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Businesses across Oxfordshire are being sold on the promise of Umbraco—a .NET-based CMS marketed as flexible, powerful, and “enterprise-ready.” Yet behind the polished sales narrative lies a more complicated truth: for many small to mid-sized organisations, Umbraco introduces avoidable complexity, rising long-term costs, and a dependence on niche technical expertise.
A website is no longer a brochure on a screen. It’s not a portfolio, a placeholder, or something you “just need to have.” A website—if it’s doing its job—is infrastructure. A living interface between your business and the world. It filters, explains, persuades, qualifies, sells. And it does all of this while being crawled, scored, and served to people who may never have heard your name.
The year 2025 has brought a perfect storm of challenges for UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Rising interest rates, inflationary pressures, and plummeting consumer confidence have created an environment where survival is no longer guaranteed.
This article aims to guide you through the current CMS landscape objectively, helping you evaluate which system aligns best with your specific goals. Whether you’re a loyal WordPress user or considering an alternative for the first time, we’ll explore the strengths, weaknesses, and optimal use cases of each platform, offering practical insights to support a well-informed CMS choice in the coming year.