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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kentico Xperience

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AKentico 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

    Progress Sitefinity

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AProgress Sitefinity is a content management and customer analytics platform. It supports content management, tailored marketing, multi-channel management, and ecommerce sites.N/A
    Pricing
    Kentico XperienceProgress Sitefinity
    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 XperienceProgress Sitefinity
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Kentico XperienceProgress Sitefinity
    Considered Both Products
    Kentico software
    Chose Kentico Xperience
    Sitefinity is behind Kentico in feature maturity. It lacks the level of tech support that Kentico has. Sitefinity can also be harder to upgrade.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kentico Xperience
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kentico Xperience
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Progress Software
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    DNN was very similar from a flexibility and feature perspective but wasn't as polished or professional feeling. Kentico was poor in communication, not replying to email requests and questions. Crownpeak we had been using for many years but wasn't impressed with customer loyalty …
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    In terms of feature set, Sitefinity offers more out-of-the-box features as compared to Umbraco.
    In comparison to Kentico, Sitefinity has a better back-end admin set of tools.
    In comparison to Sitecore, Sitefinity is cheaper and easier to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    Sitefinity, in my opinion, follows current Microsoft practices which make developing it a breeze. Kentico has always seemed a bit lagging in this department.
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    Much better developer friendly story than Kentico, superior UI compared to rest.
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    We currently use ElementCMS and it is slow to use and slow to upgrade. We evaluated Kentico, Sitecore and a few others when looking for Sitefinity. Sitefinity was the easiest to use and offered all the features we wanted.

    It was important to us the company stayed up to date and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    Kentico is a great alternative to Sitefinity, very similar features and usability. We explored switching away from Sitefinity a couple of years ago but we ended staying with Sitefinity because we have lots of internal expertise.
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    We evaluated a range of other platforms before selecting Progress Sitefinity. While many other platforms had a powerful range of features, Progress Sitefinity provided to be a comparable product at a price far more suited to our budget. Above all else, its ease of use gained …
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    In addition to being a user of Sitefinity, my company is also a Sitefinity Partner. More than a decade ago, we were supporting several CMS platforms and decided we wanted to pick one and be great at it. After analyzing many content management systems, we decided that Sitefinity …
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    It is hands down just easier for our customers to use. The interface and the page builder experience is much better than what we have used in the past and has many enterprise features even in the lower price-point.
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    • Best system from a feature/cost point of view. We had specific requirements, one of which was that the system had to be based in a IIS/.net environment.
    • Price was another factor and ease of implementation with the existing development staff another.
    • E-commerce had to be …
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    We wanted a CMS that is based on the dot net framework to leverage existing on-site expertise. Also, ease of use for content editors was important. An API to interface with other systems was important as well.
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    I don't think the Sitefinity stacks up against them, and i would no longer recommend Sitefinity after using the other mentioned CMS's
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    Custom development
    Drupal
    Kentico
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    Content Managers have full, easy, control the content on the site and when content gets released.
  • IT should only be required to help with new features but not with content updates.
  • Usually contain support contracts and decent sized development communities.
  • Fully customizable with …
  • Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    I find that Sitefinity has the heart and soul of an open source CMS in that it is easy to use by everyone, but it definitely has the street cred in the enterprise market that it has a solid API and you can easily build custom applications on the platform.
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    For the money it has the features we need.
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    During review of potential solutions, SItefinity won out against others because of extensibility and (esp.) the back-end experience for users. We are a dot net shop, so we limited out CMS options to .Net-based solutions.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Kentico XperienceProgress Sitefinity
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Kentico Xperience and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Kentico Xperience
    7.1
    24 Ratings
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.1
    163 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.124 Ratings8.1163 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Kentico Xperience and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Kentico Xperience
    7.5
    21 Ratings
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.1
    144 Ratings
    API8.020 Ratings8.1137 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language7.018 Ratings8.1106 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Kentico Xperience and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Kentico Xperience
    7.0
    25 Ratings
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.0
    170 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor8.024 Ratings8.1160 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness7.125 Ratings8.0151 Ratings
    Admin section7.225 Ratings8.0168 Ratings
    Page templates7.125 Ratings8.1164 Ratings
    Library of website themes5.812 Ratings8.0104 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design8.023 Ratings8.0155 Ratings
    Publishing workflow6.224 Ratings8.1152 Ratings
    Form generator7.024 Ratings8.0140 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Kentico Xperience and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Kentico Xperience
    6.9
    25 Ratings
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.0
    164 Ratings
    Content taxonomy6.324 Ratings8.1157 Ratings
    SEO support7.224 Ratings8.1151 Ratings
    Bulk management5.124 Ratings8.0122 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.924 Ratings8.0130 Ratings
    Community / comment management7.923 Ratings8.0121 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Kentico XperienceProgress Sitefinity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (44 ratings)
    7.1
    (171 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (22 ratings)
    7.2
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    4.6
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)