquia Cloud Professional and Site Factory invoices climb fast. We deliver comparable hosting plus a real engineering retainer at $1,999+ per month.

When it makes sense to leave, we make the move smooth. When it does not, we tell you upfront.

webevra audit --target=acquia-cloud

$ webevra audit --plan=acquia-cloud-pro

Mapping BLT pipeline + Cloud Hooks...

[OK] DAM connector portable

[OK] Memcached/Redis: drop-in replacement

Projected monthly savings: 60-75 percent

WebEvra Enterprise vs Acquia Cloud Professional

Single production Drupal site, comparable traffic, monthly retail pricing as of early 2026.

Line item WebEvra Enterprise Acquia Cloud Professional
Hosting (production + non-prod)Included$1,500 to $4,000+ / mo
Drupal core and contrib updatescheck_circle Included monthlyDIY or pro-services billable
Security patches4 hour critical SLACustomer responsibility
Bundled engineering hours10 hours / mo0 (pro-services billable)
Account managementDedicatedTiered, often shared
Cloud Hooks / BLTReplaced with deploy hooksNative
Acquia DAMBring your DAM, or self-hostAdd-on license
Typical all-in monthly$1,999+$3,500 to $8,000+

Acquia all-in figure assumes Cloud Professional plus Drupal patching retainer or pro-services hours. Site Factory and DXP packaging price differently. We run a real cost audit before quoting.

Plug in your numbers

Real Acquia vs WebEvra cost

Adjust the inputs to your situation. The math runs live; nothing is sent off your device.

Site Factory hosting is multi-site by design; WebEvra cost still scales per site.
Acquia pro-services + agency hours combined. Enterprise teams typically run 15–40 hr / mo.
Acquia pro-services list at $200–$300 / hr; senior agency rates $150–$250 / hr.

When NOT to leave Acquia

An honest take. Acquia is the right answer for some teams and we will say so.

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FedRAMP or HIPAA-strict compliance

If you need Acquia's specific compliance attestations, a third-party host plus retainer is not the right swap. We will tell you up front.

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100+ site multisite on Site Factory

Site Factory's per-site provisioning at that scale is hard to replace with leaner tooling. We can take you there but it is rarely cheaper at this scale.

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Deep DXP product investment

If your marketing org runs on Acquia DAM, Personalization, and Campaign Studio together, ripping out one piece breaks the others.

Zero-Downtime Execution

4-step technical migration

01

Audit

Acquia Cloud dashboard review, BLT pipeline mapping, Cloud Hooks inventory, DAM integration audit. Fixed-price migration quote within 5 days.

02

Staging

Site rebuilt on Hetzner. BLT replaced with leaner deploy pipeline. Cloud Hooks rewritten. DAM connector remapped or replaced.

03

Atomic cutover

DNS swap during a low-traffic window. Acquia kept running 14 days as fallback. Final DB and files re-sync just before TTL drop.

04

Ongoing care

Enterprise care plan kicks in. Monthly updates, dedicated AM, custom integrations. The migration is the start, not the end.

Success Story

Drupal 10 platform with custom Lead Management.

A UAE legal consultancy. Drupal 10 build with custom Lead Management module, Stripe-integrated invoicing, and 20+ SEO landing pages. Eight week delivery, on budget. Now on a Professional care plan.

  • check_circle8 weeks delivery, fixed-price.
  • check_circle20+ SEO landing pages shipped at launch.
  • check_circleStripe invoicing integration with reconciliation.
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FirmAdvice

Corporate & legal consultancy on Drupal 10.

8wk
Delivery
20+
SEO pages

Care plans, transparent up front.

Pick a tier. Switch any time. 30 days notice to cancel, no fees.

Essential dns
$99 / mo

For small Drupal sites that need steady patching and uptime.

  • check_circleHetzner-backed managed hosting
  • check_circleMonthly Drupal core and contrib updates
  • check_circleSecurity patches: SA-CRITICAL within 4 hours, others within 1 business day
  • check_circleUptime monitoring (1-min checks)
Recommended
Professional rocket_launch
$499 / mo

For active sites with regular feature requests and a real SLA.

  • check_circleEverything in Essential
  • check_circle10 hours per month of dev time included (additional at $40/hour)
  • check_circlePersistent staging environment
  • check_circleDaily off-site backups, 30-day retention
Enterprise hub
$1,999+ / mo

For business-critical sites with custom integrations and uptime SLAs.

  • check_circleEverything in Professional
  • check_circle25 hours per month of dev time included (additional at $35/hour)
  • check_circleEmergency support, 1-hour response
  • check_circleDedicated account manager
See full Enterprise

All plans billed in USD. Annual billing available with 15% discount.

Switching from Acquia?

How long does an Acquia-to-WebEvra migration take? expand_more

Three to six weeks for a standard Acquia Cloud Professional single-site Drupal install. Sites with heavy BLT customization or DAM integration take longer. Multisite on Site Factory is scoped separately.

What happens to my BLT pipeline? expand_more

We translate the build, deploy, and validate stages into a leaner CI pipeline (GitHub Actions or GitLab CI). Most BLT custom hooks become small scripts in the new pipeline. The team gets fewer moving parts and a faster build.

Can I keep using Acquia DAM? expand_more

Yes. The DAM connector is independent of where Drupal runs. If you have a DAM license you want to keep, the integration moves with you cleanly.

Will my SLAs survive the move? expand_more

Yes. Enterprise plan ships with a 99.9 percent uptime SLA contractual, with service credits if missed. We also negotiate custom SLA terms for industry-specific use cases.

What does the migration cost? expand_more

$3,500 to $12,000 fixed-price for a single Acquia Cloud Professional site, depending on BLT customization, integrations, and DAM scope. Quoted in writing after the audit, no surprises.

What if I am on Site Factory? expand_more

If you are running fewer than 50 sites, we can move you to Drupal multisite or a domain-aware single-install pattern. At 100 plus sites, see the When NOT to leave Acquia section above.

Free Acquia audit, fixed-price quote.

20 minutes on a call. Share your Acquia Cloud dashboard. Walk away with a real cost comparison and a migration quote, whether you sign with us or not.