Umbraco articles
9 articles on Umbraco from OSKI engineers: comparisons, costs and integration lessons from projects we delivered.
Umbraco articles
Umbraco Pricing (2026): Cloud Plans, Paid Add-ons, Support and What an Umbraco Website Costs
Umbraco CMS costs nothing to license. What you pay for is hosting (Umbraco Cloud from €45 a month or your own cloud), optional add-ons, support and, above all, the development work. Here are the list prices and a build estimator.
What is Umbraco? A 2026 guide to the open-source .NET CMS, its licensing, products and fit
Umbraco is a free, MIT-licensed content management system built on ASP.NET Core, developed by Umbraco HQ in Odense, Denmark. Here is how it works, how the company makes money, who uses it, and when it is the right choice.
How to upgrade Umbraco 8 to Umbraco 17: a practical migration guide for .NET 10
Umbraco 8 reached end of life in February 2025. Moving to Umbraco 17 means migrating the database through supported steps and rebuilding the code layer on ASP.NET Core and .NET 10. Here is how to plan it.
Umbraco 17 explained: what's new in the LTS release, what changed since 13 and what comes next
Umbraco 17 is the LTS release on .NET 10, supported until November 27, 2028. Here is what it added, what it inherited from 14 to 16, what the 17.x minors brought, the breaking changes and where 18, 19 and 21 fit.
Where does Umbraco store data? Database, media, cache, indexes and logs explained
Umbraco keeps content, settings, users and versions in SQL Server or SQLite, media files on disk or in blob storage, and search indexes, logs and temp files in the umbraco folder. Here is where each piece lives and what it means for backups and scaling.
Umbraco 13 vs 17: which LTS version to choose in 2026
Umbraco 13 reaches end of life on December 14, 2026, and its .NET 8 runtime loses support a month earlier. Umbraco 17 is supported to November 2028. Here is how the two compare and how to decide.
How to choose an Umbraco partner: partner tiers, certification and a practical checklist
Umbraco partner tiers tell you how many certified developers an agency has and how closely it works with Umbraco HQ. They do not tell you if it fits your project. Here is what the tiers mean and how to check the rest.
Umbraco vs WordPress: an honest comparison of security, editing, hosting and cost
WordPress runs about 40% of the web and wins on ecosystem, cost to launch and developer supply. Umbraco wins on structured content, .NET integration and a smaller attack surface. Here is a sourced comparison and when to choose each.
Umbraco multi-site architecture: running several brand or regional sites on one installation
One Umbraco installation can run many brand or regional sites from separate root nodes with their own hostnames, languages and editors. Here is how to structure it, where it gets hard, and when to split or go headless.
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