Umbraco Reviews & Product Details

Umbraco strikes the perfect balance between ease of use and flexibility. The interface is clean and intuitive, making content management simple for non-technical. At the same time, I appreciate how reliable and adaptable it is for those who build and develop websites.

Whether it's a small site or a complex application, it just works. No unexpected issues, no unnecessary hassle.

The team at Umbraco HQ is amazing, and the community is incredibly supportive. Whether you need advice, plugins, or inspiration, you’ll always find what you’re looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is really not much to dislike. Some advanced features do rely on third-party extensions which can be limiting, but the flexibility and customisation options usually more than make up for that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how you can create almost anything in Umbraco. And if you have any issues, there is a big community and a great documentation to help you. Even if that isn't enough, the Umbraco Support team is always ready to help. And nothing seems to be too little and too stupid. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You actually need to know what you are doing, because Umbraco is so open. When you create something, you will almost never find something exactly the same, so you can't rely on other peoples work. This could also be seem as a good thing, depending your standing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We use Umbraco for all new web projects. Compared with several other content management systems I have used, Umbraco's back end experience is far superior. The hierarchical presentation of site content closely matches the way our site architects map out the content of a site. This in turn, makes intuitive sense to editors as they update the site.

There is a good balance between presenting enough information to understand and execute a task and, on the other hand, keeping the interface simple to avoid overloading the user with options. This is true for both the development and editing experiences. Help text is easy to configure, and presented in a way that helps a new user understand an input field when they first encounter it, but doesn't get in the way of experienced editors. Input fields can be grouped intuitively in multiple ways to aid understanding.

Extensive online documentation makes implementation relatively easy. It is possible and usually quite easy to add custom controls for editing content. I've built icon selectors, data-driven drop-downs, and a spreadsheet-style tabular data control among others. Dashboards can be created to provide a presentation of custom data for more in depth integrations with outside data. Content Apps allow yet another way to customize an editor's interaction with content. I've used these for things like triggering email sends from an "event" page or exporting data for use in an external system.

For those using their hosting platform, Umbraco Cloud, customer support is done by way of a chat widget in the cloud interface and/or by email. The two systems can be used interchangeably. Support staff is always helpful and friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As with many content management systems, Umbraco is always evolving. This is generally a good thing, but recently required us to rebuild entire websites because of a shift to a new platform (.NET Core). On top of that, the next version will require us to revamp the back end because they are changing the underlying infrastructure for customizations. I'm hoping these two significant changes are followed by a more stable upgrade cycle in the future.

Their timeline for long term support (LTS) versions is, in my estimation, too short. I don't like the idea of having to do a significant upgrade on a website every two years because the major version of the site is no longer supported, which opens the site up to any newly discovered security vulnerabilities. I realize the pace of the development of new web technologies is generally pretty breakneck, but I'm a firm believer in "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Longer LTS cycles would be a selling point for any CMS, I think. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Umbraco is probably the most flexible and composable CMS out there on the market. Not only is it extremely easy to use as a developer and CMS user, but the level of integration and customisationg is unparralled.

Umbraco is able to be added into any environment as a rock-solid option for hosting content, and can be extended to match any requirements that get thrown at it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Out of the box lacks features - requires bespoke development to build the site up to a usable level for most situations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's quite easy to understand and everything is well explained with comments aside of the boxes. The CMS is fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it is not perfectly clear where a modification will take action or not, if I modify the order of promotions in the promotions section, if at the same time in the home page - promotion section area - I have a different order set, that change will not take action because it goes in conflict with the "genitor" page, hp.

That is correct! But maybe an error message/or explanatory pop-up would help the user, I guess.

Sometimes the image size for picture suggested are not correctly written/slightly different than what actually would be needed/perfect. (The information displayed on the side of the image boxes I mean).

Sometimes the image in the banners on the top of a landing page is displayed with a dark layer over it, like a fading... and that is not possible to deactivate.

The position of a title and subhead on a banner, is not possible to be moved e.g. top-right/top-left bottm-right/bottom-left. Before, I guess with a previous version of the CMS (or different one) it was possible and was very comfortable to have that, I think. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Umbraco has a great community is there to help you figure things out. It feels very responsive and easy to navigate. There are alot of users and a marketplace to find other useful add ons. The interface allows us to find what we need quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Currently we have access to the CMS side and not the server side with our host so it can take time to add a new feature that hasn't been provided but it is not a fault of Umbraco but with how we have things setup with the host. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am using Umbraco website to manage the manage the information on the website like images, videos, pages and design of the pages of our website. I like the umbraco forms most because it helps me to get the list of entries that have taken our subscriptions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If we can enter a comment or something like that when publishing a page would have been very nice except that everything is good for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In starting up my digital consultancy, I needed a CMS that was easy to use for both clients and myself as a developer. It is easy to integrate & implement across multiple clients. The Umbraco HQ team are always friendly and responsive to requests & feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Generally the system is fantastic. There were some teething issues educating clients about the Umbraco 7 eol, but I think their future roadmap is clear & concise, so this shouldn't come as such a shock to clients moving forward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very simple and straightforward to understand how to use the website editing tools. Allows for quick and efficient updates to be made which in my current role is beneficial as it is one less thing to worry about.

During busy periods I may be using the website editing on Umbraco several times a day and due to the ease of use I am able to do these in no time and get on with the rest of my work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited customisation options with the version of Umbraco I access.

Some tools, such as editing a central blcok, can be dififcult when you have to include a lot of information/tables as some of the information is cut off in the small editing box now provided.

Difficulty adding/accessing images to use on webpage edits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Umbraco is an incredibly flexible CMS system. Their community is excellent, and as a partner with Umbraco, we have always been pleased to use their platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There aren't many downsides to Umbraco, but one of the few is when it is not used as intended. For example, if developers choose to use plugins that are not designed for Umbraco, it can lead to issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.