Migrate from Adobe AEM to Jahia: the 5 Steps of a Free AI-Powered Migration

An AEM to Jahia migration takes 5 steps: a free assessment of your Adobe Experience Manager site, an AI-powered rebuild, validation at every stage, then redirects and go-live. The whole project runs 1 to 3 months, with Jahia experts by your side throughout.

AEM to Jahia Migration: the 5 Steps at a Glance

1. The free assessment: it starts from the address of your AEM site, then estimates the scope, the timeline and the date of the first result.
2. The rebuild: AI agents recreate your components and content in Jahia, running alongside your AEM production.
3. The validation: you compare your AEM site with its Jahia version side by side before deciding anything.
4. Support from Jahia experts: they go through the integrations, the business logic and the access rules specific to your organization with you.
5. Redirects and go-live: Jahia experts help you validate SEO, put the redirects in place and take your site live.

When you change platform, proof comes before commitment. That is why your AEM site stays in production throughout the project.

Request a demo and we will look at your AEM site together: what is carried over, the timeline and the points to address. If you would rather start with the free assessment, it begins from the address of your site.

Still comparing target platforms? The AEM alternatives compared can help you settle that question before you start the assessment.

What Should You Inventory in Your AEM Site Before a Migration to Jahia?

AI handles the volume while Jahia experts support you on the strategic points. But leaving AEM starts with knowing what your site contains: an Adobe Experience Manager site combines code, content, assets, URL rules and sites linked to one another. The table below lists what to inventory and what we review together during the assessment.

You build this inventory with us during the assessment while the demo shows you, on your own site, what is carried over and what needs dedicated work.

Step 1: the free assessment of your AEM site

The assessment starts from the address of your AEM site: the AI analyzes it the way your visitors browse it. If you wish, you can also give access to the code or to the administration environment, which speeds up the analysis. The assessment is free, carries no obligation and indicates:

• the volume of content analyzed;
• the components, templates, assets and metadata identified;
• the automatable scope and the estimated support;
• the estimated timeline, the steps and the date of the first result.

Custom developments and integrations are identified together, so the work starts from a shared inventory.

Step 2: the AI-powered rebuild

AI agents, supervised by Jahia experts, rebuild your site in Jahia from what the assessment identified: pages, content, assets, metadata and internal links.

The work happens in a separate Jahia environment, alongside your production, so your AEM site stays unchanged at every step. Your content, your components, your metadata rebuilt in Jahia.

Step 3: you compare your AEM site with its Jahia version

The AEM to Jahia migration produces a validation environment that your team reviews before any go-live. You see your AEM site on one side and its Jahia version on the other. Your team validates the result at each stage and before any production decision. Once validation is done, the switch is your team's call.

Step 4: Jahia experts support you on what is specific to your organization

Jahia experts run the project from end to end. Along the way they review with you the integrations with your ecosystem (CRM, PIM, DAM, analytics, marketing automation) as well as the specific business logic and the security and access rules of your organization. Complex cases are scoped during the assessment.

Step 5: redirects, SEO and go-live

AEM often rewrites URLs through Sling mappings, vanity paths and Dispatcher rules, which is why these URLs drive the redirect plan. Jahia experts help you build that plan and carry out the final SEO validation before go-live.

What is carried over from one page to the next (SEO metadata, structured data, image alt texts, internal links) is reviewed during the assessment and the demo. A companion article covers the migration SEO method. Deployment to production is a separate step, which your team triggers after technical and business validation.

How Long Does an AEM to Jahia Migration Take?

The full AEM to Jahia migration project takes 1 to 3 months. The assessment gives you an estimate based on your own site, since the timeline depends on the volume of content, the variety of components and the specific integrations. It also grows with the size of the multisite environment.

A first working result is visible within a few days, with no obligation on your side. The full project takes longer, measured in months, but your AEM site stays in production throughout and you choose the switch date according to your own calendar.

What Does the Free AI-Powered Migration Cover?

The AI migration is free and our experts' support is included. Save up to 50% on your CMS annual subscription, compared with your current platform, for equivalent DXP capabilities. Complex business customizations are scoped and estimated during the assessment. You will find the details on the free AI-powered CMS migration page.

The real obstacle to changing CMS is the migration itself. Jahia makes it visible before any commitment.

Jahia is an enterprise CMS for websites and portals, with built-in AI.

See your AEM site with Jahia experts

To see the migration applied to your own AEM site, request a demo and we will look together at what is carried over, the timeline and the points to address. The free assessment of your site carries no commitment on your side.