About Xperience by Kentico
Xperience by Kentico is a commercial digital experience platform from Kentico that merges content management, digital marketing and commerce in one .NET-based product. The vendor describes it as a hybrid headless platform, meaning content can be delivered through the built-in site tooling or through APIs to other front ends.
For marketers it covers managing content, running marketing campaigns, commerce, customer journey mapping and built-in AI, including an agentic marketing suite called AIRA with a content strategist, a customer journey optimization specialist, an SEO and GEO specialist and a campaign manager. For developers it emphasizes an evergreen platform, integrations, scalability, security, deployment options and an assistant named KentiCopilot.
Kentico sells the product through demos and partners, and it provides documentation, migration and upgrade paths for existing Kentico customers, interactive demos and an education center. It suits organizations with Microsoft-oriented development teams that want marketing tools included with the CMS.
Key features
- Hybrid headless content management
- Digital marketing and customer journeys
- Built-in digital commerce
- AI agents for content and SEO
- Evergreen platform with upgrade path
- Integrations and scalable deployment
Good fit for
- →Enterprise marketing websites on .NET
- →Combining CMS, marketing and commerce
- →Migrating from older Kentico versions
- Tags
- cms
- dxp
- .net
- headless
- marketing
- commerce
- enterprise
Xperience by Kentico: questions and answers
- What is Xperience by Kentico used for?
- Xperience by Kentico is an enterprise .NET digital experience platform combining a hybrid headless CMS with marketing automation, commerce and AI agents. It is a good fit for enterprise marketing websites on .NET; combining CMS, marketing and commerce; and migrating from older Kentico versions.
- How much does Xperience by Kentico cost?
- Xperience by Kentico doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.
- Is Xperience by Kentico open source?
- No. Xperience by Kentico is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to Xperience by Kentico include dotCMS, Orchard Core and Umbraco CMS.
- Can I self-host Xperience by Kentico?
- Yes. Although Xperience by Kentico is closed source, it can be self-hosted on your own servers, and the vendor also offers a hosted version.
- What are some alternatives to Xperience by Kentico?
- Xperience by Kentico competes with Sitecore, Optimizely and Sitefinity. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Xperience by Kentico alternatives.
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