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Umbraco Alternative: Serverless Scalability

Forget managing Windows servers. Decipher is built on Google Firebase for serverless scalability. Get full ownership without the IT headache.

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Replaces Umbraco

Everything Umbraco does — plus everything it doesn't.

Forget managing Windows servers.

Built on Google’s Firebase

Serverless

Content Creation

AI Image & Visual Creation

Real-time SEO Scoring

The Problem

Why teams outgrow Umbraco

Umbraco is the 'Friendly CMS', but self-hosting it requires a not-so-friendly stack of Windows Servers, IIS, and SQL Server. This infrastructure is heavy, expensive to license, and requires specialized .NET DevOps skills to maintain.

Scaling Umbraco for high traffic is a manual process involving load balancers and database clustering. For marketing teams, this means budget is spent on servers, not content.

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The Solution

A content production engine — not just a database.

Decipher CMS removes the infrastructure headache by being 'Built on Google’s Firebase'. It is 'Serverless' by default.

There are no servers to patch, no IIS to configure, and no SQL databases to optimize. It scales from zero to millions of requests automatically.

Decipher focuses resources on 'Content Creation' with tools like 'AI Image & Visual Creation' and 'Real-time SEO Scoring', rather than backend plumbing.

Scale effortlessly with Google-backed infrastructure. Try Decipher today.
Infrastructure

Enterprise-grade architecture — without the enterprise complexity.

Decipher CMSContent EngineFirebase / GCPAI EngineGlobal CDNSEO ToolsIAP Security

Decipher offers 'Private Infrastructure' deployment on Google Cloud, which is often more cost-effective and performant than Azure-based Umbraco hosting. The 'Direct cloud billing' model ensures transparency.

You pay for what you use, and because Firebase is efficient, the costs are typically very low ($200-$2000/mo for enterprise) compared to provisioned VMs.

Private InfrastructureDirect cloud billing
Pricing

Pricing that doesn't punish growth.

Transparent plans that scale with your content — not against you.

UmbracoHigher costDecipher$99/moSAVE
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Individual

For creators & growing teams

$99/month
  • AI-powered content generation
  • Built-in SEO optimization
  • Unlimited content pages
  • Custom domain & branding
  • Priority support
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Enterprise

For large teams & organizations

Starting at
$2,500/month
  • Everything in Individual
  • Dedicated account manager
  • SSO & advanced security (IAP)
  • Custom integrations & API
  • SLA & premium support
  • Data residency options
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Total Cost of Ownership

Umbraco Cloud has monthly fees, but the real cost is the developer time. Decipher’s $19.99/mo plan is a fully managed SaaS that includes the AI tools.

You get the flexibility of an open platform with the convenience of a SaaS, all for a fraction of the cost of a custom Umbraco build.

Get Started

Build a better CMS experience — without starting from scratch.

Forget managing Windows servers.