MODX vs. Umbraco CMS

Umbraco CMS

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
MODX	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	The MODX Digital Experience Platform provides everything you need to build, host, and maintain amazing websites your way. The vendor says that with MODX CMS and cloud hosting, users have complete control over their creative vision and the experiences they deliver, without restriction or compromise. They can focus more on building great digital experiences, and less on hosting and maintaining. If you ever need help, MODX Professionals are available worldwide and direct support from…	$0
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

MODX

Umbraco CMS

Editions & Modules

Free: $0
Base: $39
per month
Pro: $99
per month
Business: $349
per month

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
MODX	Umbraco CMS
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

No setup fee

Additional Details

PAYMENT FORMS MODX Cloud accepts major credit cards and PayPal for your hosting subscription. We can only accept check (cheque) payments on the Enterprise Plan, annually. CANCELLATION You may cancel your MODX Cloud account at any time. Before you cancel you'll be reminded to backup and remove all your live websites and then follow the instructions for cancellation. If you cancel within the first month, we'll provide you with a full refund. REFUNDS If you cancel within the first month, we'll provide you with a full refund. All other cancellations will be effective at the end of your current billing period. We do not provide refunds for remaining days or months on monthly or annual billing.

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

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Community Pulse
	MODX	Umbraco CMS
Considered Both Products	MODX Philipp Schmidt Owner Chose MODX After having built sites with wordpress, joomla, drupal, october cms, craft cms, magento, presstashop, opencart, os commerce and more it is my number 1 (october cms is 2). Incentivized Helpful? FH Frankie Heath Director of Social Marketing Chose MODX The other company that we looked into was Wordpress and all of the features that it offered our organization. What MODX offered to us from development to everyday use just made more sense for our organization as a whole. Wordpress is still a great CMS platform, just not exactly … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MODX As said before, MODX is a coder's dream because of the flexibility it provides to own your code and has true creative freedom. Because of that, there is a bigger learning curve when it comes to a non-developer trying to iterate on the CMS with content additions and changes. To … 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

MODX

Umbraco CMS

Security

Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
	MODX 9.9 Ratings 20% above category average	Umbraco CMS 9.0 Ratings 11% above category average
Role-based user permissions	9.90 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Platform & Infrastructure

Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
	MODX 8.0 Ratings 5% above category average	Umbraco CMS 8.5 Ratings 11% above category average
API	6.10 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language	9.90 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Web Content Creation

Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
	MODX 9.4 Ratings 20% above category average	Umbraco CMS 8.0 Ratings 4% above category average
WYSIWYG editor	9.80 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness	9.90 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Admin section	8.90 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Page templates	9.90 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Library of website themes	7.00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design	9.90 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Publishing workflow	9.90 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Form generator	9.90 Ratings	7.00 Ratings

Web Content Management

Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
	MODX 9.5 Ratings 26% above category average	Umbraco CMS 7.2 Ratings 2% below category average
Content taxonomy	9.90 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
SEO support	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Bulk management	9.00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions	8.90 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Community / comment management	9.90 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	MODX	Umbraco CMS
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (0 ratings)	6.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Performance	10.0 (0 ratings)	3.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)	2.0 (0 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	3.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Configurability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	10.0 (0 ratings)	4.0 (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	MODX	Umbraco CMS
Likelihood to Recommend	In my opinion, MODX is usually the choice of a developer who wants to build out custom designs that create really interesting web pages, but when it comes to being easily used and edited by your marketing team, you can run into a lot of issues and end up making simple changes a more involved process. 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	Custom design capabilities. Works well with plugins. Permission systems for users. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous 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	Content Blocks - I mentioned this as a strength, but it also has its quirks. There are times that things do not function properly within the content blocks we have set up. More Customization - The ability for the average user to customize more without having to know a ton of code. Incentivized FH Frankie Heath Director of Social Marketing 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
Likelihood to Renew	It is the CMS we use the most, not because we know it well but because we literally tried many of other CMS and this one did it for us. However having said we really do not like the one shoe fits all approach. E..g for eCommerce we usually use PrestaShop etc. if a specialized CMS can do a task rather use that. However for a general CMS [MODX] is hard to beat. Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	Great and easy to use for both the coder and the end user. Especially if setup correctly by the coder. Philipp Schmidt Owner 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	We have not had it go down due to bugs etc. especially when comparing it to other cms out there. Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review	Occasionally, errors will appear in the admin that make it impossible to work without developer support. Incentivized Matthew Hardesty Founder Read full review
Performance	Damn its fast. really good page speed out of the box. Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review	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	Great community support on slack. If you have a paid plugin great support also esp from modmore If you have cloud hosting MODX support is fast and all servers are optimized for MODX Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review	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	Good system Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review	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	The other company that we looked into was WordPress and all of the features that it offered our organization. What MODX offered to us from development to everyday use just made more sense for our organization as a whole. WordPress is still a great CMS platform, just not exactly what we were looking for. Incentivized FH Frankie Heath Director of Social Marketing 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	Very scalable. e.g. in the [MODX] manager you can manage multiple websites at once without having to login else where. it is very convenient and this way resources and be easily managed and shared. Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review	Without significant development, the product does not scale well. Incentivized Matthew Hardesty Founder Read full review
Return on Investment	The positive impact that MODX has had on our organization is that it has allowed us to generate more organic traffic to our site. We are also able to push more paid advertisements to our site on our lead generation landing pages. Incentivized FH Frankie Heath Director of Social Marketing 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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