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Contensis for Councils
What Contensis for Councils is
Contensis for Councils is a local-government content management system for creating accessible council websites. It supplies templates, content models, and components, including GDS task-based templates and decision trees for resident self-service. A Community Directory helps people find local contacts, services, and programs. Councils can publish filterable news and events, feedback forms, postcode-radius searches, and councillor listings filterable by party and ward. Custom workflows support publishing, while roles and permissions can restrict editors to relevant language content. Content can be translated into more than 50 languages. Delivery, Management, and Image APIs are available; the platform-agnostic Delivery API serves websites or applications, and configurable webhooks send requests to integration endpoints. Existing content can be migrated by selected sections or all at once. The service is described as UK-based SaaS and hosting, with ISO 27001 certification. Its council starter site follows GDS principles and WCAG 2.2. Starter begins at $920 a month, Plus at $1,640 a month, and Enterprise at $3,250 a month.
Who it suits
It suits councils needing multilingual, accessible web publishing with resident self-service and community information. API access, migration tools, and multi-site support also suit teams integrating or managing multiple digital services.
What it does well
- Includes GDS task-based templates and decision trees
- Supports translation into over 50 languages
- Provides Delivery, Management, and Image APIs
- Supports migration by section or all at once
- Council starter site follows WCAG 2.2
What to know first
- No free plan
- Starter begins at $920 a month
- Plan allowances vary for storage and users
- Enterprise pricing starts at $3,250 a month
Limits
Starter includes 200GB bandwidth, 50GB storage, five concurrent users and one project. Plus provides 400GB bandwidth, 100GB storage, 10 concurrent users and two projects; Enterprise provides 1TB bandwidth, 200GB storage, unlimited concurrent users and unlimited projects.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | From £920 Per month · 200GB bandwidth · 50GB storage · 5 concurrent users · 1 project | £920 a month |
| Plus | From £1,640 Per month · 400GB bandwidth · 100GB storage · 10 concurrent users · 2 projects | £1,640 a month |
| Enterprise | From £3,250 Per month · 1TB bandwidth · 200GB storage · unlimited concurrent users · unlimited projects | £3,250 a month |
As contensis.com lists them, read 30 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the Contensis for Councils website
- Choose a Starter, Plus or Enterprise CMS licence
- Select the project, storage, bandwidth and concurrent-user allowance
- Migrate selected sections or all existing content programmatically
- Configure templates, workflows, permissions, APIs or webhooks
- Publish through the web platform or connected applications
Verdict
Contensis for Councils combines council-focused publishing features with accessibility, multilingual content, APIs, and migration support. Compare plan allowances for projects, bandwidth, storage, and concurrent users before selecting a licence.
Questions
Is there a free plan?
No. Contensis for Councils is a paid service with Starter, Plus and Enterprise CMS licences.
What does Starter cost?
Starter is $920 a month, billed from £920 per month.
Which platforms are supported?
The listed platforms are web and API.
Does it support multilingual publishing?
Yes. Content can be translated into more than 50 languages, with language-based roles and permissions.
Can it integrate with other applications?
Yes. Delivery, Management and Image APIs are available, and configurable webhooks can send requests to integration endpoints.
Is the service accessible?
The council starter site follows GDS principles and WCAG 2.2.
Facts from Contensis for Councils's own pages
- Accessibility
- The council starter site is built using GDS principles and WCAG 2.2 to support accessible content. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- APIs
- Contensis provides Delivery, Management and Image APIs; its Delivery API is platform agnostic and supports delivering content to websites or applications. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Community directory
- The Community Directory helps people find local contacts, services and programs. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- 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. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- No · contensis.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Ludlow, Shropshire, UK · contensis.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Hosting
- The service is described as a UK-based SaaS and hosting platform that is ISO 27001 certified, scalable and secure. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Integration methods
- Contensis webhooks can send requests to an integration or application endpoint, with configurable topics, events, headers and payloads. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Languages
- Contensis supports translating content into over 50 languages, with roles and permissions that can limit editors to relevant language content. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Migration
- Existing content can be migrated programmatically, either by selected sections or all at once. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- 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. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- 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. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Purpose
- Contensis for Councils is a local government CMS with built-in templates, content models and components for creating modern, accessible websites. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- 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. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Security certification
- Zengenti, the company behind Contensis, says it is certified to ISO/IEC 27001 and operates an independently audited information security management system. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
- 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. · contensis.com, 30 Sept 2026
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