Kentico is a web content management system for building websites, online stores, intranets, and Web 2.0 community sites. Kentico CMS uses ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server for development via its Portal Engine, using Visual Studio, or through Microsoft MVC.
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Kentico Xperience Business
$9,999 / year
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Kentico Xperience Business
$14,999
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Kentico Xperience Enterprise
$17,999 / year
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Kentico Xperience Enterprise
$29,999
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Kentico Xperience Corporate
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Kentico provided us with a far more robust and customizable platform than lower-cost alternatives such as Wix or Squarespace, and was available at a much lower cost of entry than ektron. It required a lot fewer fiddly uses of extensions than WordPress, though some custom …
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Business Analyst in Information Technology at Vermeer Corporation (Machinery, 1001-5000 employees)
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We selected Kentico for our particular project to match up with another site we had and it was more financial wise for us than other solutions we looked into. A big thing for us was that we needed to have language management and Kentico being an international country was a good …
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Previously we used Microsoft SharePoint as a content management system and it was very limited, required a ton of support, and we encountered bugs on a weekly/monthly basis.
All of the negatives that we had associated with SharePoint went away when we switched to Kentico. It was …
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Marketing email coordinator (part time contract project) in Information Technology at Scenic USA (Recreational Facilities and Services, 1001-5000 employees)
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I recently started learning Sitecore which resembles Kentico in some aspects, and I find Kentico to be more user-friendly and intuitive. Sitecore is a more robust system, but in my opinion it gives content administrators too many options, and has a way steeper learning curve. …
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Southern Haemophilia IT and Data Manager in Information Technology at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) (Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees)
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Kentico is a lot easier, more fluent and slicker than these products. It is easy to setup, use and teach others, so content can be managed by multiple users without any special training or skills i.e coding. It is definitely a lot more expensive so you are paying for a premium …
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Verified User
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We researched .asp and .net platforms and for our company's needs (we do not do e-commerce) Kentico was the best overall fit and value.
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Web Developer in Professional Services at YDOP (Internet, 1-10 employees)
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Kentico 8 really is a drastic improvement over previous versions of Kentico - the whole system is light years faster, much more intuitive to use and nicer for all users involved.
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Vice President, Technology in Information Technology at Rockfish (Marketing and Advertising, 201-500 employees)
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When discussing Kentico with clients, I find myself uttering the same phrase repeatedly. "Kentico provides 95% of the functionality of high-dollar CMSs at a fifth of the price." This allows clients to use the dollars they would have previously put towards licencing into feature …
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Web Developer in Information Technology at BizStream (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
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I've used Sitecore, Ektron, Joomla!, WordPress, and SharePoint (if you want to count that as a competitor for CMS). Kentico 8 blows them all out of the water. Nothing is more intuitive in the way that content is created, the way the site is setup, and how efficient rollouts can …
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Partner in Information Technology at BizStream (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
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When compared to the above solutions the value that Kentico offers is much higher when compared to the price of these other solutions. Kentico will do 90% of what Sitecore and Ektron and Adobe do, and those other solutions will do 90% of what Kentico does. In my opinion they …
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Better than all of the above on almost every level. SiteFinity comes closest from a developer tool perspective and Umbraco from a flexibility perspective.
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Software Engineer in Information Technology at Avastone Technology (Computer Software, 501-1000 employees)
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Out of these CMS systems I've worked in, Kentico is still hands down the easiest to build and manage.
Ingeniux was a failed project, it was too cumbersome to work in (MVC based), it was a nightmare to do any custom dev work in it, couldn't debug, and their own staff couldn't get …
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Account Executive, Software Group Sales in Sales at Netrix, LLC (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees)
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The competitive toolset and streamlined development process that Kentico provides allows for it to be a viable option at a fraction of the cost of other solutions.
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Sr. Application Developer in Engineering at HexaGroup (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees)
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It seems to have better organization and better extendability. In comparison to WordPress, the support that is offered by Kentico is incredible. When comparing to Sitecore, the price point makes it much more affordable for smaller to mid-size organizations that need a great CMS …
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Lead Business Analyst in Information Technology at Fifth Third Bank (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees)
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When deciding on Kentico we compared 2 other products, all vendors provided either provided 1 to 2 demos. Compared to the other vendors, the Kentico product worked as expected when demonstrating compared to the other two vendors that had a range of problems in their product …
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Web Designer and Developer in Information Technology at Michael Baker International (Civil Engineering, 5001-10,000 employees)
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WordPress - I do like WordPress, and we propose this CMS as an option to Kentico, but I firmly believe that unless everything happens to work perfectly, WordPress will cost more money to develop in the long run. Aside from that, WordPress has intrusive updates very regularly, …
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Verified User
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Kentico is great when you need an MS / .NET based tool, but you don't want to pay so much for Sitecore.
