Expert TYPO3 Upgrade Services
Upgrading your TYPO3 installation to the latest version is one of the most cost-effective ways to keep your website delivering value. Our 2nd Opinion service weighs the benefits against the cost, so you know exactly what an upgrade would take before you commit.
A Transparent, Objective 2nd Opinion You Can Rely On
“2nd Opinion” is a two-step analytical process we’ve developed at b13 over hundreds of TYPO3 upgrades.
Part one, State-of-Play Analysis: we assess the technical condition of your TYPO3 instance—any version, any size—and give you a fact sheet estimating the effort needed to reach the current Long Term Support (LTS) version, so you can make an informed decision.
Part two, Deep Dive: we produce a detailed upgrade blueprint that any TYPO3 agency or developer can follow, covering technical recommendations and forming the basis for a full cost calculation.
The Benefits of Staying Up-to-Date
Every TYPO3 version builds on the last, and upgrading regularly keeps the process painless—the longer you wait, the bigger the jump. If your installation is three or more years behind, here’s what that’s costing you:
An up-to-date installation runs on a current PHP version for security, performance, and continued hosting support, with modern standards that make integration with other systems easier and keep loading times snappy. We also use the upgrade as a chance to consolidate third-party extensions and bring custom code in line with the latest core—decluttering your system and keeping it easier, not harder, to maintain next time around.
Editors benefit too: a faster, cleaner, responsive backend, better caching, and improved translation handling mean less friction in day-to-day work, on any device.
Trust b13 to Upgrade Your TYPO3 Application
We maintain and upgrade TYPO3 installations for clients as part of our daily business, and choosing us for your upgrade comes with a few extra advantages.
We rely on automation to increase speed and repeatability while reducing human error—new installations are spun up and tested automatically, deployments are fully automated, and future updates stay affordable as a result.
We know the TYPO3 core inside out, so we avoid unnecessary workarounds through extensions. Any extensions we do build are minimal, performant, and thoroughly tested, and we contribute them back to the community. As core contributors, we stay close to TYPO3’s architecture and standards—and if it makes sense for your project, our upgrades can include fixing or improving TYPO3 itself.
Keep Your Editors Busy with Minimum Content Freeze
Some agencies keep editors waiting for days, or even months, while they work on a clone of the live site and migrate content—and when they finally deploy the new version, anything added in the meantime is lost. We do things differently.
A major upgrade should be as invisible as updating your phone: ideally, your editors open their backend in the morning and just start working, without ever noticing anything changed underneath.
There’s no need to send your editors on gardening leave while the upgrade happens—they keep doing what they do, generating value the whole time. And nothing gets lost: your employees and customers won’t notice a thing, except for the snappier performance, improved security, and new features that showed up overnight.
David Steeb
CEO
Ready to see where your TYPO3 installation stands?
Request your 2nd Opinion and find out what an upgrade would take.
The Core Team Behind Your Upgrade
Your upgrade is handled by our backend and TYPO3 core team—people with years of hands-on core development experience, not a generic checklist. They know TYPO3’s architecture from the inside, so they catch what a less experienced team would miss.
