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Why Growcreate for Umbraco hosting
Growcreate is a Platinum Umbraco Partner specialising in Azure-based Umbraco and Umbraco Cloud for complex estates. We build things that grow with you – with 99.99% uptime SLA, elastic scaling, geo-redundant disaster recovery, Azure data residency, and 24/7 enterprise support baked in.
Problems we solve
- Rising cloud bills with little cost visibility (cloud waste averages ~27% – Flexera 2024/25)
- Traffic spikes that slow the site or cause timeouts
- DR gaps that keep risk on your balance sheet
- Over‑provisioned resources and bill shock
- Release pipelines that cause outages or rollbacks
If your platform is underperforming or unsupported, our 24/7 Umbraco Support stabilises estates and restores confidence fast.
Business outcomes we deliver
Cut costs by up to 40%
Rightsizing, reserved instances and autoscale deliver measurable savings (Flexera; Microsoft RI).
Protect revenue and compliance
99.99% SLA uptime and Azure region choice keep you online and aligned with governance.
Faster change, lower risk
CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and canary releases ensure smooth updates.
Azure vs Umbraco Cloud – which is right for you?
We’ll help you choose the right option for your business.
| Criteria | Azure Umbraco hosting | Umbraco Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime & resilience | Zone-redundant 99.99% SLA; optional multi-region failover | High availability aligned to plan SLA |
| Compliance & residency | Full region choice, VNET, private endpoints | Managed Azure; limited configuration |
| Performance at peak | Elastic CPU/RAM, Redis, CDN, custom autoscale rules | Optimised defaults, built-in caching |
| Cost control | Fine-grained rightsizing, reserved instances, autoscale | Fixed tiers, predictable spend |
| DevOps & releases | Custom pipelines, blue-green/canary, automation | Built-in Deploy & ContentFlow |
| Disaster recovery | Custom backup frequency, runbooks, cross-region replicas | Daily automated backups |
| Speed to start | More setup, more control | Faster, less to configure |
Recommendation: Pick Azure when compliance, performance or scale are critical. Choose Umbraco Cloud when you need speed and predictable cost.
What’s included in enterprise-grade Umbraco hosting
Packages built for enterprise outcomes
| Essential | Professional | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uptime | 99.9% | 99.95% | 99.99% SLA |
| Resources | Secure Azure or Umbraco Cloud hosting | Elastic CPU/RAM, geo-redundancy | Full autoscale, enterprise DR |
| Backups | Daily backups | Custom schedules | Cross-region + immutable |
| Support | Standard | Enhanced | 24/7 SLA-backed |
| DevOps | – | – | Integrated CI/CD |
Add-ons: security posture review (ISO 27001 alignment), WAF/CDN, penetration testing, migration rehearsal.
Why Growcreate over a generalist MSP
- Platinum Umbraco Partner: direct line to product teams and proven best practices.
- Azure‑native engineering: environments optimised for Umbraco on App Service, SQL and CDN.
- 24/7 enterprise support: proactive monitoring and guaranteed enterprise response.
- Fast migration / 48‑hour takeover: stabilise first, then optimise performance and cost.
"Growcreate’s hosting improved our stability, cut costs and accelerated digital innovation. Exactly what we needed."
Head of Digital Transformation
Umbraco hosting FAQs
Enterprise Umbraco hosting is a managed Azure or Umbraco Cloud environment designed for high-traffic, business-critical platforms. It goes beyond standard hosting by including:
- Elastic scalability: CPU and RAM scale up or down with demand
- High uptime SLAs: up to 99.99% with zone-redundant Azure App Service (Source: Azure App Service SLA – Microsoft)
- Disaster recovery: geo-redundant backups, tested failover runbooks (Source: Azure Backup docs)
- Compliance controls: regional hosting, access policies, encryption (Source: Azure Compliance offerings)
- DevOps integration: CI/CD pipelines for safe, automated releases
This combination ensures stability, compliance and predictable performance at scale.
The right choice depends on your priorities:
- Azure Umbraco hosting: best for enterprises that need full control, strict compliance, custom CI/CD pipelines and advanced disaster recovery.
- Umbraco Cloud: best for teams that want a fully managed platform with predictable pricing, faster onboarding and built-in deployment workflows.
Growcreate delivers both options and helps you decide based on cost, governance, and operational goals.
Enterprises typically overspend on cloud by ~27% (Flexera 2024/25). Costs can be reduced by:
- Right-sizing resources: avoid paying for idle capacity
- Reserved instances: save up to 40–55% on Azure App Service with 1–3 year commitments (Source: Microsoft Reserved VM instances)
- Autoscale rules: scale only when traffic demands it
- Proactive monitoring: identify inefficiencies and eliminate waste
Growcreate implements FinOps practices and governance so savings are sustained without compromising uptime or performance.
Yes. Umbraco Cloud runs on Microsoft Azure and benefits from:
- Daily automated backups
- Secure deployment workflows
- Azure’s compliance certifications (ISO, GDPR alignment)
For enterprises with stricter requirements (e.g. customer-managed keys, private networking, regional residency), Growcreate extends security with custom Azure configurations that meet finance, healthcare and government standards.
Our hosting plans are designed around outcomes, not just infrastructure. Depending on the tier, packages include:
- Secure Azure or Umbraco Cloud environments
- Uptime SLAs from 99.9% to 99.99%
- Automated and customisable backup schedules
- Geo-redundant disaster recovery and restore testing
- Integrated CI/CD pipelines with approval workflows
- 24/7 SLA-backed support and proactive monitoring
This means you get cost control, resilience and continuous improvement built in.
Unlike generalist MSPs, Growcreate combines:
- Platinum Umbraco Partner status: direct access to Umbraco’s product teams and best practice frameworks
- Azure-native engineering: environments tuned specifically for Umbraco on App Service, SQL and Storage
- Enterprise DevOps workflows: safe, automated releases with rollback and canary options
- Full lifecycle support: from hosting takeover to UX optimisation and long-term digital evolution
This means you get a partner invested in your platform’s stability, compliance and ROI.
Umbraco services
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Your platform deserves better.
Our hosting solutions ensure measurable cost control, reduced risk, superior compliance and exceptional reliability. Positioning your enterprise platforms for sustainable growth and success.
