Umbraco
Open-source .NET CMS with managed headless and hybrid delivery
Score breakdown
What makes up this score
- 1 independent review sources
- 21 third-party reviews counted
- 1 answer engines measured
- cross-model consistency 1
- 4 web authority signals
- average citing-domain authority 35
- 100% of the category rubric covered
- No approved user reviews yet
Explanation
Why Umbraco ranks #10
Umbraco ranks #10 of 11 headless cms with a TOP SCORE of 38.
The category leader scores 63, a gap of 25 points.
That is 9 points below the category average of 47.
Its strongest component is External Reputation at 71; its weakest is AI Authority at 2.
No usable evidence was found for TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.
Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.
Score history
How the score has moved
52 → 38 ↓14.1
External reputation
What third-party sources publish
| Source | Published | Normalised | Reviews | Last checked | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capterra ↗ | 4.1/5 | 82 | 21 | 31 Aug 2026 | permitted crawl |
AI visibility
How answer engines treat this platform
| Engine | Mention | Recommendation | Citation | Avg position | Queries | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude sonnet 5 grounded | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | 8 | 1 Sept 2026 |
Web authority
Citations and independent coverage
- Capterra NZ31 Aug 2026
- G231 Aug 2026
- Capterra31 Aug 2026
- TrustRadius31 Aug 2026
TOP10 users
What our users report
No published reviews yet. Reviews are moderated before they appear and are never removed at a business's request.
Company information
The facts on file
- Description
- Umbraco is an open-source .NET CMS from Danish vendor Umbraco A/S, sold as self-hosted CMS plus two managed offerings relevant to headless buyers: Umbraco Heartcore (API-first SaaS headless CMS with GraphQL, REST, Webhooks and Preview API) and Umbraco Cloud (traditional/hybrid managed hosting that also exposes a Delivery API). It targets .NET/Azure teams and agencies that want an API layer without sacrificing a mature, editor-friendly content UI.
- Category
- Headless CMS
- Headquarters
- Denmark
- Products
- Umbraco CMS (self-hosted open source), Umbraco Heartcore (managed headless), Umbraco Cloud (managed hosting, Delivery API), Umbraco Compose, Umbraco for Enterprise, Umbraco Engage, Umbraco Commerce, Umbraco AI Integration Tools, Umbraco Forms
- Markets
- SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise, Agencies
- Integrations
- GraphQL API, REST content delivery API, Preview API, Webhooks, Microsoft Azure hosting, Cloudflare CDN, Umbraco Forms
- Pricing
- Heartcore Starter €60 EUR/month; Umbraco Cloud Starter €45 EUR/month · free tier: Vendor page meta description states a 14-day free trial for Heartcore (not confirmed in page body); self-hosted Umbraco CMS is widely described as free but the licence page was not verified pricing page ↗
- Regulatory
- Umbraco A/S is a Danish company, which is favourable for EU/GDPR posture; Heartcore and Cloud run on Microsoft Azure with Cloud advertising 5 hosting regions, though specific regions and contractual EU-only residency were not verified. SLA and service-credit terms are published in the vendor terms but the clause text (credit percentages, claim windows, exclusions) was not read, and the open-source licence type for Umbraco CMS was not verified this session.
- Official website
- https://umbraco.com ↗
- Last verified
- 31 Aug 2026
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Category context
- This platform38
- Category leader63
- Category average47
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