Piotr Bach: Co-Founder & Umbraco Expert
Take Care of Your Umbraco Project
Most Umbraco projects look fine at first glance. However, our audits consistently uncover 80–100+ real issues and improvement opportunities – from performance and SEO to code quality and editor frustration. Too often, projects fail to meet modern standards and underutilize the platform’s full potential. That’s not an opinion – it’s proof from working the biggest brands.
Like a car with a shiny exterior but a damaged engine – it may look impressive, but it fails in daily use. An audit lets you look under the hood, set priorities, and accelerate safely.
Wojciech Tengler: Co-Founder & Umbraco Expert
Typical Situations Where We Help
Projects differ in detail, but the challenges are usually the same.
🧭 Post-Vendor Project Review
Objective verification of code and architecture. A roadmap for safe development.
⚡ Performance Issues
Backend, frontend, and infrastructure bottlenecks. Quick wins plus a stabilization plan.
🧱 Code Quality & Best Practices
Architecture, pull requests, testing, defensive programming. A report that confirms compliance with .NET and Umbraco best practices.
📉 Drop in Google Visibility
Indexing, canonicals, hreflang, sitemap, crawl budget.
⬆️ Upgrade to Umbraco LTS
Migration roadmap, barrier removal, and regression testing.
🛡️ Security Incidents
Permissions, vulnerabilities, logs. Recommendations and monitoring.
What We Examine During the Audit
We diagnose not only symptoms, but root causes - from architectural decisions to infrastructure and SEO.
🏆 Umbraco Solution Quality
We assess whether your project follows Umbraco best practices. Analysis covers domain models, property editors, compositions, Document Types, and Data Types. We verify back-office ergonomics and media strategy so editors can work efficiently. We also recommend installing the auto-folder plugin.
⚡ Performance
We identify backend and frontend bottlenecks, measure Core Web Vitals, and server response times. We review caching (application/server/CDN) and resource optimization for speed and stability, and flag unused modules that slow down the system.
🗄️ Database & Indexes
We review SQL query plans, locks, index health, Examine configuration, and re-indexation strategy. We detect inefficient data access and archiving issues that increase server load and slow response times.
📈 Technical SEO & Information Architecture
We check Google indexing, robots.txt, sitemaps, canonicals, hreflang, and culture settings. We review structured data and IA for crawl budget optimization and visibility.
🔒 Security & Compliance
We examine input validation, access control and roles, library versions, and vulnerabilities. We audit logging, GDPR compliance, and monitoring to minimize risks of incidents and financial penalties.
🛠️ Operations & Platform
We assess environments and processes: hosting/Azure, network and WAF, Key Vault, CI/CD, deployment and rollback strategies. We verify monitoring, alerting, and backups to reduce downtime and simplify maintenance.
What You Receive After the Audit
A report and plan you can act on immediately.
📄 PDF Report
Typically 30–60 pages with 80–100+ improvements. Prioritized with clear justifications.
🎥 Q&A Session
Discussion with architects to refine the action plan.
🗂 Task Backlog
Ready for JIRA/Azure DevOps. Risks are minimized in order of implementation.
🧭 Executive Summary
A one-page brief for leadership: business impact, risks, and a 30–90 day roadmap.
How the Audit Works
The analysis is conducted by two Umbraco architects. This ensures accuracy, double verification of findings, and full transparency of the process.
💬 Kick-off
Goals, scope, NDA, contract, and access. We define priorities and risks.
🔧 Project Analysis
Code, configuration, database, integrations, processes, infrastructure.
🧠 Report Preparation
Findings, priorities, and business impact compiled into a clear PDF.
🚀 Action Plan
Quick wins plus a roadmap for upcoming sprints. Support with implementation if needed.
Collaboration Models After the Audit
Choose the pace and scope of UmbraCare’s support.
🚀 UmbraCare Transform
Full implementation of fixes by our team. The fastest route to stabilization and results.
🛡 UmbraCare Stabilize
Mentoring, code review, and knowledge transfer. Embedding standards and quality in daily work.
⚡ UmbraCare Accelerate
A hybrid model: we handle critical fixes, your team handles the rest - under our guidance.
Who This Audit Is For
We typically work with people responsible for technology, product, and business outcomes. Here are common scenarios:
👨 CTO / Head of Engineering
Decision: refactor, rewrite, or stabilize? Hard data and clear priorities.
🧭 Product Owner
Declining velocity, growing regression. Identifying blockers and restoring rhythm.
