Moxace
Structured Content at Institutional Scale.

Drupal Development Services

We build on Drupal where structured content and governance matter: custom modules, multi-site platforms, and hardened delivery for government, education, and enterprise, with full source ownership.

15+
Years Building Software
9,000+
Projects Delivered
500+
Engineers
25+
Countries Served

Trusted by the brands we build for

  • Etihad
  • Heineken
  • Marvel Studios
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Since 2010
Building Software
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9,000+
Projects Delivered
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3,900+
Apps Published
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500+
Engineers

insight

Where drupal is still the right answer

Drupal remains the strongest open platform for structured, governed content at institutional scale: government portals, universities, and enterprises with complex taxonomies, multi-site estates, and strict accessibility obligations. Its data modelling and permissions depth is exactly what those organisations need.

It is also a platform that punishes improvisation, so we build with its documented architecture: custom modules to standard, upgrade-safe configuration, and hardened delivery. Editorially lighter sites belong elsewhere, and we say so. For those, see our WordPress development team.

What our drupal development services cover

The platform lifecycle for complex organisations.

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Custom module development

Functionality built on Drupal's documented APIs, upgrade-safe and coded to standard so it survives major version updates.

  • ✓Custom modules and blocks
  • ✓Entity and field APIs
  • ✓Plugin architecture
  • ✓Coding-standard compliance
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Structured content platforms

Taxonomy-heavy content models with governed workflows for institutions with real content complexity.

  • ✓Content architecture
  • ✓Taxonomy design
  • ✓Editorial workflow configuration
  • ✓Governance documentation
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Multi-site and Multi-language

Estates of sites managed coherently: shared platforms, per-site theming, and multilingual delivery built in.

  • ✓Multi-site architecture
  • ✓Shared platform design
  • ✓Multilingual frameworks
  • ✓Per-site theming
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Accessibility engineering

WCAG-compliant builds tested systematically, because for public institutions accessibility is a legal obligation.

  • ✓WCAG 2.2 conformance
  • ✓Assistive technology testing
  • ✓Accessible authoring workflows
  • ✓Audit documentation
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Upgrades and migrations

Drupal 7 and 10 upgrade paths executed with staged, rehearsed processes, and content migrated with integrity.

  • ✓Legacy upgrades (D7 onward)
  • ✓Content migration mapping
  • ✓SEO redirect strategy
  • ✓Rollback-ready cutovers
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Security and hardening

Hardened builds with disciplined updates, permissions design, and monitoring for platforms with public obligations.

  • ✓Role and permission design
  • ✓Update management
  • ✓Security monitoring
  • ✓Hardened hosting setup

What every engagement includes

Every Drupal project ships with the following, agreed in writing before the first sprint begins.

Discovery workshop

A structured workshop maps your goals, users, and constraints into a scoped Drupal roadmap with a fixed written quote before any sprint starts.

Named senior team

You get named, senior engineers with CVs you can review, not a rotating bench. The people in the kickoff are the people who ship.

Sprint demos every two weeks

Working builds are demoed live each cycle with CI running on every merge, so progress is visible in software, not slideware.

100% source-code ownership

All Drupal source, configurations, designs, and documentation transfer to you on delivery with no licensing strings or vendor lock-in.

60 days of post-launch support

Engineering time is on standby for two months after go-live to triage defects, tune performance, and stabilise the release at no extra cost.

12 months of free updates

Compatibility updates, security patches, and platform upgrades ship free for a full year after handover.

What you can build with drupal

Platforms our team delivers, built for institutional scale.

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Government or public sector portal

An accessible, multi-language public portal with governed workflows and hardened delivery.

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University content platform

A multi-site estate serving faculties and departments from a governed, shared platform.

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Enterprise knowledge platform

Structured internal knowledge with taxonomy-driven organisation and role-based access.

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Upgraded drupal estate

A legacy Drupal 7 platform migrated to current versions with content integrity and SEO preserved.

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Membership and association platform

Member management, gated content, and governed publishing for associations and unions.

How a Drupal Project Runs

Six stages, each with a sign-off gate before the next begins.

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  1. 01

    Discovery

    We map your Drupal goals, users, and constraints in a structured workshop, ending in a fixed written quote and an architecture risk list.

    ✓ step 01 complete
  2. 02

    Solution design

    The Drupal architecture, integrations, and delivery plan are designed and reviewed before build work starts, so scaling later is not a rewrite.

