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Best Digital Experience Platforms in 2026

Choosing a digital experience platform means weighing how it supports content, delivery and customer interactions across digital touchpoints. Compared on deployment model, headless delivery and digital asset support, these entries also cover personalization, journey orchestration, experimentation and experience analytics. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing offer additional details to consider alongside those capabilities. Jahia DXP, Liferay DXP and Contentstack are among the named options; dotCMS and Zesty.io are also included. Compare the listed features with the kinds of experiences you need to deliver, the way your team plans to manage content, and the commercial details that fit your requirements.

26 apps
Research read 23 Sept 2026
How the order is worked out

1

Jahia DXP

Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3

Jahia DXP brings publishing, customer data and experience tools into one platform, with several deployment options.

9.1 Pricing on request Visit site
2

Liferay Digital Experience Platform

Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+2

Choose Liferay DXP if your organization needs to build digital experiences for multiple audiences and wants broad deployment and integration options.

9.0 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Visit site
3

Contentstack
by Contentstack
Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+2

7.6 Free plan · paid from $299/mo Visit site
4

dotCMS
by dotCMS
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Choose dotCMS if you need a broad content platform with visual editing, developer tools, multiple publishing options, and flexible deployment.

7.6 Free plan Visit site
5

HCL Digital Experience

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

HCL DX brings content management, personalization, integrations, and multiple deployment options into one enterprise platform.

7.5 Pricing on request Visit site
6

Liferay DXP

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Choose Liferay DXP if your organization needs a broad enterprise platform with several deployment models and controls for complex access requirements.

7.4 Free plan · pricing on request Visit site
7

Magnolia DXP
by Magnolia DXP
Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb

Magnolia DXP combines authoring, personalization, AI assistance, and integrations for organizations with complex digital footprints.

7.2 Free plan Visit site
8

Siteglide

Free plan APIWeb

Siteglide combines content, commerce, and custom application tools with a CRM at its core. Free building access is available, while launching on paid plans starts at $25 a month.

6.8 Free plan · paid from $25/mo Visit site
9

Zesty.io

Free plan Web

6.5 Free plan · paid from $475/mo Visit site
10

Progress Sitefinity
by Progress Sitefinity
Free trial APISelf-hostedWeb+1

Choose Sitefinity if you need a CMS with deployment choice and capabilities for managing digital experiences.

6.2 Pricing on request Visit site
11

Ibexa DXP

Paid APILinuxMac+3

Ibexa DXP brings content, commerce, integrations and hosting into one platform offering. Check the plan limits and Linux-only production installation requirement against your deployment needs.

5.9 Visit site
12

Bloomreach Engagement
by Bloomreach Engagement
Paid APIWeb

Choose Bloomreach Engagement if your brand has substantial visitor and messaging volumes and needs coordinated, data-driven marketing across channels.

5.8 Pricing on request Visit site
13

Adobe Experience Manager Assets
by Adobe Experience Manager Assets
Paid API

Adobe Experience Manager Assets combines asset organization, governance, sharing, optimization, and integrations in a cloud-native DAM.

5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
14

Core dna Membership Management
by Core dna Membership Management
Paid APIWeb

Choose Core dna Membership Management if your organization needs shared membership records and coordinated dues, learning, events, and chapter governance.

5.7 From $48,000/yr Visit site
15

Oracle Communications Digital Business Experience

Free trial APISelf-hostedWeb

Oracle Communications Digital Business Experience brings offer, sales, order, monetization and care processes together for communications providers.

5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
16

Salesforce Experience Cloud

Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Choose Salesforce Experience Cloud if you need branded portals or communities connected to Salesforce data, with several ways to build and optional Agentforce automation.

5.6 From $75/user/mo (annual) Visit site
17

RWS Tridion Sites
by RWS Tridion Sites
Paid APISelf-hostedWeb

Tridion Sites covers multichannel content management, reuse, and delivery for enterprise publishing needs.

5.5 Pricing on request Visit site
18

SitecoreAI Conversion Optimization

Paid APISelf-hostedWeb

Consider SitecoreAI Conversion Optimization if your team needs experimentation, personalization, search, and analytics across connected digital experiences.

5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
19

Stack9

Paid APISelf-hostedWeb

Stack9 brings application development and digital-experience functions into one configurable platform with extensive integration and deployment choices.

5.3 Pricing on request Visit site
20

Xperience by Kentico
by Xperience by Kentico
Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+2

Xperience by Kentico brings content, marketing, commerce, and AI capabilities together with several delivery and hosting options.

5.3 Pricing on request Visit site
21

Sitecore Experience Platform

Paid APILinuxSelf-hosted+2

XP combines content management, personalization, analytics, testing, and headless delivery in one platform.

5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
22

Squiz DXP

Paid APIWeb

Consider Squiz DXP if your organization needs a cloud platform for managing content and personalized experiences across multiple sites.

5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
23

Uniform

Paid APIWeb

Uniform combines governed content management, AI-assisted production, personalization, experimentation, and integrations for digital experiences.

5.1 From $12,000/yr Visit site
24

Optimizely One

Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

Optimizely One brings several digital experience capabilities together in a cloud product for web and mobile platforms. Its paid pricing is available on request.

4.6 Pricing on request Visit site
25

OpenText Web CMS

Paid Web

Consider OpenText Web CMS if your organization needs a CMS with personalization, headless delivery, experimentation, journey orchestration, analytics, and digital asset support.

4.4 Pricing on request Visit site

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