Umbraco Upgrading Service

We provide an upgrading service for any version of Umbraco. Whether you want to update your Umbraco to take advantage of new functionality or apply security updates then we can do it fo you and take away the worry and stress of it. We have a few options from a subscription service to one off fees.

Umbraco Upgrade Subscription

For a monthly fee of just £9.99 + VAT ¹ we will upgrade you to the latest version (one major upgrade i.e. v6 to v7²) and then keep you updated for a whole year. This includes all minor³ and path releases and any security fixes. We aim to do security updates within 24 hrs and new release within 14 days. If you need to upgrade from an older version then please look at our one off fees.
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One Off Umbraco Upgrades

We can upgrade you to the latest version of Umbraco or install a security update. We charge the following:

Install new DLLs (usually a security update) - £14.99 + VAT Buy Now
Update to latest version in same major release i.e. v7.1 to v7.2 - £29.99 + VAT Buy Now
Update to latest version in from one major release difference i.e. v6 to v7 - £59.99 + VAT Buy Now
Update to latest version in from more than one major release difference i.e. v4 to v7 - Contact us to discuss your requirements.

How do we upgrade an Umbraco website?

The upgrading service follows this procedure

1. You will need to provide us with your Umbraco website login details.
2. We will advise you of any plugins that are currently incompatible and discuss this with you.
3. We will make a full backup of your Umbraco website files and database.
4. We will then restore the backup to create a cloned Umbraco website as your staging website.
5. We will then upgrade the cloned website for you to verify. Although we can verify some of your website i.e. login and general page and extension errors, no one knows your website better than you. Each Umbraco installation is different with any combination of paid for and custom extensions (packages, macros etc) installed. Sometimes these extensions are not compatible with the updated version.
6. Once you have validated your website we will backup and upgrade the production website. You will then need to validate the upgraded live Umbraco website.

Upgrade for free!

We also can upgrade your Umbraco for free if you move to us!⁴

¹ Paid yearly in advance. One major version change only i.e. v6 to v7. One website.
² v7 can not be upgraded to v8 at present - https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/Umbraco8FAQ#will-it-be-possible-to-upgrade-automatically-from-umbraco-7-to-umbraco-8
³ Minor upgrades require an additional MS SQL database, if you use that option, which may be extra depending on your plan.
⁴ Annual or Biannual payment only. One major version change only i.e. v6 to v7. New plans only and only one website.