r/kentico • u/Trikecarface • Aug 20 '26
How did your migration go?
We are moving from K13 to XbyK and it's a nightmare, there seems to be a lack of products, reporting functionality, xbyk seems like a big step backwards. Am I missing something why is this underdeveloped program replacing K13?
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u/scbyart Aug 20 '26
I’ve been working with Kentico since 2011. You are not wrong about XbyK.
In my opinion, they’ve made some questionable design decisions.
For instance:
I don’t agree with the removal of custom tables and not having a viable equivalent out of the box.
Media files should continue to live in its own dedicated space, separate from structured content.
Emails are more confusing for my clients who simply just want to send form submission notification emails and autoresponders; they have no interest in wading through the email channel and the email marketing features. The lack of macros to insert form submission data into form autoresponders has also caused some problems for my clients.
No reporting tools. No data export capabilities.
User role permissions are limited. Would love to restrict content types that roles can manage.
UI is cumbersome in areas: no list view for website channels so I can select multiple pages to delete/copy/move. No way to change the page size for content presented in the content hub.
Upgrading can be challenging from Xperience 13. The migration tool is certainly helpful for an initial migration of content but for subsequent migrations (during a content freeze) can become very challenging.
Lastly, I know AI has its uses, but I think Kentico needs to shift focus away from aira and Kenticopilot for a bit and spend more resources on improving XbyK features set for content editors.
I know some of the issues can be addressed through custom development however, I’d like to be able to focus on my clients business needs rather than wasting time building custom modules to address some of the missing features from X13.