Umso Blog

How we're hosting over 20,000 ultra-fast websites on a global network

Published by Felix Gurtler on February 20, 2024

As a website building company we wouldn't get very far if we didn't also host websites. When our customers click "Publish" in the editor we distribute their website files across our own global server network. While many website builders use 3rd-party ... Read More

One price, All Features. The simplest pricing in the industry.

Published by Hanna Retana on January 05, 2023

Why did we change our pricing?Glad you asked! After several team meetings and an in-depth analysis or two, we've realized our old pricing wasn't great. So we're changing it.The industry's leading model of "the more features you want, the... Read More

What we've been working on and why you can't see it (yet)

Published by Felix Gurtler on December 13, 2022

We haven't shared many product updates over the past year, but that's not because we've been quarantining on the couch (I promise 😇)! Instead, we took a step back and worked on some big changes to our internal systems. First we'll explain what they are and then why we've prior... Read More

Is your website multilingual yet? It definitely should be!

Published by Hanna Retana on September 20, 2022

Umso's home-page in three different languages, shown in front of world-map

Why, you may ask?There is the obvious: Serving a broader, richer market. A larger chunk of potential customers, plus a greater regional reach equals increased sales.Yet this success isn't only reliant on translating your website's co... Read More

What the best No-code products do right, and why it’s not about code.

Published by Felix Gurtler on September 20, 2021

I've learned a lot about product design over the last three years of working on our website builder product. When starting out, most of my product decisions were based on intuition. I wasn't sure what the product should look like, what features to add, and which ones to cut. ... Read More