Great for large scale, client-updated sites
April 12, 2014

Great for large scale, client-updated sites

Doug Schaffer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction

It is used to implement solutions for our clients. It allows them to manage and update their content without needing developers to handle small updates.
  • Syncing between development and production environments
  • Managing small updates
  • Allows for easy reusability of templates
  • Slow to load
  • Bulky to install
  • Naming conventions are not consistent with industry terminology (doctype, for example)
  • Can't directly import .net code in all cases, sometimes forced to use Kentico solutions which take more time to implement than just writing code to a code behind.
  • Less time spent updating client sites after launch.
  • Increases development time of a site, the convenience is mostly on the client end.
  • Desktop and mobile sites are required to have same page/directory structure, which is limiting in some cases.
  • WordPress,Sitecore Web Content Management
Wordpress is much quicker and lighter, but not as robust and is suitable in different situations. Sitecore and Kentico offer similar functionality, but with a different approach to development. Sitecore has a much higher price point and similar functionality, so in my opinion Kentico is the better solution in most cases.
Renewing Kentico is not my decision here.
If it is a large site and a .net CMS is required, Kentico is a good way to go. From a development standpoint, I would not want to use it on smaller sites.