How does Statamic compare to Umbraco? 

Choosing the right content management system that meets your precise requirements is not always an easy task.

Not least because there are now a huge number of options available. 

Two of the most prominent names in an ultra-competitive field are Statamic and Umbraco. Both boast a long list of satisfied clients who appreciate the flexibility and intuitive nature of the CMS in question. 

So how does Statamic compare to Umbraco? What features does each brand offer to its customers? And how can you choose between them?

What is Statamic?

Statamic is a relatively recent arrival on the CMS landscape. It was launched in 2012 by a team that believed it could build a modern CMS that allowed users to version-control its content. Rather than containing that content within a protected database, Statamic’s founders wanted to allow people to access and edit it using a text or code editor. 

Statamic achieved this without compromising the type of features its clients valued, and claims it delivered the first full-featured, flat file CMS. 

In the decade since, Statamic has grown significantly and now powers a range of websites produced by organisations of varying sizes, including small local businesses and national media companies.

At Steadfast Collective, we are experts in using Laravel to create digital products – and Statamic claims to be the best CMS for sites and applications developed using Laravel. We are accredited as a partner of Statamic and appear on the Statamic website. 

And where does the name from? It’s a fusion of Static and Dynamic, echoing the appeal of a dynamic platform that maximises the usability of static files. 

What is Umbraco?

Umbraco, meanwhile, is an open-source CMS and is one of the most widely used ASP.NET systems. Like Statmic, it boasts a massive degree of flexibility and user-friendliness. 

Umbraco describes itself as future-proof, flexible and cost-effective. It makes great play of the seamless nature of its integrations, and claims that it underpins nearly three quarters of a million websites around the world. 

Since its creation in 2005, Umbraco has evolved ceaselessly and now complements its CMS with features that include a cloud capability to enable you to host your project.

The company’s founder was Danish, and its highly appropriate name comes from the Danish word “Umbraconogle”, the name there for an Allen key – a simple tool that enables you to build amazing things. 

Developers like Umbraco because it is flexible and scalable. It is extremely easy, with an open-source code and open APIs, to integrate and extend the website you are building to meet clients’ needs and expectations.

However, business owners and marketers enjoy Umbraco too because of the ease with which they can create the messaging they want.

How does Statamic compare to Umbraco?

Pardon us for sitting on the fence here, but we would find it impossible to choose definitively between two such outstanding content management systems. 

Both Statamic and Umbraco place great emphasis on the freedom and flexibility they deliver to business owners, their marketing teams and other site users to ensure the best online experience possible. 

Talk to us at Steadfast Collective today about your digital transformation requirements, so that we can help you to plot the perfect course to achieve your ambitions.