👥 Team Lead / Engineering Manager
Code and process quality assessment. Improvement roadmap and team guidance.
🛡️ Security / Compliance
Verification of permissions, policies, and logs. Reducing risks of incidents and fines.
⚙️ DevOps / Cloud
Order in CI/CD and infrastructure. Stable deployments and lower cloud costs.
📈 Marketing / SEO
Removing SEO barriers and technical risks ahead of major campaigns.
🏢 Executive / Project Sponsor
TCO, risks, and stabilization costs - presented clearly and concisely.
🤝 Vendor Verification
Is your current Umbraco partner delivering? Objective facts before you decide.
📊 Pre-Investment Evaluation
Technical debt and stabilization costs - supporting valuation and negotiations.
Why the UmbraCare Team
The reasons companies choose us as their trusted partner for Umbraco projects.
💯 100% Umbraco
Specialization makes the difference, we’ve been working exclusively with Umbraco since 2009.
✨ Recognized Experts
Umbraco Certified Masters with years of experience and enterprise-level projects for global brands.
🏗️ Architecture Built to Last
We design Umbraco as a strategic investment - resilient to technical debt and ready for long-term growth.
✍️ Editor Experience First
We prioritize the comfort and efficiency of editors. Their work sets the pace and standards for publishing. Explore our Dedicated Media Folder plugin.
⚡ Performance & SEO
We comprehensively optimize complex Umbraco projects for speed, stability, and top Google rankings.
🔒 Security & Compliance
Proactive updates and monitoring minimize the risk of incidents and financial penalties.
📈 Transparency
Clear schedules, open communication, and measurable results at every stage.
🔍 Audit First
Our audits typically identify 80–100 issues and opportunities for improvement. This foundation ensures stability and sets the stage for future growth.
Umbraco Audit FAQ
Usually, 7–14 business days after signing the NDA and contract. The timeline depends on project complexity and access to environments.
At minimum: source code and database. If granting access takes too long, you can provide a backup and code in an encrypted ZIP archive.
We aim to avoid touching production unless absolutely necessary or justified.
Options: we can do it (Transform), your team with our mentoring (Stabilize), or a hybrid model (Accelerate).
Yes. The scope can be tailored to your specific needs and business goals.
We focus on the highest-impact issues first, so improvements can be implemented right after the report presentation. Visible results appear quickly, with full stabilization following the agreed roadmap.
Let’s Talk About Your Project
Find out what’s holding your system back. A 20–30 minute call → clear insights and an actionable plan.
Umbraco End-to-End Solutions
We design and implement websites, corporate portals, and intranet applications based on Umbraco. Our approach emphasizes clean code architecture, a modular structure, and adherence to enterprise standards. This makes systems easy to maintain, scalable, and aligned with business needs.
Learn more about Umbraco web development services.
We can join your team or deliver a project from start to finish. Our certified Umbraco developers ensure that code quality, performance, and security are maintained. We offer audits, new feature development, ERP/CRM integrations, and long-term SLA support.
Learn more about Umbraco developers and project support.
We identify technical debt, architectural issues, SEO and performance bottlenecks, as well as editorial panel problems. Each audit ends with a PDF report containing 80–100 recommendations, prioritized by business impact and security.
Learn more about our Umbraco project audit service.
We analyze the backend, frontend, and infrastructure to detect bottlenecks. We optimize page load times, configure caching and CDNs, and refine database queries. As a result, your Umbraco site runs reliably under heavy traffic and is ready to scale further.
Learn more about our Umbraco speed optimization services.
We ensure safe upgrades to the Umbraco LTS versions and .NET compatibility. We ensure compliance with GDPR regulations, maintain security standards, and guarantee service continuity. Regular maintenance helps minimize the risk of downtime and unexpected costs.
Learn more about our Umbraco upgrade service.
We optimize Umbraco for both technical SEO and content. We enhance link structures, meta tag configurations, sitemaps, performance (including Core Web Vitals), and compliance with Google guidelines. This increases your site’s visibility, rankings, and conversion rates.
Learn more about our Umbraco SEO services.
We advise on architecture, UX, and business processes related to Umbraco. We design 3–5 year development roadmaps, analyze costs and risks, and support leadership teams in making strategic decisions. This makes investing in Umbraco a predictable and profitable endeavor.
We design and build plugins and custom packages for Umbraco that address real business and editorial needs. We automate repetitive processes, simplify back-office tasks, and introduce new functionalities that enhance organizational efficiency.
Learn more about custom Umbraco plugins and extensions.