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    FirstSpirt CMS

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    FirstSpirit CMS is an enterprise Content Management platform for creating, governing, and publishing digital content across websites, applications, and other delivery channels. It combines visual authoring, developer tooling, workflow controls, and content-delivery options for organizations managing multilingual and multisite digital estates.N/A

    Umbraco CMS

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AUmbraco is an open-source .NET Core CMS with over 700,000 active installs worldwide and with more than 200,000 active community members. It was first released on February 16th, 2005, and is still to this day an open-source project backed by a commercial company. To ensure Umbraco is always running the latest technology, the company has aligned with Microsoft's .NET release schedule to always have the Umbraco CMS…

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    Pricing
    FirstSpirt CMSUmbraco CMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Umbraco Free
    $0
    Umbraco Starter
    $53
    per month
    Umbraco Standard
    $320
    per month
    Umbraco Professional
    $860
    per month
    Umbraco Cloud Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FirstSpirt CMSUmbraco CMS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The Umbraco CMS and all of its core features are the same across all plans.
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    Community Pulse
    FirstSpirt CMSUmbraco CMS
    Considered Both Products
    Rezolve Ai Limited
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    Umbraco
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
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    Features
    FirstSpirt CMSUmbraco CMS
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of FirstSpirt CMS and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.9
    25 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Umbraco CMS
    9.0
    12 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Role-based user permissions8.925 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of FirstSpirt CMS and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.0
    22 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Umbraco CMS
    8.5
    11 Ratings
    8% above category average
    API7.819 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.120 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of FirstSpirt CMS and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.1
    27 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Umbraco CMS
    8.0
    12 Ratings
    2% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor7.726 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness7.626 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Admin section8.325 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Page templates8.427 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design8.425 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.527 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Form generator7.823 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of FirstSpirt CMS and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    7.9
    27 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Umbraco CMS
    7.2
    12 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Content taxonomy7.725 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    SEO support8.524 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Bulk management8.122 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.321 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FirstSpirt CMSUmbraco CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (30 ratings)
    6.0
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (27 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FirstSpirt CMSUmbraco CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Crownpeak DXM is a great solution if you are looking for a flexible platform that allows engineers to quickly develop while also making it easy for content authors to work especially in scenarios where you need multi-language support. It is also good for scenarios where you want a cloud-based solution and are looking for just one vendor to handle hosting and offer the CMS.
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    Umbraco
    Umbraco CMS is the perfect tool for a company that is looking to keep their website updated. The simple to use tools and templates means updating and creating new pages is easy. The WYSIWYG editor is a nice feature, however, for accessibility, there should be some more guidance on what is suitable to be used on the CMS.
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    Pros
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    • Build & manage digital experiences without dependency on your IT team
    • Built-in Digital Quality tool (DQM) tool allows you to check the quality of content and any accessibility issues and immediately flag any issues before publishing.
    • Build websites with the component-based technology and spend less effort in creating the best user experience for the end-user
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    Umbraco
    • Quick to learn. For most if cases, developer needs to know Razor coding.
    • Doesn't require back-end programming.
    • Has build in users management (developers, content managers) and members management consoles (users of the site).
    • Clear admin tool (especially in version 7)
    • Fast.
    • Creating code from scratch, so it is easier to create clean code.
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    Cons
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    • Crownpeak moved to a web browser admin tool in 2018, which has made the admin experience much better, but there are still a couple of features missing from the browser version that won't arrive until later in 2019.
    • Integration with 3rd party digital asset management tools would be great.
    • Smoother integration with source control would be nice.
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    Umbraco
    • Speed for older sites - Umbraco content can load slowly if you have thousands of pages of content. Of course, this would not be a problem for simpler websites
    • Complexity - since the product is free out-of-the-box, it will take technical expertise to get Umbraco setup properly
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    None of our Crownpeak clients are currently thinking about replatforming.
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    Umbraco
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Crownpeak DXM is a flexible easy to use CMS platform speaking to the most challenging localization scenarios. Crownpeak users have the freedom to integrate DXM platform with their existing technology at no cost. Moving from legacy systems to the Saas platform is painless and cost-effective. Extensive targeting and personalization options are something that users will benefit from.
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    Umbraco
    Umbraco CMS effectively addresses enterprise content management needs. It's quite mature .NET based CMS, standing out as a leader among its competitors. Websites built with Umbraco are blazing fast. Extensive customization capabilities, and user-friendly content publishing interface makes it an ideal choice for businesses looking for a mature CMS solution.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    We have never encountered any issues with the availability.
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    Umbraco
    Occasionally, errors will appear in the admin that make it impossible to work without developer support.
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    Performance
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Pages load very fast on production (assuming you develop with basic SEO practices in place) due to Crownpeak's publishing architecture. The slide downside is that publishing can be a bit slow at times.
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    Umbraco
    Working in the admin panel (adding / reviewing / editing content) is very slow. The public facing site speed is dependent on what the pages are doing and how well the code was written (whether it is optimized for speed).
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    Support Rating
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Crownpeak DXM's service and support are outstanding. We have immediate access to both the tech support team and the software engineering team. We can get a support person on the phone whenever needed, and we can schedule impromptu training sessions at any time. Best support I have ever received from a platform provider in 20 years of software and application development.
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    Umbraco
    Support for Umbraco-owned paid plugins is nonexistent.
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    In-Person Training
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    We received on-site training from Crownpeak, the trainer had touched upon every possible scenario and provided great insights about the product & ease of implementation.
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    Umbraco
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    My team left training with a solid understanding of how to use the product and the developer training ended with a test to ensure the ability to properly develop was learned properly. Recently, Crownpeak has added a self-paced training option which makes it extremely flexible to on-board new developers.
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    Umbraco
    Online training is often based on older versions of the platform. So, you'll have to fill in the gaps on your own.
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    Implementation Rating
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    SaaS model is perfect for us to avoid slow and costly version updates to get access to new features and functions. Crownpeak is a true SaaS model, so we get all the good new stuff without the need to invest in effort, time or money. this frees our teams to focus on content creation and deployment, which is pretty fast because the DXM publishes straight to html through the headless model.
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    Umbraco
    Spend the time to wireframe the content structure prior to diving in. This helps speed the process of implementation and it serves as documentation for end users.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    I was not at this team within my organization during the evaluation period of Crownpeak. However, my previous team used Sitecore. Crownpeak is a bit easier to use from a UI perspective and has more creative options within the tool. Sitecore's clunky UI also was a reason I found out later why we ended up using Crownpeak as our DXM.
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    Umbraco
    Umbraco's templating is far superior than WordPress, Drupal and Joomla, but it's update process is WAY behind those platforms. The release schedule of Umbraco is way to often and most releases are to fix something missed in the previous release and not an improvement or new feature of the CMS
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    Scalability
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    In some recent projects we have delivered to our clients, we were able to roll out sites in shorter time period due the scalability of the Crownpeak's DXM solution.
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    Umbraco
    Without significant development, the product does not scale well.
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    Return on Investment
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    • I'm pretty sure it raises our back-end development costs by making the development process (of creating input forms and producing outputs from the content) more complicated and painful than it needs to be.
    • It helps lock our clients in to us because not a whole lot of agencies have Crownpeak expertise.
    • It helps our clients not have to deal with their own IT teams, which they tend to dislike working with.
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    Umbraco
    • Has helped us to create more engaging pages that push people to complete the online forms
    • We have seen more people buy from us since we launched our new look website
    • We can easily update the content without waiting for the development team to make changes
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