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Should I use Kentico?

Kentico - kentico.com

Depends. Buy if you're a mid-market or enterprise .NET organization that needs CMS, digital marketing, and commerce in one platform with partner support. Skip it for simple sites or headless-first stacks — and budget for quote-based licensing and fast security patching.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 30+ public sources; many snippets truncated and no public pricing numbers found.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

Quote-based (not public)

Xperience by Kentico

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Mid-market and enterprise .NET orgs
  • Multi-site, multi-brand web estates
  • Financial services and regulated marketers
  • Teams consolidating CMS + marketing + commerce

Not for

  • Small teams needing a simple site — massive overkill
  • shops without dev or partner budget
  • Headless-first teams (Sanity, Storyblok fit better)
  • Anyone who can't patch immediately — active exploitation reported

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

No public pricing; quote-based licenses plus paid partner implementations drive real cost

high

CVE-2025-2746/2747 auth bypass reportedly exploited in the wild — patch immediately

high

Kentico 13 end-of-support means migrating to Xperience by Kentico — replan budget

medium

Unsupported legacy versions accumulate risk; partners call it a security cliff

Pros and cons

Pros

  • All-in-one CMS, digital marketing, and commerce on .NET
  • Users call it robust with deep content/document typing
  • Published, transparent license fees
  • SaaS option available
  • In-house support center for Xperience customers

Cons

  • Users complain of an outdated UI
  • 2025 auth-bypass CVEs reported exploited in the wild
  • Kentico 13 end-of-support forces costly migrations
  • Legacy versions unsupported, flagged as security risk
  • Rival Sanity claims it outperforms Kentico for rapid scaling

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/30/2026 - 10 sources - Four CVEs disclosed in 2025, including an auth bypass reported exploited in the wild; version currency and fast patching are essential.

official x1review x4security x3news x2
  • CVE-2025-2746 / CVE-2025-2747 — authentication bypass, Kentico Xperience staging service auth bypass; reported exploited in the wild.
  • CVE-2025-2748 — XSS to RCE, Custom file handlers allowed XSS escalation to remote code execution.
  • CVE-2025-2794 — denial of service, DoS vulnerability disclosed in Kentico Xperience.
  • Legacy version exposure, Unsupported Kentico versions flagged as an ongoing security risk.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • Quote-based (not public)

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Quote-based pricing; partner costs unclear
  • Ease of use: 2/5. Users flag outdated UI
  • Feature depth: 4/5. CMS, marketing, commerce in one; called robust
  • Support quality: 3/5. In-house support advertised; partners do implementations
  • Security posture: 2/5. Exploited 2025 CVEs; unsupported legacy versions
  • 14k+ Sites tracked BuiltWith Kentico Xperience list
  • 4 2025 CVEs disclosed incl. exploited auth bypass
  • EOS announced Kentico 13 support Migration guides published 2026

Pricing

Xperience by Kentico

Quote-based (not public)

  • SaaS or self-hosted
  • CMS + digital marketing + commerce
  • In-house support included

Security

Four CVEs disclosed in 2025, including an auth bypass reported exploited in the wild; version currency and fast patching are essential.

  • CVE-2025-2746 / CVE-2025-2747 — authentication bypassKentico Xperience staging service auth bypass; reported exploited in the wild.
  • CVE-2025-2748 — XSS to RCECustom file handlers allowed XSS escalation to remote code execution.⁶
  • CVE-2025-2794 — denial of serviceDoS vulnerability disclosed in Kentico Xperience.
  • Legacy version exposureUnsupported Kentico versions flagged as an ongoing security risk.

What users say

Reviewers call Kentico a robust, feature-rich .NET DXP but flag an outdated UI and quote-based pricing, with sentiment on G2 and TrustRadius skewing positive.

“Kentico UI uses an outdat…”
Reddit, r/webdev
“Kentico is a robust and…”
TrustRadius reviewer
“Kentico CMS gets 5 out o…”
DevNet community review

Alternatives

Compare Kentico with each alternative.

  • Umbraco

    Open-source .NET CMS; simpler and cheaper for most .NET teams.

    Kentico vs Umbraco

  • Sanity

    Headless CMS pitched for rapid scaling; claims it outperforms Kentico.

  • Storyblok

    Headless CMS positioned as a 2026 Kentico alternative.

  • WordPress

    Cheaper, simpler default for small sites and standard content.

Companies that use it

  • The Kids' Cancer Project
  • LivaNova
  • 316 Financial
Full analysis

Based on 30+ public sources; many snippets truncated and no public pricing numbers found.

Powerful .NET DXP for enterprise content + marketing — overkill for small sites; mind exploited 2025 CVEs and Kentico 13 end-of-support.

Methodology

Based on 30+ public sources; many snippets truncated and no public pricing numbers found.

Sources

  1. Kentico Reviews 2026 — G2g2.com
    review
  2. Xperience by Kentico Reviews — TrustRadiustrustradius.com
    review
  3. Has anyone worked with Kentico? — Redditreddit.com
    review
  4. Kentico Review: .NET at its finest — CMS Criticcmscritic.com
    review
  5. CVE-2025-2746: Kentico Xperience Auth Bypass — SentinelOnesentinelone.com
    security
  6. XSS to RCE — Kentico Xperience CVE-2025-2748 — WatchTowrlabs.watchtowr.com
    security
  7. CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalogcisa.gov
    security
  8. How to Buy Xperience by Kentico — Kenticokentico.com
    official
  9. Kentico 13 EOS: CMS Migration Guide — Progressprogress.com
    news
  10. Sanity vs Kentico: Headless CMS for Rapid Scalingsanity.io
    news

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