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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mendix

    Score7.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Mendix is a low code platform-as-a-service offering with mobile and social extensions. Mendix was acquired by Siemens August 2018.

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    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
    MendixUmbraco CMS
    Editions & Modules
    Free Edition
    $0
    Pro Edition
    1,250
    per month (billed annually)
    Enterprise Edition
    1,675
    per month (billed annually)
    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
    MendixUmbraco CMS
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo 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
    MendixUmbraco CMS
    Considered Both Products
    Siemens AG
    No answer on this topic
    Umbraco
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    MendixUmbraco CMS
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Mendix and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    Mendix
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Umbraco CMS
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling9.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces8.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management9.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability8.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability8.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Mendix and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    Mendix
    -
    Ratings
    Umbraco CMS
    9.0
    12 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Mendix and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    Mendix
    -
    Ratings
    Umbraco CMS
    8.5
    11 Ratings
    8% above category average
    API00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Mendix and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    Mendix
    -
    Ratings
    Umbraco CMS
    8.0
    12 Ratings
    2% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Mendix and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    Mendix
    -
    Ratings
    Umbraco CMS
    7.2
    12 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MendixUmbraco CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (66 ratings)
    6.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (14 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MendixUmbraco CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Siemens AG
    Mendix excels in scenarios involving Business Process Automation, making it a strong choice for applications requiring workflow automation, including processes like request approvals, document management, and other business workflows.Conversely, Mendix may be less suitable for projects that demand highly customized solutions with extensive custom coding. Its primary focus on low-code development may not align well with the requirements of projects that heavily rely on intricate and specialized coding.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Siemens AG
    • We're able to really easily develop different views that are very specific to a customer's needs or customer's different types of user needs. So for example, the production managers can have a certain view that's relevant to them and then certain line managers can have views that are specific to them that allow them to run different scenarios which they define. So it allows us to easily build customized apps for each different type of 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
    Siemens AG
    • Earlier versions lacked in UI/Ux. This is still improving.
    • Since everyone and anyone can create custom add ons (widgets), Mendix could improve their quality checks (but not as rigid as eg Apple).
    • Upgradeability used to be somewhat of an issue. Version 7 looks to be handling this better than previous versions.
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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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    Usability
    Siemens AG
    A 10 would say I have nothing to wish for. A 9 means I haven't seen anything better.This tool really helps you in the whole creation and maintenace cycle, so from requirements to building/modeling to testing to deploying to capturing feedback.
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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
    Siemens AG
    No answers on this topic
    Umbraco
    Occasionally, errors will appear in the admin that make it impossible to work without developer support.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Siemens AG
    No answers on this topic
    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).
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Siemens AG
    Response times are quick and you will get updates regularly about the status of your request. Even with very technical questions they have specialists that can help you with your problems it will give you an answer or help you with a work around.
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    Umbraco
    Support for Umbraco-owned paid plugins is nonexistent.
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    Online Training
    Siemens AG
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Siemens AG
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Siemens AG
    Mendix would be my preferred system all the way. The system is designed for these kinds of works. I've worked with WP and DNN but they should be used just for websites. To create an app for a business value, I would suggest Mendix. Also, the offline capabilities of Mendix have greatly improved since the deployment of Mendix 7.13.
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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
    Siemens AG
    No answers on this topic
    Umbraco
    Without significant development, the product does not scale well.
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    Return on Investment
    Siemens AG
    • It helps to speed up application development because of its low code by the fact that it's low code. It allows professional developers to focus more on specialized application development rather than the more routine application development that business IT and super users can do for themselves with some coaching from the IT department. So it's just allowing the more specialist professional developers.net, for example, Java in our organization to focus on more complex engineering application developments.
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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
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Mendix Screenshots

    Screenshot of Agile Project Management: Collaborate. Manage. Iterate.Screenshot of Central App Management: Application Management Made Easy.Screenshot of App Store: Hundreds of building blocks to get you out of the gate.Screenshot of 1-Click Deployment: Efficient DevOps. Enabled.

    Umbraco CMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of Umbraco 8 backoffice UIScreenshot of Umbraco 8 side by side multilingual editingScreenshot of Umbraco 8 Content AppsScreenshot of Umbraco Cloud project overviewScreenshot of Umbraco Cloud environment overview