Hybrid headless .NET platform with built-in marketing and AI
Xperience by Kentico is a .NET digital experience platform that the vendor calls hybrid headless. Email, personalisation and commerce are built in, and it runs as managed SaaS or on-premise. Kentico publishes no prices; the licence is per channel and quoted by sales.
Xperience by Kentico, listed here as Kentico Xperience, is Kentico's digital experience platform, built on .NET. It grew from Kentico CMS, first released in 2004, and was also called Kentico EMS and Kentico Xperience 13. The vendor calls it a hybrid headless DXP.
Headless channels deliver content to apps, kiosks and SPAs through GraphQL endpoints. Email, personalisation, customer journeys and commerce are built in. AIRA, Kentico's native AI, adds text generation, translation, image tagging and SEO reviews. You can deploy it as Kentico-managed SaaS or on-premise. The licence is per channel (web, email, headless), in a Standard tier and an Advanced tier.
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Single-channel web projects
Costs extra
The licence is per channel. SaaS is an extra option. AIRA AI runs on a monthly credit package.
Custom
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Multi-channel projects that need enhanced marketing features
Costs extra
The licence is per channel; extra channels cost more, and less if bought up front. SaaS is an extra option. AIRA AI runs on a monthly credit package.
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