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CMS comparison Statamic vs Umbraco

Statamic vs Umbraco

Statamic is a closed-source traditional CMS that you host yourself. Umbraco is an open-source traditional CMS that you can host yourself or run on the vendor's cloud. The table below sets them side by side on 28 features. They get a different status on 21.

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  • Statamic Traditional · Closed source · 8 of 28 built in
  • Umbraco Traditional · Open source · 18 of 28 built in

Sources checked: Statamic on 29 Sept 2026, Umbraco on 29 Sept 2026. Plans and releases can change after those dates.

WAYF is an official Payload partner and top contributor. Every platform in the table is classified by the same published definitions, and each answer lists the vendor page it came from.

Feature comparison

Built inPaid tierPlugin or add-onLimitedNot available
Statamic vs Umbraco feature comparison. Columns are the two platforms. Rows are features, grouped by area.
Platform
Statamic Traditional
Umbraco Traditional
Overview
What it is Laravel-based PHP CMS that stores content in flat files by default. Free Core edition. Pro adds users, APIs and multi-site. You host it.Open-source .NET CMS that renders sites with Razor or serves content headless. Self-hosted or run on Umbraco Cloud.
Edition compared The product and release each column describes. Statamic 6, Core and Pro Version 6.34.1, released 23 Sept 2026 Umbraco CMS 17 LTS, open source. Umbraco 18.2.0 is the latest short-term release. Version 17.7.0, released 17 Sept 2026
Vendor Statamic, LLC statamic.com Umbraco A/S umbraco.com
Licence Closed source Proprietary, source available. Core is free to use. Open source MIT
Hosting Self-hosting No vendor cloud Self-hosting Vendor cloud Forms and Deploy are paid add-ons when self-hosted. Umbraco Cloud includes both.
Built with PHP, Laravel, VueC#, ASP.NET Core on .NET 10, TypeScript backoffice
Database Flat files by default, SQL databases via the Eloquent DriverSQL Server, SQLite
Pricing Public list prices only. Hosting and implementation are extra everywhere. Free to start Core free for one admin user. Pro $349 per site, then $99 per year for updates. Enterprise from $10k per year. Free to start Free to self-host. Umbraco Cloud Starter €45, Standard €280, Professional €730 per month. Enterprise on request.
Content modelling
Content model in code You define content types in files in your repository, review them like any other code and apply them from there. Imperative migration scripts alone count as limited. Built in Blueprints and fieldsets are YAML files in the project. 4 Plugin or add-on Umbraco Deploy saves document types as .uda files in Git. Paid on-premises, included on Umbraco Cloud. 45
Content model in the UI Admins can create and change content types and fields in the admin interface without writing code. Built in Blueprint builder in the Control Panel. 4 Built in Document types are built in the backoffice.
Reusable blocks Editors compose pages from reusable, typed components or blocks, and can reorder them. Built in Replicator and Bard sets. 5 Built in Block List and Block Grid editors. 6
Localization Editors translate content per locale inside the CMS, by field or by entry, without a separate site for each language. Paid tier Multi-site and multilingual content need Pro. 61 Built in Culture variants per property.
Image transformations The CMS resizes, crops or converts images on request, through URL parameters or generated sizes, with no external service. Built in Glide resizes and crops on request. 7 Built in ImageSharp crops and resizes images from query string parameters. 9
APIs and delivery
REST API A documented REST or JSON HTTP API returns content. Paid tier Read-only REST API on Pro. 8 Built in Content Delivery API. 7
GraphQL API The vendor or an official module provides a GraphQL API for content. Paid tier Read-only GraphQL API on Pro. 9 Not available No official GraphQL. Community package Nikcio.UHeadless adds one. 20
Webhooks The CMS can call an external URL when content is created, changed or published. Not available Laravel events only. No webhook settings in core. Built in 8
Renders the website The CMS itself renders and serves the public pages through themes or templates. Headless-only products answer no. Built in Antlers or Blade templates. Built in Razor templates.
Editorial workflow
Drafts Editors save changes as a draft and publish them later. The live version stays untouched until then. Paid tier Working copies of live entries need Revisions on Pro. Core has unpublished entries. 101 Built in
Scheduled publishing An editor can set a future date and time for content to publish or unpublish. Limited Future-dated entries stay private until their date. Set per collection. 11 Built in 10
Version history The CMS keeps earlier versions of an entry, and editors can compare or restore them. Paid tier Revisions on Pro. 10 Built in Rollback compares and restores earlier versions. 11
Preview Editors can see unpublished content rendered as it will appear on the site before publishing. Built in 121 Built in
Visual editing Editors can click on the rendered page and edit content in place or in a side panel next to it. Limited Live Preview shows the edit form beside the page. No click-to-edit. 12 Not available
Approval workflows Content moves through review stages you configure, such as draft, review and approved, with permissions per stage. Not available Approval workflows are on the roadmap as planned. 19 Plugin or add-on Umbraco Workflow add-on. Its free version is capped at five approval groups. Full use is paid. 1221
Content releases Editors group changes across several entries and publish them together as one release. Not available Plugin or add-on Release Sets in a licensed Umbraco Workflow. 13
Real-time co-editing Two or more editors can work on the same entry at once and see each other's changes live. Plugin or add-on Free first-party Collaboration addon. Requires Pro. 18 Not available
Access and governance
Custom roles Admins define their own roles with granular permissions instead of picking from a fixed set. Paid tier Roles and permissions need Pro. 131 Built in User groups with granular permissions.
Field-level permissions Admins can restrict access to single fields, on top of content types and entries. Not available Field conditions depend on field values. User roles can't drive them. 4 Limited Per-property read and write limits per user group, enforced in the UI only. 14
Single sign-on Editors can sign in through SAML or OpenID Connect against a company identity provider. Paid tier Pro via Laravel Socialite providers such as SAML2. Enterprise tier lists SSO. 1521 Built in OpenID Connect providers such as Entra ID, configured in code. 15
Audit log The CMS logs who changed what and when across the whole installation, and admins can review the log. Paid tier Enterprise tier, from $10k per year, lists audit logging. 121 Limited Audit trail per item plus a log viewer. No installation-wide audit screen in core. 16
Platform and extensibility
Multiple sites One installation or account can manage several separate websites or brands with shared users. Paid tier Pro. 61 Built in Several root nodes, each with its own domains.
Extensible admin UI Developers can add their own components, views or fields to the editing interface. Built in Custom fieldtypes, widgets and Control Panel pages. 17 Built in Backoffice extensions.
Plugin marketplace The vendor runs an official directory or marketplace of installable extensions. Built in Statamic Marketplace for addons. 18 Built in Umbraco Marketplace.
Form builder Editors can build and publish forms and collect submissions without code. Limited Core allows one form. Pro removes the limit. 116 Plugin or add-on Umbraco Forms, paid licence. Included on Umbraco Cloud. 217
Site member accounts The platform handles sign-up and login for public site users or members, separate from editors. Paid tier Member accounts, registration and login tags need Pro. 1416 Built in Members, separate from backoffice users.
AI writing assistant A first-party AI feature in the editing interface generates, rewrites or translates content. Not available Plugin or add-on Free Umbraco.AI packages add prompts and an editor copilot. 18
Official MCP server The vendor publishes a Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can read or write content. Not available Third-party addons only, such as MCP Server for Statamic by Cbox. 20 Built in Umbraco CMS Developer MCP server. 19

