We're proud to share some big news: DotStark Technologies has officially been awarded the Kentico Upgrade Badge.
This isn't a self-declared specialty or a line we added to our website. It's a certification Kentico grants directly, and it exists for one reason: to tell you which partners have a real, repeatable track record of moving clients off legacy Kentico safely.
If you're still running Kentico 13 or an older version, this badge is exactly the kind of signal that should shape who you trust with the migration.
Kentico doesn't hand this out for showing up. The Upgrade Badge is awarded to partners who've demonstrated real, repeated success moving clients from legacy Kentico versions to Xperience by Kentico — not just technically, but with measurable client outcomes.
It signals a partner who has done these enough times to know where the risk actually hides:
Badge-certified means someone has checked that you've handled all of that — more than once, successfully.
DotStark has been a Kentico partner since 2019, with certification history spanning versions 7 through 13 all the way to Xperience by Kentico. The numbers behind the badge demonstrate the company's experience and commitment to successful migration projects.
We didn't chase this badge for the logo. We earned it by doing the unglamorous work: thorough discovery that uncovers what's broken before it becomes your problem, migration plans that account for the parts nobody wants to touch, and cutovers that hit deadlines because the playbook is real, not improvised.
Badge-certified doesn't mean black-box. Here's exactly what happens when you bring us a legacy Kentico migration:
We treat every upgrade as a modernization moment, not a lift-and-shift. That means auditing what's over-customized, retiring what nobody uses anymore, and rebuilding on Xperience by Kentico's composable, API-first architecture—so you come out the other side faster and easier to maintain, not just "on the new version."
Kentico 13 reaches end of support in December 2026. If you're still on K13 or older, the clock is doing the planning for you whether you've started or not. Every quarter you wait shrinks your options and adds risk to whatever migration window is left.
The most common mistake we see isn't technical—it's treating the partner selection as an afterthought, something to sort out after the budget and timeline are already locked in. The platform migration is the easy part to plan around. The partner you choose is the decision that compounds, for better or worse, for years after go-live.
It depends on how customized your current site is, but most legacy-to-Xperience migrations we run land between 3 and 6 months once discovery is complete. You get a fixed timeline before work begins, not a moving target.
No — content migration and integration continuity are core parts of our upgrade methodology, not an afterthought. Our zero-downtime track record exists because we plan for this explicitly from day one.
That's exactly what the audit phase is for. We map every customization, flag which ones are worth rebuilding versus retiring, and price the migration around what you have — not a generic template.
Yes. The free assessment is exactly that: no commitment, just a clear picture of your current setup, the risks, and a realistic timeline and cost range so you can plan with real numbers.
If you're two years — or two months — from Kentico 13's end of support, a badge-certified partner is the fastest way to de-risk the decision.
Nitesh Raiwar is a skilled .NET Developer with a strong proficiency in Kentico, AWS, React, and Strapi CMS, currently contributing to DotStark Technologies. With over 4 years of specialized experience in Kentico, AWS, React, Strapi CMS and a solid foundation in software engineering, Nitesh demonstrates exceptional capability in developing efficient and robust applications.
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