    ✓ step 02 complete
  3. 03

    Foundation sprint

    Repositories, CI, environments, and a walking skeleton are set up first. Something real runs on a staging URL before feature sprints begin.

    ✓ step 03 complete
  4. 04

    Sprint delivery

    Two-week sprints with live demos every cycle. Drupal work is reviewed, tested, and merged continuously, so scope surprises surface early.

    ✓ step 04 complete
  5. 05

    Hardening and launch

    Performance, security, and accessibility checks run against agreed budgets, followed by a staged Drupal launch with monitoring from hour one.

    ✓ step 05 complete
  6. 06

    Support and handover

    60 days of included support, 12 months of free updates, and documentation that lets your internal team own the system with confidence.

    ✓ step 06 complete

The stack behind our drupal builds

Default choices, stated with reasons.

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Platform

Current Drupal releases with configuration management as a first-class practice, so environments stay reproducible.

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Architecture

Custom modules on documented entity, field, and plugin APIs, keeping major version upgrades genuinely walkable.

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Content architecture

Taxonomy, entities, and workflows modelled against institutional requirements, documented for governance continuity.

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Delivery

Hardened hosting, disciplined update processes, monitoring, and WCAG-tested front ends verified before release.

How intelligence flows through the platform

What each layer reads, and what it changes.

Content assistant

Drafts and audits content within governed workflows.

Reads

Content, style guides, glossaries

Changes

Draft nodes and suggestions

Search intelligence

Improves site search from query behaviour.

Reads

Search queries, click-throughs

Changes

Ranking and facet rules

Moderation layer

Screens submissions in approval workflows.

Reads

Draft content, policy rules

Changes

Moderation queues

What's included, standard

The baseline on every Drupal engagement. Not an upsell tier, just the floor.

  • Fixed written quote

    The price agreed at discovery is the price you pay, with change handled through explicit scope changes rather than silent drift.

  • Solution architecture document

    System design, data flows, and technology decisions written down so your team can audit and own the result.

  • Dedicated project manager

    One accountable point of contact with real authority over the delivery, not a message relay between time zones.

  • QA on every build

    Automated and manual testing on each Drupal release candidate, with defects triaged before anything reaches production.

  • Security review

    A checklist-based security pass covering authentication, data handling, and dependency vulnerabilities before launch.

  • CI/CD and environments

    Pipelines, staging, and preview environments configured from week one, so releases are routine rather than dramatic.

  • Analytics and monitoring

    Instrumentation wired before launch so you can see real user behaviour and system health from day one.

  • Documentation and handover

    Code comments, runbooks, and architecture notes written for your next developer rather than for our convenience.

  • Accessibility audit

    A WCAG conformance audit with documented findings and fixes, included before release on public-facing builds.

Case studies that speak volume

Etihad Airways

A high-traffic consumer platform our team ships and operates at national-carrier scale, the same bar every build is held to.

1M+
Monthly Users
40%
Engagement Lift

PragPlay

A consumer platform from the same engineering system, proving the infrastructure core holds under real-time load with strict uptime demands.

500K+
Players
99.9%
Uptime

Marvel Studios

A high-volume consumer experience our team ships at global-release scale, the same discipline applied to every launch.

10M+
Streams
65%
Completion
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Why teams pick us for drupal work

The differences live in engineering habits, not pitch decks.

Upgrade-safe customisation

Custom modules on documented APIs and configuration management, so major version upgrades are projects, not rewrites.

Institutional content depth

Taxonomy, permissions, and workflow modelling for organisations whose content complexity is structural, not incidental.

Accessibility as an obligation

WCAG conformance tested systematically and documented, because for public institutions it is law, not a feature.

Hardened delivery

Permissions design, disciplined updates, and monitoring for platforms that carry public accountability.

Track record since 2010

9,000+ projects and 3,900+ apps across 25+ countries, held to the same delivery bar as everything else.

Drupal development FAQs

For structured, governed content at institutional scale, very much so: government, education, and enterprises with complex taxonomies remain its natural home. For lighter editorial sites, we will recommend WordPress or Webflow and say why at discovery.

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Ready for Drupal at Institutional Scale?

Talk to our Drupal team about an upgrade-safe build with fixed pricing and full source ownership.

launch.sequence3 steps
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    Share your idea

    a quick call, no deck required

  2. 02

    See the live demo

    every screen, admin to user

  3. 03

    Launch with source

    full code, your brand, your servers

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