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Umbraco vs WordPress: catalog facts
Umbraco	WordPress
Free The CMS is free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL; you pay only for your own hosting.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Built on modern .NET and ASP.NET Core Editor-friendly backoffice	Very large library of themes and plugins Visual block editor with live preview
Requires .NET development skills to build sites Marketing focuses on enterprise and sales-led services	Needs a PHP and database server to self-host Plugins and themes vary widely in quality and need updating
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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