Kentico Xperience 13 (Legacy)

byKentico
in
4.3
Market Presence: Web Content ManagementDigital Experience Platforms

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Product Information on Kentico Xperience 13 (Legacy)

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Kentico Xperience 13 (Legacy)?

Kentico Xperience 13 is a content management software designed to help businesses create, manage, and optimize digital content and digital experiences across websites and online channels. The software provides features for web content management, digital marketing, commerce, and customer data management within a single platform. It enables users to design websites, manage page templates, personalize user experiences, and track customer interactions using integrated analytics and marketing automation tools. Kentico Xperience 13 supports workflow management for collaboration between content creators and offers integration capabilities with external systems and APIs to extend functionality. The software addresses the need for streamlined digital experience management by providing tools to deliver consistent and scalable content while maintaining security and compliance standards.

Overall experience with Kentico Xperience 13 (Legacy)

Senior Information Technology Manager
3B - 10B USD, Manufacturing
FAVORABLE

Superior and very flexible platform to create super fast pages that are easy to update

5.0
Mar 4, 2025
It has impressive customization features that enable us to manage any type website content and tons of modules and themes are available and most of them for free to extend website functionality.
Associate Director, Front End Web Development
250M - 500M USD, Healthcare and Biotech
CRITICAL

Very disappointed in Kentico 13 MVC compared to Kentico 12 Portal engine

1.0
Oct 16, 2024
I have been quite disappointed with Kentico 13, especially when compared to Kentico 12 Portal. It feels like a step backward than an upgrade. One major issue is the need to recompile the application for any code changes, which leads to downtime and is a serious inconvenience for our team. Additional, creating custom page types with different layouts requires backend development, which adds unnecessary complexity. Even something simple as adding a global css file across all pages recompiling the application, further complicating the workflows. From my perspective, there don't seem to be any noticeable improvements from Kentico 12 Portal to Kentico 13 MVC. To make matters worse, Kentico no longer supports the older version, which forced us into upgrading. If continued support for Kentico 12 were available, we wouldn't have made the switch at all. Overall, I'm quite frustrated with the experience, and I would have preferred staying on Kentico 12 Portal if that had been an option.

About Company

Company Description

Kentico is a provider of digital experience platforms that enable businesses to drive better outcomes with fewer resources by delivering multichannel digital experiences using a hybrid headless approach. Its digital experience platform (DXP), Xperience by Kentico, minimizes overhead by focusing on real customer needs. With a wide set of capabilities, it empowers teams to deliver better customer experiences through multiple channels faster. Kentico was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in the Czech Republic with offices in the US, UK, Germany, and Australia. Kentico has more than 500 digital solution partners and powers over 35,000 websites across 120 countries.

Company Details

Company type
Private
Year Founded
2004
Head office location
Brno, Czechia
Number of employees
201 - 500

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4.3

(204 Ratings)

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  • Senior Information Technology Manager
    1B-10B USD
    Manufacturing
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    Superior and very flexible platform to create super fast pages that are easy to update

    5.0
    Mar 4, 2025
    It has impressive customization features that enable us to manage any type website content and tons of modules and themes are available and most of them for free to extend website functionality.
  • Associate Director, Front End Web Development
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Very disappointed in Kentico 13 MVC compared to Kentico 12 Portal engine

    1.0
    Oct 16, 2024
    I have been quite disappointed with Kentico 13, especially when compared to Kentico 12 Portal. It feels like a step backward than an upgrade. One major issue is the need to recompile the application for any code changes, which leads to downtime and is a serious inconvenience for our team. Additional, creating custom page types with different layouts requires backend development, which adds unnecessary complexity. Even something simple as adding a global css file across all pages recompiling the application, further complicating the workflows. From my perspective, there don't seem to be any noticeable improvements from Kentico 12 Portal to Kentico 13 MVC. To make matters worse, Kentico no longer supports the older version, which forced us into upgrading. If continued support for Kentico 12 were available, we wouldn't have made the switch at all. Overall, I'm quite frustrated with the experience, and I would have preferred staying on Kentico 12 Portal if that had been an option.
  • WEBSITE PROJECT LEAD
    <50M USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Xperience 13: A High-Performance CMS

    4.0
    Oct 16, 2024
    The implementation and ease of use has been fantastic! Overall, I really love Xperience 13 as a CMS.
  • Web Developer
    <50M USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Kentico v13 Upgrade: Ease vs. Complexity in User Experience

    4.0
    Oct 16, 2024
    The overall experience has been great. We recently upgraded to the latest Kentico version (v13) and it is easy to use and understand.
  • MARKETING MANAGER
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Looking at a bright horizon with the use of Kentico 13

    5.0
    Oct 16, 2024
    It is a very useful and adaptive tool that let you track and monitor key parts of the CMS, in a nut shell.
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