Item: Umbraco CMS
Rating: 1
Author: Lori Jerome

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Umbraco is used as the main website for one of the business units. With that being said, it was used for the whole organization as a core point of content for technical documents and reference materials for our product. It addressed the problem of not having a functional website and met security needs.

Pros and Cons

Very simple content management.
Secure, no hacking because no one knows how to use it

Not user friendly.
Need to be a programmer to do anything cool.
Not compatible with common digital marketing applications.
Very cumbersome, blocky.
Horrible user interface.

Return on Investment

Just cumbersome and took forever to learn.

Alternatives Considered

Someone else selected before I came on board but I was open-minded and willing to give it a try.

Key Insights

Do you think Umbraco CMS delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Umbraco CMS's feature set?

Did Umbraco CMS live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Umbraco CMS go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Umbraco CMS again?

Other Software Used

RubyMine

Likelihood to Recommend

I didn't like Umbraco at all. It was already in place by someone who didn't have an SEO background. I evaluated an upgrade from Umbraco to Wordpress or Hubspot CMS and definitely beyond a doubt Umbraco couldn't compete. I have been for years easily updating content in CMS including currently working in Ruby on Rails and in my perspective, Umbraco is one of the worst. It would never be a choice for anywhere that cares about SEO and being found on the web for marketing. Maybe it's ok for an internal library or something but I wouldn't waste my time.

Umbraco is a No Go

Overall Satisfaction with Umbraco CMS