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Umbraco

Open-source .NET CMS with a friendly backoffice, plus paid cloud hosting and a headless edition.

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About Umbraco

Umbraco is an open-source content management system built on Microsoft .NET and released under the MIT licence. It is popular with agencies and organisations that already run on Microsoft technology, from mid-sized companies to universities and public bodies. Developers define document types and templates in C# and Razor, while editors get a clear backoffice with a content tree, a block-based editor, multilingual variants and scheduled publishing. The CMS follows the .NET release cadence, and the Umbraco company sells managed hosting through Umbraco Cloud, support plans, add-ons such as forms and workflow, and Heartcore, a hosted headless version. The core is free to self-host on Windows or Linux servers, including Azure. The main limits are a smaller pool of developers and packages than PHP-based CMSs, and the need for .NET skills for anything custom. Editors work in the browser.

Best for: Organisations and agencies standardised on .NET and Microsoft hosting.

Pros and cons

What works

  • MIT-licensed core that's free to self-host
  • Editor-friendly backoffice with block-based content
  • Fits teams already using C#, .NET and Azure

Why people leave

  • Requires .NET developers for builds and upgrades
  • Smaller package ecosystem than PHP CMSs
  • Useful extras like forms and cloud hosting are paid

Top Umbraco alternatives

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  1. 1Drupal logo
    Drupal

    Open-source CMS with similar structure and a much larger community, on PHP.

    66.5
  2. 2Sitecore logo
    Sitecore

    Commercial .NET-heritage enterprise platform with built-in personalisation.

    62.6
  3. 3TYPO3 logo
    TYPO3

    Open-source enterprise CMS with long-term support releases, on PHP.

    57.2
  4. 4Squidex logo
    Squidex

    Open-source headless CMS also built on .NET, for API-first projects.

    55.3
  5. 5Contentful logo
    Contentful

    Hosted headless CMS that removes server upkeep for multi-channel content.

    49.1

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Umbraco: common questions

Is Umbraco free?

Yes. Umbraco is free, open-source software that you can host yourself.

Is Umbraco open source?

Yes. The source code is on GitHub at umbraco/Umbraco-CMS. You can also run it on your own server.

What platforms does Umbraco run on?

Umbraco is available for Self-hosted and Web.

What are the best alternatives to Umbraco?

The highest-ranked Umbraco alternatives right now are Drupal, Sitecore and TYPO3. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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