Contensis for Councils

Spec sheet

Purpose

Contensis for Councils is a local government CMS with built-in templates, content models and components for creating modern, accessible websites.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Free plan

NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Headquarters

Ludlow, Shropshire, UKRead 28 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Accessibility

The council starter site is built using GDS principles and WCAG 2.2 to support accessible content.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

APIs

Contensis provides Delivery, Management and Image APIs; its Delivery API is platform agnostic and supports delivering content to websites or applications.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Community directory

The Community Directory helps people find local contacts, services and programs.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Content features

Features include filterable news and events, custom publishing workflows, location-based postcode radius searches, feedback forms and councillor listings filterable by party and ward.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Hosting

The service is described as a UK-based SaaS and hosting platform that is ISO 27001 certified, scalable and secure.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Integration methods

Contensis webhooks can send requests to an integration or application endpoint, with configurable topics, events, headers and payloads.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Languages

Contensis supports translating content into over 50 languages, with roles and permissions that can limit editors to relevant language content.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Migration

Existing content can be migrated programmatically, either by selected sections or all at once.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Plan limits

The listed CMS plans range from one project on Starter to unlimited projects on Enterprise; listed concurrent-user allowances range from five to unlimited.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Plans and pricing

The vendor lists Starter, Plus and Enterprise CMS licences with monthly starting prices and allowances for bandwidth, storage, concurrent users and projects.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Resident self-service

Its GDS task-based templates are designed to help residents find and complete tasks, and decision trees can help them resolve issues independently.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Security certification

Zengenti, the company behind Contensis, says it is certified to ISO/IEC 27001 and operates an independently audited information security management system.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Support and updates

The product page says the CMS licence covers support and that community-requested updates to the shared codebase are rolled out to all projects at no extra cost.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contensis.com

Plans and prices

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