What Agaric does

Agaric is a worker-owned cooperative structured as Agaric LLC, headquartered in Boston, MA and operating since approximately 2008. The company delivers Drupal-based web development, training, and consulting services, with deep specialization in Drupal migrations (including a popular '31 Days of Drupal Migrations' tutorial series and formal Migration API training for Drupal 11 upgrades) and custom module contributions to the Drupal ecosystem (Give, Content Moderation Tabs, Workflow Buttons, Entity Reference Override). Notable client-delivered platforms include the NICHQ Collaboratory (healthcare improvement), the DRTB Network for Partners In Health, the Climate Action Map for 350.org, Find It Cambridge for the City of Cambridge, and the Therapy Fidelity App for Scheeringa Mind Company, with the cooperative also maintaining the Drutopia Drupal distribution.

Agaric serves a concentrated mix of non-profit organizations, health and scientific communities, government and municipal clients, and educational institutions, with select enterprise engagements. Revenue derives from professional services — custom Drupal development, one-on-one and group training (offered via Zoom with scholarships and multi-training discounts), and ongoing maintenance and consulting. The company is run as a democratic cooperative with no external investment; the founding principal Benjamin Melançon and roughly ten named worker-owners control the business. Marketing relies on Drupal community content marketing, conference presence at DrupalCon (including Healthcare Summit sessions), a blog, an RSS-first publishing approach, and a recently relaunched newsletter, with sales conducted direct via website contact forms.

Name

Agaric

Legal name

Agaric LLC

Website

https://agaric.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Agaric is a Boston-based worker-owned cooperative providing Drupal web development, migration training, and consulting for non-profits, health/science communities, municipal clients, and select enterprises, with deep specialization in Drupal migrations and open-source contributions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web Development and Drupal Consulting Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud-Native Development (Containers, Kubernetes, Microservices) (BPAEACAD)

Keywords

• Drupal web development
• Drupal migration services
• Drupal training programs
• Open source CMS consulting
• Nonprofit web development

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Web Development Services: Custom website and application development services including Drupal development, migration, and technical consulting for mission-driven organizations
2. Training Services: One-on-one capacity building and group workshops including specialized Migration to Drupal trainings, Drupal 11 content migrations training, and upgrading to Drupal 11 using Migrate API training
3. Consulting: Technical consulting to help define and meet client needs, including ongoing maintenance and support

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Agaric is a worker-owned cooperative that provides Drupal-based custom web development, web application development, and technical consulting services. They specialize in Drupal migrations, custom module development, and Drupal-based platform development for mission-driven organizations. They also deliver paid training programs covering Drupal migrations and upgrades, and produce contributed Drupal modules and distributions such as Drutopia.

Product overview

Agaric is a worker-owned cooperative that provides Drupal-based development services, training, and consulting. Their product portfolio consists primarily of Drupal development services and training offerings, including sought-after Migration to Drupal trainings, web platforms they develop for clients (such as Find It program locators and health/science community platforms), and internal Drupal distributions. Key platforms include the NICHQ Collaboratory (a Drupal 8 distribution for healthcare improvement teams), the Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography (PECE - open source Drupal distribution for research), and custom applications like the Climate Action Map for 350.org and the Therapy Fidelity App. Agaric also develops and maintains Drutopia, a Drupal distribution with predefined content types. Their training offerings focus on Drupal migrations using the Migrate API, including specialized courses for Drupal 11 upgrades.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Web Development Services Custom Drupal-based website and application development services, including building custom platforms, web applications, and interactive tools for mission-driven organizations such as non-profits, social movements, and government clients.
• Migration to Drupal Training Training programs teaching organizations how to migrate content and data onto Drupal, including Drupal 11 content migrations and upgrades using the Migrate API. Includes the 31 Days of Drupal Migrations tutorial series.
• Drupal 11 Content Migrations Training

Quantifiable outcome

• 333 organizations created accounts and contributed to Find It Cambridge directory
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DrutopiacoreTechnology or IntegrationAgaric's website is powered by Drutopia, a Drupal distribution they support. Drutopia provides a foundation of useful content types and functionality that Agaric leverages and contributes back to.
• Scheeringa Mind CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgaric is developing the Therapy Fidelity app for Scheeringa Mind Company with initial funding from Tulane University. This is a custom mobile web application for therapists.
• Partners In HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeginning in 2010, Agaric took over development of the DRTB Network platform for Partners In Health, the international nonprofit public health organization. This crucial work continues with endTB.org.
• National Institute for Children's Health Quality (NICHQ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeginning in 2015, Agaric built the Collaboratory platform for NICHQ - a platform designed specifically to help healthcare improvement teams collaborate, innovate, and make change. Proud to be NICHQ's 2020 partners in making the most of the digital health revolution.
• TerravozminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Terravoz for Find It Cambridge project, with Terravoz taking leadership in VOIP development.
• Code for BostonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for Find It Cambridge project.
• Harvard Initiative in Innovative ComputingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgaric worked with researchers from Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital on the Science Collaboration Framework, a reusable platform for biomedical research collaboration.
• Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ResearchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgaric built the website for an online community of Parkinson's disease researchers and research investors on the Science Collaboration Framework.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lullabot: A long-standing Drupal-focused design, development, and strategy agency. Comparable to Agaric as a dedicated Drupal services shop with training offerings, though materially larger in scale.
• Mediacurrent: A Drupal digital agency serving enterprise and mid-market clients. Comparable to Agaric as a Drupal-first development and training provider, though with broader commercial clientele.
• Phase2: A Drupal-focused digital agency known for enterprise content platforms and open-source contributions. Directly comparable to Agaric in its Drupal services and community engagement model.
• Promet Source: A Drupal web development agency with health and government clients. Closely comparable to Agaric in vertical mix and Drupal service offerings.
• CivicActions: A digital services firm building Drupal platforms for government, healthcare, and non-profits. Directly comparable mission-driven, civic-tech focus to Agaric's non-profit and municipal client base.
• Palantir.net: A long-running Drupal agency and major contributor to Drupal core. Comparable in Drupal community participation and enterprise services profile, though with larger engagement scale than Agaric.
• Nava: A civic tech firm building digital services for government and mission-driven organizations. Comparable to Agaric in the values-driven, non-profit/public-sector segment though broader in tech stack.

Broad incumbents

• Acquia: The largest commercial Drupal platform and services provider. Overlaps with Agaric's Drupal services and training business but operates at vastly greater scale and offers proprietary hosting/Cloud products.

Regional players

• PreviousNext: An Australian Drupal agency that is a major contributor to Drupal. Comparable in Drupal specialization and services model, but geographically anchored to Australia rather than the US.

Emerging players

• Drupalize.Me: An online Drupal training provider. Closely comparable to Agaric's migration and Drupal training business, though focused purely on training rather than services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/agaric

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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