Umbraco
Open-source CMS on .NET with a managed cloud option for building and managing websites.
📍 Denmark 🇩🇰, Odense
Product overview
Umbraco is an open-source content management system built on Microsoft .NET, headquartered in Odense, Denmark. The core CMS is free to download and self-host, while Umbraco Cloud offers a managed SaaS version with automated upgrades, hosting, and deployment pipelines. A third product, Umbraco Heartcore, provides a headless CMS with content delivery APIs. Marketing teams use the backoffice interface to create and edit web pages, manage media, and control multilingual content, while developers customize the front end using C# and .NET. The platform has more than 500,000 active installations and a community of over 250,000 developers. Founded in 2003 by Niels Hartvig, Umbraco remains a privately held Danish company. Its annual conference, Codegarden, draws hundreds of attendees each year. The product is widely adopted across Northern Europe, particularly in Denmark, the UK, and the Netherlands, by organizations ranging from small agencies to large enterprises. Umbraco Cloud is hosted on Microsoft Azure with a choice of five hosting regions. KEY FEATURES: - Free open-source CMS with optional managed cloud hosting starting at €45/month - Backoffice editor with drag-and-drop content blocks and media management - Headless CMS option (Umbraco Heartcore) with REST and GraphQL APIs - Multi-language and multi-site support from a single installation - Marketplace with packages and integrations for extending functionality
