If you've worked with Drupal long enough, you've faced this decision: Do I build a custom module for this or can ECA handle it? Here's a straight answer. Use ECA When The logic is workflow-based Approvals, notifications, reminders, role assignments anything that follows an "if this then that" pattern is exactly what ECA is built for. Non-developers need to maintain it ECA workflows live in the admin UI. Your client or site admin can read, modify, and debug them without touching code. A custom module cannot offer that. Speed matters A workflow that would take a day to build as a custom module can be done in ECA in an hour. For agencies and freelancers, that margin is money. You want reusability ECA configs export as YAML. Drop them into any Drupal project and they work. No copy pasting PHP across projects.…