Comparison

Contentful vs Sanity

On the evidence we track, Contentful leads this comparison with a composite score of 85/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Contentful85
Sanity50
Score
Vioscale score
Contentful85 / 100medium · 59%
Sanity50 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
Contentful
Sanity
Model
Contentfulcommercial
Sanityfreemium
Price level
Contentfulfree
Sanitylow
Transparent
Contentful
Sanity
Integrations
Count
Contentful
Sanity8
Security
Disclosure policy
Contentful
Sanity
Gdpr
Contentful
Sanity
Iso27001
Contentful
Sanity
Pci
Contentful
Sanity
Soc2
Contentful
Sanity
Reliability
Status page
Contentful
Sanity
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cms software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
CMS type
ContentfulHeadless / API-first
SanityHeadless / API-first
Licensing
Open-source
Contentful
Sanity
Deployment
Self-hostable
Contentful
Sanity
Managed / cloud hosting offered
Contentful
Sanity
Delivery
Headless API (REST/GraphQL)
Contentful
Sanity
Content
Structured content modelling
Contentful
Sanity
Localisation / i18n
Contentful
Sanity
Content workflow / approvals
Contentful
Sanity
Editing
Visual / no-code page builder
Contentful
Sanity
Extensibility
Plugin / app ecosystem size
ContentfulMarketplace with apps and integrations to extend platform
SanityIntegrations directory with official framework toolkits and community plugins
Scale
Multi-site / multi-tenant
Contentful
Sanity-
Workflow
Git-based / code-first workflow
Contentful-
Sanity
Pricing
Free / open tier
Contentful
Sanity

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Contentful

Leader

Contentful is a headless CMS and digital experience platform enabling teams to create and deliver personalized content at scale, with AI-powered automation, visual content assembly, and comprehensive workflow capabilities.

Independently observed

Sanity

A cloud-hosted content management system that uses code-based content modeling, offers both REST and GraphQL query capabilities, and provides built-in automation for content workflows and publishing operations.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Contentful

Leader
from $0/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Lite plan free base with $850/month per additional space. Enterprise with custom pricing.

  • FreeFree
    • 2 Roles (Admin, Editor)
    • 2 Custom Locales
    • 100K/month API calls (no overages)
    • 50 GB/month asset bandwidth CDN (no overages)
    • 50 MB max asset upload size
    • +14 more
  • LiteFree base; additional spaces $850/month
    • 3 Roles (Admin, Editor, Author)
    • 3 Custom Locales
    • 1M/month API calls with paid overages allowed
    • 100 GB/month asset bandwidth CDN with paid overages allowed
    • 1000 MB max asset upload size
    • +25 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Lite features
    • Custom roles and locales
    • Custom API calls with paid overages
    • Custom asset bandwidth with paid overages
    • AI Actions with included quotas
    • +9 more
as of verify ↗

Sanity

HybridFree tier

Free tier. Growth and Enterprise plans with custom pricing.

  • Growth-
    • 50 user seats
    • private datasets
    • AI capabilities
    • optional add-ons
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • custom roles
    • SAML SSO
    • advanced permissions
    • custom usage quotas
    • dedicated support with SLA
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Contentful
Sanity
CLI
Contentful
Sanity
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Contentful
Sanity

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Contentful

Leader

Not documented yet.

Sanity

8 total
  • Vercel
  • Next.js
  • Astro
  • Slack
  • GitHub
  • PostHog
  • Claude
  • Replicate
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.