As of November 2026, a custom WordPress rebuild of a Kentico or Sitecore website at Parachute Design, a Toronto agency, starts at $25,000 CAD; most projects fall between $35,000 and $60,000, and most take 12 to 20 weeks; Kentico Xperience 13 support ends December 31, 2026, so for many Kentico sites the vendor has already set the timeline.
Three things move the price. The first is the number of unique page templates; the average website has 12 to 15, and a site with 20 or more is an enterprise build that starts at $60,000. The second is how content leaves the old platform: a scripted import where Discovery confirms one is feasible, or pages entered by hand. The third is integrations and languages: in our website cost calculator, third-party integrations add $1,000 to $8,000 and multi-language support adds about $5,000.
Why are organizations leaving Kentico and Sitecore?
Support dates come first. Kentico’s product support lifecycle ends technical support for Xperience 13 on December 31, 2026. Version 12 ended in 2022 for MVC sites and 2023 for Portal Engine sites, and version 11 ended on November 30, 2021. After the end date, Kentico provides no hotfixes, security patches or technical support for Xperience 13, although the site keeps running. On Sitecore, versions 10.0 and 10.1 reach the end of Extended Support on December 31, 2026, according to First Line Software.
Both vendors offer an upgrade inside their own product, and that upgrade is a rebuild in its own right. Kentico’s own upgrade path from Xperience 13 starts a new Xperience by Kentico project and moves the content across with the Kentico Migration Tool. The question becomes which platform your team will run for the next decade. WordPress itself is free, open-source software, so the platform carries no licence fee; what you pay for is the design, development and testing.
The day-to-day problems matter as much as the dates. RF Bank & Trust’s Kentico site was hard to manage and slow, its information was poorly organized, and it produced low conversions and little search traction.
What does a Kentico or Sitecore migration to WordPress cost?
Cost follows unique page templates, not the page count of the old site, so a large Kentico or Sitecore site is priced by its page types.
| Build | Price (CAD) | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Microsite | From $25,000 | As little as 10 weeks |
| Standard | $35,000 to $60,000 | 12 to 20 weeks |
| Enterprise (20 or more unique templates) | From $60,000 | 12 to 20 weeks, longer with portals or custom integrations |
Budget for the years after launch as well. Across a year, post-launch costs, including maintenance, typically run 15 to 25 percent of the initial development investment, and Parachute’s maintenance plans start at $600 per month. Hosting runs on Kinsta, and you hold the hosting agreement and billing directly.
How long does the move take?
Most Parachute projects take 12 to 20 weeks from discovery to launch; portals, eCommerce and custom integrations take longer. A project that starts in mid-November 2026 launches between February and April 2027, after Xperience 13 support ends. Plan for that gap: keep the current Kentico site patched to its last release until the new site is live.
What carries over, and what is rebuilt?
| Part of the site | What happens in the move |
|---|---|
| Pages, news and resources | Moved by scripted import where Discovery confirms it is feasible. Parachute enters a set number of pages by hand as the model for your team, and your team reviews the rest |
| Page types and fields | Mapped in Discovery: each old page type and its fields to a WordPress template and its custom fields, where the old structure allows |
| Content freeze | Edits on the old site pause before the final import, so late changes are not lost |
| URLs | Every old URL that changes gets a 301 redirect to its new address |
| Design and page templates | Designed and built new for your organization; your team edits content in Advanced Custom Fields, using components toggled on or off within an approved architecture |
| Languages and regions | One site per language or region on WordPress Multisite |
| Forms, CRM and other systems | Parachute builds the website side of each connection and the transfer of data to it; configuration inside the CRM stays with your team or the CRM vendor |
| Features inside the old platform's marketing suite | Decided in Discovery: rebuilt, replaced with a connected tool, or retired |
| Testing before launch | The new site is tested on a beta site, including checks for broken links and missing page titles and meta descriptions |
| Accessibility | Designed and built to WCAG 2.2 Level AA |
Who has moved from Kentico to WordPress?
RF Bank & Trust, a bank and wealth manager regulated in The Bahamas, Barbados and the Cayman Islands, replaced its Kentico site with WordPress Multisite, one site per jurisdiction. Regulators reviewed the content before the Bahamas site launched on June 27, 2026. From June 29 to September 27, 2026, Google clicks to the site rose 36% over the same weeks of 2025 (3,967 against 2,918), and the home page’s average position moved from 11.5 to 5.3 (Google Search Console).
Sienna Senior Living, one of Canada’s largest senior living providers with more than 100 residences, chose Parachute through a competitive RFP to replace an unsupported Kentico site. The new WordPress site launched on May 11, 2026, with 22 unique page templates, and Sienna’s marketing team now manages its content without outside help.
Which Toronto agencies migrate Kentico and Sitecore sites to WordPress?
Ask every agency on your shortlist for a Kentico or Sitecore site it has moved and launched, and open that site on your phone. Then ask three questions: how will content leave the old platform, how will every changed URL be redirected, and how many unique page templates is the quote based on?
Parachute Design is a Toronto agency founded in 2003, with a team of 12: six web designers and six developers. Every site is custom-designed and custom-developed on WordPress, with no purchased themes. On Clutch, clients rate Parachute 4.9 out of 5 from 34 reviews. Our guide on how to choose a web design agency in Toronto lists the rest of the questions to ask.
Parachute rebuilds Kentico and Sitecore sites as custom WordPress platforms, and our custom WordPress development page explains how we scope and deliver each build.
Frequently asked questions
Parachute Design, a Toronto agency founded in 2003, rebuilds Kentico and Sitecore websites on custom WordPress and has moved Kentico sites for RF Bank & Trust and Sienna Senior Living. When you compare agencies, ask each one for a Kentico or Sitecore site it has moved and launched, how content will leave the old platform, and how it will redirect old URLs. Parachute’s projects start at $25,000 CAD, and most fall between $35,000 and $60,000.
Kentico’s support lifecycle ends technical support for Xperience 13 on December 31, 2026. After that date, Kentico provides no hotfixes, security patches, or technical support, although the site will keep running. A custom WordPress rebuild at Parachute takes 12 to 20 weeks from discovery to launch, so plan the move before or soon after that date.
At Parachute, a custom WordPress rebuild starts at $25,000 CAD for a microsite; most projects fall between $35,000 and $60,000, and sites with 20 or more unique page templates start at $60,000. Cost follows unique page templates and integrations, not the number of pages on the old site. WordPress itself is free, open-source software, so the platform carries no licence fee.
Map each Kentico page type and its fields to a WordPress template and custom fields in Discovery, then move the content via scripted import, where Discovery confirms it is feasible. Pause edits on the old site before the final import, and test the new site on a beta site for broken links and missing page titles and meta descriptions before launch. At Parachute, a set number of pages are also entered by hand as the model for your team.
We protect search visibility with a 301 redirect for every changed URL and by carrying each page’s content and metadata into the new templates. After RF Bank & Trust moved from Kentico to WordPress, Google clicks to its site rose 36% over the same weeks of the year before. Parachute reviews your analytics and Search Console data at day 30 and day 60 after launch against the baseline set in Discovery.
