Umbraco Reviews & Product Details

I continue to use V10 for my work and appreciate its customization features. Overall, it is user-friendly, and I am looking forward to the upcoming v17 update, which promises to give the back-office a more modern appearance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Comparing to WP, Umbraco is not where it should for modern day. Setting it up required significant technical expertise to configure the source code, which also means that customization is largely dependent on the vendor. Since Umbraco is not as widely recognized, vendors tend to be expensive for any type of project involving Umbraco. I hope that future versions will be easier to learn and develop with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have been using Umbraco for over 5 years at this point. Daily use.

I've seen my fair share of content management systems, from Wordpress, Joomla to custom built ones some of which i've even built myself. However, generally, there's not much Umbraco can't do.

Extremely easy to get set up initially.

It's also easy enough to expand Umbraco, to integrate various packages or even to write your own backoffice plugins, dashboards, packages or content apps.

Umbraco is lightweight without a lot of the extra fluff; the best user and member experience you could get in my opinion.

Customer Support has been good for us, especially as we're Umbraco partners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Examine based issues can occur sometimes; such as index corruption or failure to rebuild Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that the interface of Umbraco is very simple and clearly structured. You quickly learn how to handle it, and once you understand the principle, it's easy to figure out where you need to make changes and how they affect things. Additionally, getting started with Umbraco was extremely easy for me, with a tutorial by Paul Seal on YouTube being very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think it would be cool if there were a kind of placeholder image function. For an image media picker, you always need an image in the media area. I would find it cool if, during development, there were a function to simulate a temporary dummy image for this media picker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I appreciate most about Umbraco is its balance between flexibility and structure. It offers a robust CMS foundation while allowing developers to build fully customized solutions in .NET. This makes it suitable for everything from straightforward content sites to complex digital platforms. The intuitive backoffice also empowers editors to manage content efficiently without technical expertise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Upgrading between major Umbraco versions can sometimes be challenging, particularly when dealing with custom code or third-party packages. However, the improvements and new capabilities introduced in each release make the effort worthwhile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really appreciate the back office of Umbraco. It's incredibly flexible and very easy to use, offering a powerful number of features, and further functionality available through the marketplace that allow us to add on elements. The cloud service, Umbraco Cloud, is fantastic, and the staff supporting it are brilliant! Super helpful, friendly, and communicate really well. The initial setup with Umbraco Cloud was incredibly easy. Alongside using Umbraco for content management within our SaaS platform, we also use it for our marketing website because of its ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The main thing is that it lacks the ability to enforce multifactor authentication from the back office users section, instead this needs to be done within Umbraco Cloud identity. This feels like a security gap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Umbraco platform is good for large teams that have many users making and editing web pages. It is also good for websites that have many pages, such as those with blogs or news articles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am not exactly a web-building guru, but Umbraco is definitely one of the less advanced options out there. The web pages look like they are from 2010. At least to my knowledge, there are no animations available and the customization is extremely limited. Just getting the text to wrap correctly or making columns is a challenge.

The user interface is also very old school. There is no visual builder, so you constantly have to input your stuff in clunky backend modules and then preview them separately to make sure everything looks okay. I would not recommend Umbraco to anyone who wants a sleek, modern-looking website or who is new to web building. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is an easily customizable cms system that is stable and easy to sell to customers as well. Not to mention the open source aspect! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Um, nothing in particular. It can be clunky always to fit something pre-built into something custom Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Umbraco's open source nature is fantastic for implementing additional functionality. This, in turn, allows you to customise everything to suit your business needs and goals. The platform is also incredibly intuitive and since we started using Umbraco ten months ago I've been able to train other in-house users with ease. From a campaign perspective, having the option of conditional fields within Forms is a huge benefit and it's a feature we use often when catering content to specific audiences. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When in grid view and looking at lots of uploaded documents, Umbraco doesn't allow you to drag the column outwards to reveal the full PDF name. This can be frustrating when trying to locate multiple, similarly named documents in a particular folder. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like Umbraco because of how incredibly flexible it is, it adapts to a wide range of project needs, whether you're building a simple site or a complex application. Development can move fast thanks to its robust out of the box features, which save time without sacrificing customisation. The diverse ecosystem of packages makes it easy to extend functionality without reinventing the wheel, and for someone new to content management systems, Umbraco is a fantastic learning platform. Its intuitive interface and strong community support make it approachable, while still offering depth for more advanced users.

Umbraco is also very user friendly when it comes to managing content. Adding and editing pages is straightforward, with a clean interface that makes it easy to navigate even for beginners. You can make changes quickly and preview exactly how they'll appear before publishing, which gives you confidence that everything looks just right. This real-time feedback loop is especially helpful when collaborating with clients or stakeholders who want to see updates instantly. It streamlines the content workflow and helps maintain a polished, professional site without unnecessary delays. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One aspect of Umbraco that I find frustrating is working with nested content. While it's powerful for structuring complex data, it can quickly become overwhelming when there are too many layers buried within each other. Navigating through deeply nested fields to make a simple change often feels tedious and unintuitive, especially when you're trying to maintain clarity across multiple content types. It can slow down the editing process and make it harder to spot where specific content lives, which isn't ideal when you're aiming for efficiency or collaborating with less technical users.

I also wish you could see exactly what changes were made when reviewing the history of the page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

.NET CMS is easy to use, offers great features, and works well for enterprise needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Painful Upgrades: Major version upgrades are notoriously complex, resource-heavy, and can break existing custom functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.