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The greatest thing about Kentico is its API-first development focus. What most people don't realize, but is the most telling item for developers, is that ALL of the Kentico UI is an API client using the publicly available API. If you can see it in Kentico, you can do it, or …
Web Manager in Information Technology at SVP Worldwide (Consumer Goods, 501-1000 employees)
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Kentico is to most full featured for large corporate sites needing multiple versions. WordPress may update more frequently, but Kentico has released 2 updates in the 2+ years I've been using it, which is fantastic.
Director of Solution Sales in Sales at Bit-Wizards (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
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At Bit-Wizards we have used many open source CMS tools like Word Press and Joomla as well as enterprise solutions like SiteCore and Ektron. The open source challenges are stability and security of the platform. Support for correcting those issues depends greatly on the …
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Features
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Security
Comparison of Security features of Xperience by Kentico
Feature
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9.0
25 Ratings
11% above category average
Role-based user permissions
9.025 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Xperience by Kentico
Feature
Xperience by Kentico
9.0
22 Ratings
12% above category average
API
9.021 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language
9.019 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Xperience by Kentico
Feature
Xperience by Kentico
8.6
26 Ratings
19% above category average
WYSIWYG editor
8.025 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness
8.026 Ratings
Admin section
8.026 Ratings
Page templates
9.026 Ratings
Library of website themes
7.013 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design
9.024 Ratings
Publishing workflow
10.025 Ratings
Form generator
10.025 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Xperience by Kentico
Kentico is a robust and flexible CMS platform that is great for managing multiple websites and multiple environments (dev, stage, and production for instance). It makes content management very easy and makes it easy to keep the environments synced with the same content. However, the Kentico CMS does require a bit more technical understanding to get it set up properly and requires a bit more effort and support than, say, free open-source options.
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I love the intuitive top and left navigation within the content management platform. I can easily find what section, sub-section, and page I'm looking to edit
For creating content, the WYSIWYG editor is so intuitive; it feels like you're working on an MS Word doc!
The tab for adding metadata in simple fields takes away the headache of having to hunt and peck through code to add H1 tag, page description etc.
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Kentico needs to invest in more enterprise class environment management utilities -- example: global CDN support via the CMS is sorely lacking. There are work-arounds, but it should be more elegant.
The Kentico staging module could be improved to support the concept of bundled releases. Current staging module functionality is good, but could be improved.
Kentico ecommerce support is a touch immature. While content management is superb, Kentico lags in this area when compared to many open source ecommerce engines.
Kentico is lacking MVC support. 99% of the time this isn't an issue for the end-user or business user, but can be a hurdle for technology teams depending on the team's makeup.
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We are locked into Kentico for the long haul. It provides us with an easy and flexible solution for a very non technical company to create a site and have the features they want, especially with the inclusion of EMS into our license. Now we have a true platform to build and grow our solutions.
It seriously is one of the best interfaces I have ever used. I also love the fact that I can use UI personalization to secure any functionality by user or role that I don't want that role to have access to. The best part is the customization of the UI, I can add in any button, tab, or menu item I want through it, no code required.
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Their support staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and will work with you until your issue is fixed. This could take a few phone calls back and forth, but they are very diligent in helping you.
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I've used Sitecore, Ektron, Joomla!, WordPress, and SharePoint (if you want to count that as a competitor for CMS). Kentico 8 blows them all out of the water. Nothing is more intuitive in the way that content is created, the way the site is setup, and how efficient rollouts can be with Content Staging.
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Kentico has enabled faster speed to market for SMEs. They are empowered to enter content them selves while still having that content go through editorial review to ensure tone of voice and brand are maintained.
Deploying Kentico has freed up web developer resources from manual content entry enabling them to build more useful solutions to support the business efforts
Tapping into the Kentico event pipelne allows us to trigger external system events when product content is published.
