Best Digital Experience Platforms in 2026
Updated
In short: Xperience by Kentico is ranked #1 of 26 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Salesforce Experience Cloud and Optimizely One. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Liferay DXP. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Salesforce Experience Cloud at $2/mo.
When your work spans content, digital assets, and customer interactions, digital experience platforms offer different combinations of delivery and engagement capabilities. Compare deployment model, headless delivery, and digital asset support, then weigh personalization, journey orchestration, experimentation, and experience analytics. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing provide additional commercial context. Xperience by Kentico, Magnolia DXP, and Sitecore Experience Platform head the ranked entries, followed by Progress Sitefinity, Liferay DXP, Jahia DXP, Squiz DXP, and Zesty.io. Use the listed criteria to consider which platform capabilities and delivery approach align with the digital experience work you need to support.
26 digital experience platforms ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
Recognised 40% · Phone app 26% · Documented 20% · Free plan 14% of the score
- 1 Xperience by Kentico iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.3 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 2 Salesforce Experience Cloud iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.0$2/mo
- 3 Optimizely One iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.9 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 4 Bloomreach Content iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.8
- 5 Liferay DXP No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.4Free Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 6 dotCMS No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3Free
- 7 Jahia DXP No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3Free Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 8 Contentstack No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2$299/mo
- 9 Zesty.io No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2$475/mo
- 10 Magnolia DXP No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.8$3,500/mo Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 11 Adobe Experience Manager Assets No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.6
- 12 Ibexa DXP No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.6€3.25/mo Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 13 Optimizely Configured Commerce No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.6 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 14 Progress Sitefinity No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.6 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 15 RWS Tridion Sites No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.5 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 16 Core dna Membership Management No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4$4,000/mo Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 17 Liferay Digital Experience Platform No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 18 OpenText Web CMS No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 19 Oracle Communications Digital Business Experience No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: Yes
- 20 Sitecore Experience Platform No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 21 Siteglide No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4$22.50/mo Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: Yes
- 22 Squiz DXP No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
- 23 SitecoreAI Conversion Optimization No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.2 Personalization: Yes
- 24 Stack9 No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.2 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: Yes
- 25 Uniform No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.2 Personalization: YesHeadless delivery: YesExperimentation: Yes
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Questions about this list
Which digital experience platform is ranked first on Samsung Mobile US Press?
Xperience by Kentico is ranked #1 of 26 with a score of 7.3. Salesforce Experience Cloud is second and Optimizely One third.
How many of these have a free plan?
5 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Salesforce Experience Cloud has the lowest first paid tier we found: $2/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.