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Where they differ

Statamic and Umbraco get a different status on 21 of the 28 features and the same status on 7. Statamic has 8 built in on its baseline edition, Umbraco has 18. Two matching statuses can still name different paid tiers or limits, so read the notes in the table before treating a row as equal.

Licence
Statamic is closed source (Proprietary, source available. Core is free to use.). Umbraco is open source (MIT).
Vendor cloud
Statamic has no vendor-run cloud. Umbraco has a vendor-run cloud.

Built in on Statamic, a different answer on Umbraco 1

  • Content model in code Statamic: Built in. Umbraco: Plugin or add-on.

Built in on Umbraco, a different answer on Statamic 11

  • Localization Statamic: Paid tier. Umbraco: Built in.
  • REST API Statamic: Paid tier. Umbraco: Built in.
  • Webhooks Statamic: Not available. Umbraco: Built in.
  • Drafts Statamic: Paid tier. Umbraco: Built in.
  • Scheduled publishing Statamic: Limited. Umbraco: Built in.
  • Version history Statamic: Paid tier. Umbraco: Built in.
  • Custom roles Statamic: Paid tier. Umbraco: Built in.
  • Single sign-on Statamic: Paid tier. Umbraco: Built in.
  • Multiple sites Statamic: Paid tier. Umbraco: Built in.
  • Site member accounts Statamic: Paid tier. Umbraco: Built in.
  • Official MCP server Statamic: Not available. Umbraco: Built in.

Built in on neither, with different answers 9

  • GraphQL API Statamic: Paid tier. Umbraco: Not available.
  • Visual editing Statamic: Limited. Umbraco: Not available.
  • Approval workflows Statamic: Not available. Umbraco: Plugin or add-on.
  • Content releases Statamic: Not available. Umbraco: Plugin or add-on.
  • Real-time co-editing Statamic: Plugin or add-on. Umbraco: Not available.
  • Field-level permissions Statamic: Not available. Umbraco: Limited.
  • Audit log Statamic: Paid tier. Umbraco: Limited.
  • Form builder Statamic: Limited. Umbraco: Plugin or add-on.
  • AI writing assistant Statamic: Not available. Umbraco: Plugin or add-on.

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