Umbraco CMS

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Umbraco CMS	Score 7.3 out of 10	N/A	Umbraco 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…	$0

Pricing

Umbraco CMS

Editions & Modules

Umbraco Free: $0
Umbraco Cloud Starter: $45
per month
Umbraco Heartcore Mini: $49
per month
Umbraco Heartcore Starter: $239
per month
Umbraco Cloud Standard: $283
per month
Umbraco Cloud Professional: $758
per month
Umbraco Heartcore Professional: $999
per month
Umbraco Professional: $12,000
per year
Umbraco Enterprise: Flexible pricing
per year
Umbraco Cloud Enterprise: Flexible pricing
per month
Umbraco Heartcore Enterprise: Flexible pricing
per month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Umbraco CMS
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

The Umbraco CMS and all of its core features are the same across all plans. The paid on-premise plans include support, onboarding, licenses to add-on products (Umbraco Forms) as well as a discount on developer training courses. Umbraco Cloud is the CMS hosted on Azure Cloud servers with automated upgrades, unlimited hosting, and smooth deployments. All features can be found on Umbraco.com. Umbraco Heartcore is the managed Headless SaaS version of Umbraco.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Umbraco CMS
Considered Both Products	Umbraco CMS Verified User Engineer Chose Umbraco CMS We preferred Umbraco because it is built with .NET, and most of our team members have proficiency in .NET. Umbraco is open-source so it was free, we could deploy it anywhere - on-premise or cloud. Umbraco had all features which we needed - SEO support, multi-lingual support, … Incentivized Helpful? Lori Jerome Digital Content Manager Chose Umbraco CMS Someone else selected before I came on board but I was open-minded and willing to give it a try. Incentivized Helpful? JE Jerker Edenborg System Developer Chose Umbraco CMS The performance of Umbraco is as good as Episerver. The back office in Umbraco is cleaner and more intuitive than Episerver. Sitecore is a good CMS for large projects, but the learning curve for developers and editors is steep. Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Umbraco CMS 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 … Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Umbraco CMS The learning curve to develop a web application is very short. The time to market is then insignificant. Umbraco is free and open source. Helpful? Jakub Wilk President & Co-Founder Chose Umbraco CMS We chose Umbraco because of their technology, and it was better than our previous CMS, Orchard, which was too complicated even for programmers. Orchard was very good but to develop something it required a really strong knowledge of this framework. In Umbraco it seems to be … Incentivized Helpful? Debbie Marshall Operations Manager Chose Umbraco CMS We previously used WordPress, however this was not easy to use, it was a complicated system and was limited in what we could achieve, there was a big outlay in buying bolts on and ensuring the system was safe. We found we where spammed loads, we tried to make it work however … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Kelly Data Manager Chose Umbraco CMS Both are comparable. We selected Umbraco CMS because it used .NET instead of PHP. I would recommend choosing the CMS that your staff and technical people will be the most comfortable with. Incentivized Helpful? Alex Lada Tech Director Chose Umbraco CMS Umbraco provides the best bang-for-the-buck CMS option on a .NET platform for those that cannot afford Sitecore. It is much friendlier to use than Ektron, is free to use, has commercial grade plugins that are not overly expensive, and provides the functionality that most … Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Hardesty Founder Chose Umbraco CMS Umbraco vs WordPress Umbraco has more flexibility and customization options, but less features, reliability/stability, and community support. WordPress offers less customization for data and content, but it is immensely more stable, has better features /plugins, and includes an … Incentivized Helpful? Filip Witkowski Web Developer Chose Umbraco CMS There is not really an alternative when it comes to CMS based on ASP.Net (MVC4 with Razor). There are a few frameworks, like Booststrap; however framework is not content management system. I will compare it to Drupal, because the second one is well known. Against Drupal, … Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Easy to learn Pro Design layout Pro Back office
Top Cons	Minus New users Minus E commerce Minus Update process

Features

Umbraco CMS

Security

Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
	Umbraco CMS 9.0 12 Ratings 11% above category average
Role-based user permissions	9.012 Ratings

Platform & Infrastructure

Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
	Umbraco CMS 8.5 11 Ratings 10% above category average
API	8.010 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language	9.010 Ratings

Web Content Creation

Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
	Umbraco CMS 8.0 12 Ratings 4% above category average
WYSIWYG editor	10.012 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness	10.012 Ratings
Admin section	7.012 Ratings
Page templates	8.012 Ratings
Library of website themes	6.011 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design	6.011 Ratings
Publishing workflow	10.012 Ratings
Form generator	7.010 Ratings

Web Content Management

Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
	Umbraco CMS 7.2 12 Ratings 2% below category average
Content taxonomy	6.012 Ratings
SEO support	10.011 Ratings
Bulk management	7.09 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions	7.011 Ratings
Community / comment management	6.011 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Umbraco CMS
Likelihood to Recommend	6.0 (12 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (2 ratings)
Availability	7.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	3.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	2.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	3.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	4.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Umbraco CMS
Likelihood to Recommend	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 Debbie Marshall Operations Manager Read full review
Pros	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. Filip Witkowski Web Developer Read full review
Cons	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 Incentivized Jason Kelly Data Manager Read full review
Usability	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Umbraco Occasionally, errors will appear in the admin that make it impossible to work without developer support. Incentivized Matthew Hardesty Founder Read full review
Performance	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 Matthew Hardesty Founder Read full review
Support Rating	Umbraco Support for Umbraco-owned paid plugins is nonexistent. Incentivized Matthew Hardesty Founder Read full review
Online Training	Umbraco Online training is often based on older versions of the platform. So, you'll have to fill in the gaps on your own. Incentivized Matthew Hardesty Founder Read full review
Implementation Rating	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. Incentivized Matthew Hardesty Founder Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Scalability	Umbraco Without significant development, the product does not scale well. Incentivized Matthew Hardesty Founder Read full review
Return on Investment	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 Debbie Marshall Operations Manager Read full review
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