Kentico Xperience vs. Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kentico Xperience
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
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.
$9,999
Subscription license
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce) provides companies with a platform to manage, personalize, and optimize the commerce experience across every touch point and across the customer journey. ACC is built on Magento Commerce Pro and is integrated with Adobe Experience Manager. It was originally developed as an open-source eCommerce content management solution by Varien, Inc. Varien was acquired by eBay in…N/A
Pricing
Kentico XperienceAdobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
Editions & Modules
Kentico Xperience Business
$9,999 / year
Subscription license
Kentico Xperience Business
$14,999
Perpetual license
Kentico Xperience Enterprise
$17,999 / year
Subscription license
Kentico Xperience Enterprise
$29,999
Perpetual license
Kentico Xperience Corporate
Upon request
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Kentico XperienceAdobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
Kentico XperienceAdobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Kentico XperienceAdobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Kentico Xperience
7.1
24 Ratings
11% below category average
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions7.124 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Kentico Xperience
7.5
21 Ratings
5% below category average
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
-
Ratings
API8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language7.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Kentico Xperience
7.0
25 Ratings
7% below category average
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG editor8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness7.125 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section7.225 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates7.125 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes5.812 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design8.023 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow6.224 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator7.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Kentico Xperience
6.9
25 Ratings
1% below category average
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
-
Ratings
Content taxonomy6.324 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support7.224 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management5.124 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions7.924 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management7.923 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Kentico Xperience
-
Ratings
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
8.3
32 Ratings
8% above category average
Product catalog & listings00 Ratings8.031 Ratings
Product management00 Ratings8.032 Ratings
Bulk product upload00 Ratings6.927 Ratings
Branding00 Ratings8.128 Ratings
Mobile storefront00 Ratings8.230 Ratings
Product variations00 Ratings9.530 Ratings
Website integration00 Ratings9.530 Ratings
Visual customization00 Ratings7.932 Ratings
CMS00 Ratings8.531 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Kentico Xperience
-
Ratings
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
7.0
31 Ratings
8% below category average
Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings7.026 Ratings
Checkout user experience00 Ratings7.131 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Kentico Xperience
-
Ratings
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
9.1
31 Ratings
9% above category average
eCommerce security00 Ratings9.131 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Kentico Xperience
-
Ratings
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
7.4
30 Ratings
1% below category average
Promotions & discounts00 Ratings8.730 Ratings
Personalized recommendations00 Ratings6.727 Ratings
SEO00 Ratings6.827 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Kentico Xperience
-
Ratings
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
8.9
32 Ratings
13% above category average
Multi-site management00 Ratings9.826 Ratings
Order processing00 Ratings9.731 Ratings
Inventory management00 Ratings8.731 Ratings
Shipping00 Ratings7.929 Ratings
Custom functionality00 Ratings8.431 Ratings
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User Ratings
Kentico XperienceAdobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(44 ratings)
7.9
(40 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(22 ratings)
9.8
(8 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(4 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Kentico XperienceAdobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
Likelihood to Recommend
Kentico software
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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Adobe
Ultimately, if a company is looking for a solid industry-known E-Commerce system, Magento Commerce does exactly what it's intended to do. The headaches start when your company wants to start getting granular in customizations of the platform to meet specific business needs (which every company eventually has). This becomes a major issue down the road when trying to upgrade said customizations as the core software updates.
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Pros
Kentico software
  • 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.
  • The image library is easy to edit and manage
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Adobe
  • Magento Commerce Cloud allows us to develop our own custom solutions for problems that we need solved.
  • Magento Commerce Cloud can also be integrated with many of the third part vendors that we use. This has made many implementations go very smoothly and tends to be much quicker than developing our own custom solution.
  • There are many features available right out of the box. Many of them we have not implemented yet, but it is great to have them available to us when we are ready.
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Cons
Kentico software
  • 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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Adobe
  • The platform is difficult to tune and can be slow. Even with expensive best in class hardware the platform performance can be an issue. Even with caching poor coding can lead to unacceptable performance and user experiences.
  • The total cost of ownership for the platform can be quite high as a great deal of technical expertise is required to modify, develop, troubleshoot and maintain the platform. The costs of initial development are only a down payment on what a Magento store will cost. For mid size companies with substantial web revenues this can be overcome for smaller businesses the total cost of ownership may be prohibitive.
  • Security of the platform can be an issue. Magento is often targeted by hackers and much of the security is the responsibility of the store owner.
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Likelihood to Renew
Kentico software
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.
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Adobe
Magento is well-supported by a big development team at eBay, which not only addresses bug reports very quickly, but also is constantly working on improvements to the platform. The wealth of Magento third party modules ensures that the platform will be up to date with future changes to
Payment or ERP systems.
Security is always a concern and with the Zend framework as a foundation, Magento has had very few security-related patches since I have started to work with it
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Usability
Kentico software
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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Adobe
Magento offers lots of templates and themes to customize the look and feel of the store, and even optimize it for mobile phones. The have an extensive library of forms and templates.
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Support Rating
Kentico software
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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Adobe
The technical service was impeccable. They were on point and were very knowledgeable.
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Online Training
Kentico software
No answers on this topic
Adobe
Great value for an flexible, open source platform.
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Implementation Rating
Kentico software
The system provides many opportunities to integrate and enhance the platform and makes it easy to do so.
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Adobe
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Alternatives Considered
Kentico software
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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Adobe
Magento scales much better than any of the other software when it comes to very large e-commerce websites. But all the other options are more user-friendly for smaller sites as there is a bit of a learning curve in learning to manage Magento. Customization is better along with WooCommerce and OpenCart as self-hosted solutions vs. BigCommerce and Shopify which are hosted. Magento should be the first choice for large, extensive e-commerce solutions,but for smaller stores, I would recommend the others first.
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Return on Investment
Kentico software
  • 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.
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Adobe
  • Magento definitely lets us get a return on our investment. Because we have developers who can customize Magento to our needs, we have been able to create a beautiful and effective website, run promotions, and serve up customized product display pages that are effective and beautifully branded.
  • Magento has also caused a lot of time to be invested in doing something that seems simple, but without a lot of knowledge, end up taking far more time than could otherwise be better-spent.
  • We have had to outsource some of our development work due to Magento being developer-focused rather than marketer/merchandiser-focused. I've used other website management software that is comparable to Magento's capabilities but is far easier to use, that even someone like me (with basic HTML/CSS skills) can customize the front-end without requiring a back-end developer to intervene.
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ScreenShots

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