Sanity
Headless content platform with a customisable React editing studio and real-time collaboration.
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About Sanity
Sanity is a hosted content platform where content lives in its cloud Content Lake and editors work in Sanity Studio, an open-source React app that developers configure in code. Schemas, custom inputs, desk structure and previews are all defined in JavaScript or TypeScript, so the editing experience can be shaped closely to each project. Content is queried with GROQ or GraphQL, and editors collaborate in real time with presence indicators, comments, scheduled releases and visual editing on top of the live site. It is popular with developer teams building with Next.js and other modern frameworks, from startups to large brands. The free plan is generous for small projects and includes many user seats; the Growth plan is priced per seat, and add-ons and enterprise plans cover more quota and support. The downsides are that almost everything needs a developer to set up, and GROQ is one more query language to learn. It runs in the browser.
Best for: Developer teams who want an editing interface tailored to their content.
Pros and cons
What works
- Editing studio is fully customisable in code
- Real-time collaboration and visual editing
- Generous free plan with many user seats
Why people leave
- Needs developers to set up and evolve the studio
- GROQ is a proprietary query language to learn
- Add-ons for extra quota and support cost extra
Top Sanity alternatives
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Payload62.6Open-source, code-first CMS you host yourself inside a Next.js app.
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Storyblok59.6Visual editing out of the box, with less custom code for marketers.
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DatoCMS57.2Hosted headless CMS that's ready to use without building an editor.
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Contentful56.0More established enterprise headless CMS with less code needed for the editor.
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Strapi55.3Open-source and self-hostable with a ready-made admin panel.
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Sanity: common questions
Is Sanity free?
Sanity has a free plan and paid plans. Free plan: $0 forever, up to 20 seats (checked on Sanity's own site).
Is Sanity open source?
No, Sanity is not open source. Open-source alternatives include Payload, Strapi and TinaCMS.
What platforms does Sanity run on?
Sanity is available for Web.
What are the best alternatives to Sanity?
The highest-ranked Sanity alternatives right now are Payload, Storyblok and DatoCMS. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.