ManageWP vs. Umbraco CMS

Umbraco CMS

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
ManageWP	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	ManageWP is a WordPress management console that allows users to manage multiple WordPress sites with ease.	N/A
Umbraco CMS	Score 6.7 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

ManageWP

Umbraco CMS

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Umbraco Free: $0
Umbraco Starter: $53
per month
Umbraco Standard: $320
per month
Umbraco Professional: $860
per month
Umbraco Cloud Enterprise: Custom Pricing
per month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
ManageWP	Umbraco CMS
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Starting is easy and free. Premium upgrades are there for those that need more. If you want to free up your time and let ManageWP do the heavy lifting - we are there for you with a number of automations (safe updates, automated backups, scheduled security and performance checks, etc.), site migration tools, website templates and more. Special bundles were built for agencies and companies creating affordable discounts for customers with large number of websites.

The Umbraco CMS and all of its core features are the same across all plans.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	ManageWP	Umbraco CMS
Considered Both Products	ManageWP Verified User Anonymous Chose ManageWP ManageWP is the only website management product that we have used. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ManageWP I'm not sure there are other free options in this space. I haven't heard of any. Incentivized Helpful? Gary Williams President & CEO Chose ManageWP Jetpack is going to be a contender in the future, however, at this point in time they are missing some features that ManageWP includes and does very well. These include automatic backups and a robust migration module. Though the UI in Jetpack is a little cleaner and prettier, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ManageWP ManageWP is definitely the best in class product for WordPress website management. There are other tools such as InfiniteWP that do similar things, but don't have as complete an offering. Other options like WPEngine are also for hosting and we are not interested in that … Incentivized Helpful? Matt Heerema Director Chose ManageWP Prior to ManageWP, we utilized InfiniteWP, a free (with paid extensions), self-hosted alternative. We found the interface to be unwieldy, and the paid extension pricing to be a bit confusing. The headache of maintaining the software and server infrastructure to run the … Incentivized Helpful?	Umbraco CMS Verified User Anonymous 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? Janus Kamp Hansen Developer Chose Umbraco CMS Episerver CMS and Sitecore Web Content Management 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. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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. Incentivized 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?

Features

ManageWP

Umbraco CMS

Security

Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
	ManageWP 9.5 Ratings 16% above category average	Umbraco CMS 9.0 Ratings 11% above category average
Role-based user permissions	9.50 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Platform & Infrastructure

Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
	ManageWP 10.0 Ratings 27% above category average	Umbraco CMS 8.5 Ratings 11% above category average
API	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Web Content Creation

Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
	ManageWP 8.2 Ratings 6% above category average	Umbraco CMS 8.0 Ratings 4% above category average
WYSIWYG editor	8.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness	8.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Admin section	9.80 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Page templates	8.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Library of website themes	9.00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design	7.50 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Publishing workflow	7.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Form generator	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings

Web Content Management

Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
	ManageWP 7.0 Ratings 5% below category average	Umbraco CMS 7.2 Ratings 2% below category average
SEO support	8.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Bulk management	10.00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions	3.00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Community / comment management	7.00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Content taxonomy	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	ManageWP	Umbraco CMS
Likelihood to Recommend	9.6 (0 ratings)	6.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	3.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	2.0 (0 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	3.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	4.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	ManageWP	Umbraco CMS
Likelihood to Recommend	It is well suited to anyone that has a Wordpress website, whether it be an individual or a company managing multiple clients sites, its an easy way to manage, maintain and keep your website running smoothly and secure. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Umbraco is well suited for websites that are looking to do a wide range of activities that require complex technoligies. An example of this is a company with several different products or services. Umbraco would be overkill for simple sites that are mostly static. It is also difficult to find developers who have Umbraco experience, as it's market share is not all that high Incentivized Jason Kelly Data Manager Read full review
Pros	ManageWP consolidates important WordPress site management services into on dashboard. ManageWP makes backing up, cloning, and restoring websites so easy. ManageWP provides a simple, easy to use interface. Incentivized Matthew Lundh Cofounder Read full review	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	The reports could be prettier, more templates in order to avoid having to customize for each client so heavily. It would be nice to see if recommended plugin updates are actually production and not beta versions. Incentivized Gary Williams President & CEO Read full review	Migration of data between servers. There are tools that you can pay for that help facilitate this, but like any CMS system, there are still some tricks to getting it to work correctly. Running as a Web Project instead of a Web Site. Umbraco does not run compiled code, but instead compiles it on the fly. I find this to cause some performance issues that would otherwise be resolved with a compiled code base. Incentivized Alex Lada Tech Director Read full review
Usability	It's very straightforward for basic use, but less you dig in more for advanced use. Seems like it would be approachable to the average person. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	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	No answers on this topic	Occasionally, errors will appear in the admin that make it impossible to work without developer support. Incentivized Matthew Hardesty Founder Read full review
Performance	No answers on this topic	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	No answers on this topic	Support for Umbraco-owned paid plugins is nonexistent. Incentivized Matthew Hardesty Founder Read full review
Online Training	No answers on this topic	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	No answers on this topic	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	ManageWP is definitely the best in class product for WordPress website management. There are other tools such as InfiniteWP that do similar things, but don't have as complete an offering. Other options like WPEngine are also for hosting and we are not interested in that element. I think that ManageWP is the best tool out there for what it does. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	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 after a year we decided to leave WordPress behind. The company did evaluated Adobe but the dev team decided that Umbraco was the best tool to meet our own needs. Incentivized Debbie Marshall Operations Manager Read full review
Scalability	No answers on this topic	Without significant development, the product does not scale well. Incentivized Matthew Hardesty Founder Read full review
Return on Investment	Reduced update times - allows me to check for updates on all our sites once a week without spending countless time logging in and updating each one manually. Free backups - allows me to have redundant backups just in case other systems fail, without any effort. Free platform - many of the provided features are free, making it very useful for companies who want to keep costs low. Incentivized Darien Chaffart Associate Pastor Read full review	CMS is free Support form Umbraco HQ is not expensive, can include Courier or other functionality For most cases does not need back end developer For trained Umbraco developers (Razor coding, using admin tool), developing medium site, takes a few weeks max Filip Witkowski Web Developer Read full review
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