--- description: Discover the benefits and disadvantages of Contensis. Learn the software price, see the description, and read the most helpful reviews for UK business users. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Contensis Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Content Management Systems](/directory/10007/content-management/software) > [Contensis](/software/68368/contensis) # Contensis Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/68368/contensis Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/68368/contensis?page=2) > Content management system for running websites with high or growing traffic. > > Verdict: Rated **4.3/5** by 21 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Contensis? Contensis is used by enterprise-level organisations in the higher education, local government, not-for-profit, health care, and manufacturing sectors. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.3/5** | 21 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Zengenti - **Founded**: 2001 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$1,000.00 - **Pricing model**: Per Feature - **Target Audience**: 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Collaboration Tools - Content Publishing Options - Customisable Templates - Document Management - Electronic Forms - Full Text Search - Reporting & Statistics - Text Editing - Version Control - Workflow Management ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Knowledge Base - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Content Management Systems](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/10007/content-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The move to content modelling, with a Delivery API has opened up possibilities for displaying content in multiple formats (we are currently exploring an Alexa Skill). > > **Cons**: Page editor can be fiddly for new users. Recent switch to content modelling is still lacking some of the features of the page model and the two do not interact fully (more of an issue for existing sites). The old style page templates make it harder to change the site design (not an issue using content modelling). The backend error logging needs better severity labelling. > > The strong workflow enables different groups of users to edit individual sections with varying levels of approval. Has enabled us to reduce the number of pages on the site and increase the quality while maintaining a high degree of control and flexibility. ----- ### "A long time working with Contensis" — 5.0/5 > **David** | *1 June 2022* | Museums & Institutions | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: We have been working with Zengenti and using Contensis for 6 years. The product is easy to use and therefore provides a lot of flexibility for designers, developers and marketers. Once someone understands how to do one thing in Contensis they can do everything in Contensis, it’s that straightforward because everything is documented so well. The Zengenti team are also very easy to work with and has been like an extension of our team. As a developer, the API’s in Contensis are better than most I’ve seen. They’re easy to access, are secure and once you've set them up, you can just pull in anything. So from a developer's point of view, if you wanted to create an app, you've got that access to the data straight away, you can transform it into whatever you want and just pump it out to the customer. A favourite feature for myself and the content teams is the ability to create content once and reuse that content across the site multiple times, which was something that we couldn’t do with our previous application and was particularly helpful during COVID. The reusable components across the site have made a massive difference to our teams. We have a lot of confidence in the product and the platform continues to be updated with new features that are requested by the Contensis community, which shapes and influences the roadmap of the product, which is very unusual for most development companies. > > **Cons**: It's hard to say this as criticism, but as a developer, I needed to keep myself up to date with the latest technologies to make the most of the system. Zengenti always looks for ways to improve their system, whether front-end performance or backend interface. > > Contensis has a strong community that is getting stronger by the day. The Contensis slack channel is an awesome support tool because you can communicate directly with Zengenti and with other developers and programmers at other organisations. So if I’m ever stuck someone in a council, university or other organisation can help me, because they might have come across the same thing too. At Zengenti they're very much about listening to their customers and adding feedback to the framework and roadmap. ----- ### "Content management for medium to large businesses" — 3.0/5 > **Julian** | *10 December 2019* | Public Relations & Communications | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Contensis is an ASP.net and C\# based content management system- it is somewhat easy to use as it organises things in quite a visual way. > > **Cons**: Coding in additional functionality can be problematic- the templating system needs an overhaul I think. > > Good customer service- although not much in the way of documentation for problems online. ----- ### "We took our time procuring a CMS, but made the right decision for us." — 5.0/5 > **Steve** | *20 November 2019* | Government Administration | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Contensis allows us to fulfil our business goals. For example, by using the Enterprise edition on a cloud hosted platform, we have been able to support our associated businesses and currently have 18 projects (websites) in the CMS. Cloud hosting allows us to concentrate on our responsibilities rather than the working environment of the CMS itself. This also encourages us to regularly upgrade. The intrinsic search worked well straight out of the box and is easily refined to produce good results. Permissions can be assigned at high level or down to individual folders on the template or even a content type. A substantial amount of the CMS functionality can be configured using the Management Console. The quality assurance module is most useful –especially when enabled upon submission; this is really useful and helps us to maintain standards. Content Types and Entries are encouraging us to publish content in new and exciting ways. We have found Zengenti support to be quick and mostly helpful in the first instance. The CMS evolves on a regular basis with new and improved functionality. > > **Cons**: If you want an element to be hidden from internal search results, you can use a tag in the template – for example: navigation, headers and footers. We haven’t found a similar tag that we can insert around elements we want to hide from the quality assurance module. For example, some links that are slow to load (forms) timeout, these show as broken links. > > The template training in Ludlow proved most useful at the start of our association with Zengenti. This gave us the confidence to quickly develop templates and configure the CMS. Without this, I can see how it may appear complex - especially if this is your first experience of a comprehensive CMS. ----- ### "Easy to use but no instant publishing" — 4.0/5 > **Gemma Wilks** | *18 March 2019* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Really intuitive interface. It's actually nicely designed too - there are so many UIs out there that are dated and boring - Contensis is quite nice. > > **Cons**: Contensis doesn't have instant publishing. I know some of our editors find it frustrating that their content doesn't publish as instantly as WordPress, for example. Contensis doesn't work on my mobile which I find irritating when I'm out and about and notice an error I'd like to fix. > > I use Contensis everyday as part of my job. Overall, I've really enjoyed using Contensis. It does what it needs to do and there aren't (for me personally) any serious limitations. There are a few functions I've still not had the time to have a play with yet, such as AB Testing, but it's on my list. 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