Description
Experience in Sitecore, content in Kontainer
Sitecore is a digital experience platform used by larger organisations to build and run websites across brands, markets and languages. Its current SitecoreAI platform is a cloud-based, hybrid headless DXP, and many organisations still run Sitecore XM or XP.
Kontainer DAM & PIM looks after what a DXP is not designed to manage on its own: a governed library of images, video and documents, plus structured product information. Connected through the Kontainer API, your Sitecore sites can use approved files and data from that library instead of keeping separate copies.
The result is a clear split of roles. Sitecore handles pages, personalisation and delivery; Kontainer handles the assets and product data that fill them. Read more about Kontainer PIM.
Benefits
What Sitecore teams gain with Kontainer
✔ Fewer copies, fewer mistakes
Sites draw on one approved library instead of scattered uploads and duplicates.
✔ Consistent brand across every site
Multi-brand and multi-market solutions share the same files, metadata and guidelines.
✔ Faster page production
Editors find approved material quickly, and developers get a stable source to build on.
✔ Rights and approvals stay in control
Only approved material is made available, and usage rights stay managed in Kontainer.
✔ Product data beyond images
Product information from Kontainer PIM can feed product pages, campaigns and landing pages.
✔ Quick-loading pages
Images can be delivered as CDN links, keeping pages light and fast.
Features
What the Sitecore integration covers
✔ API-based connection
Files and data are exchanged through the Kontainer API, with scope and direction agreed for your solution.
✔ Approved files for Sitecore content
Images, video and documents approved in Kontainer can be used in Sitecore pages and components.
✔ Metadata travels with the file
Titles, descriptions, tags and rights information follow the file into your content.
✔ Product data from Kontainer PIM
Names, descriptions, attributes and article numbers, ready for product content.
✔ CDN delivery
Stable file links served through Kontainer’s CDN for digital assets.
✔ Fits your Sitecore set-up
Adapted to your architecture, whether you run SitecoreAI or XM/XP, and to the front end you have chosen. The details are agreed during scoping.
Why?
Why pair Sitecore with Kontainer?
Enterprise Sitecore solutions often span many sites, brands and languages, and the files behind them tend to end up on shared drives, in e-mail and in upload folders. Kontainer brings them together with clear ownership, metadata and approval status.
Developers benefit too: one API and one set of stable file links, instead of custom file handling for every site. With Kontainer as the Single Source of Truth, Sitecore can concentrate on the experience.
Kontainer also connects to other CMS and DXP platforms, such as Optimizely, Adobe Experience Manager and Umbraco, so a mixed system landscape can share one library.
Use Cases
Typical Sitecore and Kontainer scenarios
- Multi-brand and multi-market websites
One library behind many sites, with the right files for each brand and language. - Campaign launches
Approve campaign material once and use it consistently across every site. - Product and catalogue content
Use images and product data from one source for product pages and landing pages. - Global rollouts with local editors
Give local teams approved material to work with, without losing central control. - Platform migrations
Move to SitecoreAI or another front end while your files stay where they are. - Brand- and compliance-heavy organisations
Keep usage rights, approvals and version history in one place.
Support
Get started with Sitecore + Kontainer
Contact our team to talk about how Kontainer DAM & PIM and Sitecore can work together in your set-up. We help with scoping, technical set-up, best practice and training.
You can write to us at support@kontainer.com
Read more about our API in our Helpdesk, or explore all of Kontainer’s integrations.
*Please note that the integration may involve costs. Contact us for more information and for a non-binding, tailored quote.
FAQ
What does the Sitecore integration with Kontainer do?
It connects the files and product data you manage in Kontainer DAM & PIM with your Sitecore solution through the Kontainer API, so your sites can use the same approved material.
Does it work with SitecoreAI, XM and XP?
The integration is built on the Kontainer API and adapted to your architecture. Contact us to confirm the best approach for your version and front end.
Does Kontainer replace Sitecore’s content management?
No. Sitecore continues to manage pages, components, personalisation and delivery. Kontainer supplies the files and product data.
Can editors use Kontainer files in Sitecore pages?
Approved files can be made available for use in Sitecore content. The exact editor experience depends on the set-up we agree with you.
Is product data included as well?
Yes, product data and metadata from Kontainer PIM can be included, depending on your set-up.
Does the integration require development?
Typically yes. The integration is an API integration adapted to your Sitecore solution, so it may involve costs. Contact us for a non-binding, tailored quote.
What are the next steps if we want to get started?
Contact us at support@kontainer.com for a non-binding conversation, and we will clarify your needs, version and set-up.