Xperience by Kentico

Kentico 13 End-of-Life Migration for Perth Organisations

Kentico 13 support ends 31 December 2026. Perth’s local Gold Partner migrates you to Xperience by Kentico safely, on time, with no lost content or search rankings.

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Kentico 13 EOL Migration

A migration you can trust

Fixed scope, no lost content or search rankings, and the same local team from audit through go-live and support.

Key metrics

10 +
Years Kentico experience
30 +
Kentico projects delivered
100 %
Local Implementation Team

Dapth clients

Chosen by leading WA corporations, companies & state & local government

risks of holding back

Why you cannot wait: Kentico 13 end-of-life explained

End of life is not a soft cutoff. From 1 January 2027, every new vulnerability in Kentico 13 stays unpatched. Here is what that actually means for your organisation.

Security without support

Once patches stop, new vulnerabilities in Kentico 13 become your problem, not Kentico's. The Australian Cyber Security Centre has flagged large-scale exploitation of unsupported CMS platforms targeting Australian businesses.

Insurance and compliance exposure

Cyber insurance policies increasingly exclude incidents on end-of-life software, so a breach after the deadline may not be covered. Privacy Act obligations are also harder to defend when your site runs on unsupported software.

Specialist capacity is filling

Experienced Kentico migration partners book out well ahead of the deadline. Starting early means more partner choice, more timeline flexibility, and room to handle unexpected complexity.

It is a rebuild, not an upgrade

Xperience by Kentico is a rebuilt platform: different content model, delivery architecture and tooling. Migration is a proper project with content mapping, template rebuild, integration and testing, which is exactly why it needs time and an experienced partner.

EOL explainer

Kentico 13 end-of-life: what actually happens on 1 January 2027

End-of-life doesn’t mean your website switches off it keeps running. What stops is Kentico’s support: from 1 January 2027, Kentico 13 receives no security patches, no bug fixes and no vendor assistance. Any new vulnerability discovered after that date stays open on your site. It becomes your problem, not Kentico’s. For organisations that get security-audited local government, health, finance running unsupported software is also a compliance and cyber-insurance exposure.

The fix is Xperience by Kentico, and it’s evergreen. Instead of a big-bang version every few years, Xperience ships continuous updates so once you migrate, there is no next end-of-life date to plan around.

Phil Allen (Founder & Chief Strategist at Dapth) has been working with Kentico for over 10 years. This is his take on the biggest structural change he has seen in how the platform works.

migration process

Your Kentico migration, handled by a local Gold Partner

Free upgrade audit

We review your current K13 site, integrations, custom modules and risks, and give you a scoped, honest recommendation. No obligation.

Migration and build

We rebuild on Xperience by Kentico with your content model, templates and integrations. Typically 6 to 12 weeks depending on complexity.

Go-live and support

A smooth launch with SEO-safe redirects and 301 mapping, team training, and ongoing support and optimisation after go-live.

An evergreen platform

Xperience by Kentico ships updates continuously, so there is no next end-of-life date to plan around. You also get AIRA, Kentico's native agentic AI suite, for content and personalisation.

from the founder

If you are on Kentico 13, this is the conversation you want to have now

Phil Allen, Founder/Chief Strategist at Dapth, walks through what Kentico 13 end of life actually means for IT teams, marketing managers and business owners and why the organisations that act early get better outcomes.

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CASE STUDIES

Xperience by Kentico, delivered by Dapth

Complete Home Filtration

A marketing-ready platform built to support high-volume campaigns.

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City of Mandurah

From fragmented systems to scalable, connected citizen experiences on Kentico.

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Growth Guide

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Take the Kentico Digital Maturity Assessment. Answer a few questions about your current platform, content and goals, and get an instant read on your digital maturity and where migrating to Xperience by Kentico would make the biggest difference.

Insights & Articles

Kentico Insights from the Dapth Team

Using Kentico Day to Day: A Marketer's Honest Feedback

2026 5 min read

Trevan Rumal

Not a developer. Just a marketer managing a website, running campaigns, and publishing content. Here is what that actually looks like in Kentico Xperience.

Xperience by Kentico Content Management Systems Customer Experience
Kentico AIRA: What the AI Marketing Suite Actually Does

2026 3 min read

Kereti Wharemate

AIRA is Kentico's native AI suite for content teams. Tagging, translation, content generation, and personalisation, directly inside the CMS. Here is what it means in practice.

Xperience by Kentico Customer Experience Content Management Systems
Your CMS Shouldn't Become Your Biggest Security Risk

2026 4 min read

Phil Allen

The Australian Cyber Security Centre has flagged an active CMS exploitation campaign targeting Australian businesses. Here's what every WA organisation with a website needs to know, and a free checklist to assess your exposure.

Content Management Systems Xperience by Kentico Digital Consultancy Customer Experience
Dapth joins Kentico’s Partner Accelerator Program

2026 3 min read

Dapth Marketing

Dapth is now a certified Kentico Accelerator Expert Partner, and among the few in Australia to hold this qualification alongside our Gold Partner status. Here’s what that means, and why it matters for businesses looking to launch on Xperience by Kentico.

Xperience by Kentico Customer Experience Content Management Systems
What Staying on Kentico 13 Past 2026 Actually Costs You

2026 3 min read

Phil Allen

EOL is not just a vendor milestone. It has real financial and security consequences. Here is what the costs actually look like for organisations that delay their Kentico migration.

Xperience by Kentico Content Management Systems Customer Experience
What Is a CMS? Simple Guide for Business Owners

2026 5 min read

Ben De Jonge

Not a developer? Here is what a CMS actually is, what it does for your business, and real examples of how Australian organisations use one every day.

Content Management Systems Xperience by Kentico Customer Experience
Sitefinity vs Kentico vs Sitecore: Enterprise CMS Comparison for 2026

2026 5 min read

Ben De Jonge

Three enterprise CMS platforms assessed honestly: AI capabilities, headless delivery, deployment flexibility, and which type of organisation each suits best.

Sitefinity Xperience by Kentico Content Management Systems Customer Experience

FREQUENTLY ASKED

Answers to your questions

01

No. Your content is mapped from Kentico 13 into the Xperience by Kentico content model as part of the project, with testing so nothing is lost in the move.
02

Most K13 migrations take 6 to 12 weeks depending on the size of your site, integrations, and custom functionality. Complex sites take longer, which is why starting early matters.
03

Your site keeps running, but from 1 January 2027 it receives no security patches. Vulnerabilities accumulate, cyber insurance may not cover an incident on end-of-life software, and compliance exposure rises.
04

No. Xperience by Kentico is a rebuilt platform, not a new version of K13. Migration is a proper project with discovery, rebuild and testing.
05

Not if it is handled properly. We manage URL structures, redirects and metadata carefully during migration to protect your search rankings.
06

Every migration is different, so costs depend on your website, integrations, content, and overall project scope. Our free migration audit assesses your current environment and provides a clear, tailored estimate before you commit.
07

Kentico 13 (Xperience 13) reaches end of life on 31 December 2026. After that date it receives no security patches, bug fixes or vendor support.
08

A Kentico upgrade moves you from Kentico 13 to Xperience by Kentico while preserving your content and data. A migration usually means moving from a different CMS entirely and rebuilding. Either way, Kentico 13 to Xperience is a managed project, not a one-click update.
09

In most cases, yes. Xperience by Kentico uses open APIs, so existing integrations carry across. During the free audit we review every integration and flag anything that needs rebuilding before we start.
10

No. We can migrate to Xperience by Kentico while keeping your existing design. A redesign is optional and often happens in a later phase, once the new platform is stable.

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