What is the difference between Drupal, Acquia, Pantheon and Amazee?

A Drupal Diamond Partner is an agency certified by Drupal Association at the second-highest level of the official partner program on Drupal.org. To obtain it, the agency must demonstrate verified technical contributions to Drupal core, audited projects and active participation in the global community. For a company, hiring a Diamond Partner guarantees the highest level of technical expertise available in the region. Seed EM is the only Drupal Diamond Partner in all of Latin America.

All three are commercial platforms built on Drupal open source, but with different approaches. Acquia offers managed hosting plus proprietary no-code tools like page builder and marketing cloud. Pantheon is a WebOps platform with highly optimized dev/stage/prod workflows. Amazee.io is managed cloud hosting based on Kubernetes, focused on agencies and complex projects. All three depend on certified partners for custom development.

No. Enterprise Drupal is a capability of the open source platform, not an exclusive Acquia product. Any agency with the appropriate Drupal Association certification can implement enterprise Drupal. Seed EM, as a Diamond Certified Partner, implements enterprise Drupal on its own SeedCloud infrastructure or on Acquia, depending on what the client needs.

Yes. Seed EM has Acquia-certified developers and can implement, migrate, optimize and support projects already running on the Acquia platform. It is not necessary to migrate infrastructure to work with Seed EM.

Pure Drupal offers total technological sovereignty: the code is entirely yours, you pay no additional licenses, you can change hosting or partner without losing your investment, and you have no dependency on a private company. The trade-off is that you need a solid technical partner for development and maintenance. Acquia adds no-code tools that reduce technical dependence, but in exchange for a license and a certain level of lock-in.

SeedCloud is Seed EM's own cloud infrastructure, built on AWS and optimized exclusively for Drupal. It offers 99.9% SLA, 24/7 technical support in Spanish, managed security and auto-scaling. Unlike Acquia, SeedCloud adds no proprietary layers: the client retains total sovereignty over their code. It is the regional option for companies in Colombia and LATAM that want enterprise infrastructure without paying additional licenses.

Visit drupal.org/drupal-services and filter by region and certification level. The information is public, updated in real time and managed directly by Drupal Association, without intermediaries. You can verify the certification level of any agency in the world. Seed EM's profile is available at drupal.org/seed-em.

Yes. Drupal is the open source platform preferred by governments, universities, media and large companies worldwide for its robustness, security and scalability. In LATAM, Seed EM has implemented Drupal for clients such as UNESCO, Grupo Éxito, Tigo UNE and Politécnico Grancolombiano, among others. The key is to work with a partner with the right level of certification.

It means technological sovereignty: your company owns its digital platform. No one can take away access to your code, unilaterally raise license prices or force you to change provider. You can change hosting, agency or partner without losing your investment. The code is yours. This is a fundamental difference compared to proprietary platforms like Adobe Experience Manager or Sitecore.