Contentful vs Sanity
Our score, every feature we track, pricing plans, hosting and AI, side by side.
At a glance
The facts from each platform's profile, side by side.
| Metric | Contentful | Sanity |
|---|---|---|
| Our score | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Pricing | Free plan · paid plans from about $300/mo | Free up to 20 seats · Growth $15 per seat/mo |
| AI | AI Actions for generating, translating and summarizing content with third-party models | AI Assist instructions on fields, translation and agent APIs over the Content Lake |
| Hosting | SaaS | SaaS |
| Source code | Closed source | Open source,Closed source |
| Created | 2013Storageroom | 2017 |
| Best for | Product and engineering teams running many sites and apps from one content hub | Developer-led teams that want to shape the editing experience in code |
| AI features | AI Actions for generating, translating and summarizing content with third-party models | AI Assist instructions on fields, translation and agent APIs over the Content Lake |
Features
How each platform offers a feature: free, in the cheapest paid plan, on a higher plan, or enterprise only. Open a feature to compare it across every platform.
Contentful
- AI content tools Tiered AI Actions for content generation, built on third-party models
- AI translation Tiered AI Actions for translation
- Content modeling Free References and validations
- Environments Tiered Environments and aliases for safe releases
- GraphQL API Free Alongside the REST API
- Headless API Free REST API with SDKs and documentation
- Localization Tiered Per-locale fields; costs climb with locales
- Plugins and apps Free App Framework and marketplace
- Visual editing Tiered Visual page building needs add-ons or custom work
Sanity
- AI content tools Tiered AI Assist, plus APIs to build your own content agents
- AI translation Tiered Document and field-level translation
- Content modeling Free Schemas and Studio defined in TypeScript
- GraphQL API Free Alongside GROQ
- Headless API Free Content Lake with GROQ queries and a CDN
- Real-time collaboration Free Real-time editing with fine-grained document history
- Scheduled publishing Tiered Content Releases
- Visual editing Free Presentation tool; needs extra setup
Pricing
Every plan, cheapest first, and what the bill is counted by. Open a profile for what each plan includes.
Contentful
- FreeFree Free Learning and exploring the platform
- LiteFlat fee $300/ month Smaller businesses managing a single project
- PremiumCustom quote Custom Organizations with several use cases and spaces
Prices checked Vendor pricing page
Sanity
- FreeFree Free Individuals experimenting or shipping smaller projects
- GrowthPer seat $15per seat / month Teams with growing projects and more collaboration
- EnterpriseCustom quote Custom Organizations with complex security and support needs
Prices checked Vendor pricing page
Strengths and watch-outs
From our review of each platform.
Contentful
Strengths
- Mature content modeling, environments and per-locale fields.
- REST and GraphQL APIs with good SDKs and documentation.
- Large app marketplace and partner ecosystem.
- Scales across many spaces, sites and locales.
Watch out for
- AI features are editor helpers built on third-party models, not an end-to-end automated workflow.
- Costs climb with locales, spaces and usage.
- Visual page building needs add-ons or custom work.
Sanity
Strengths
- Schemas and Studio defined in TypeScript, versioned with your app.
- Real-time collaboration and fine-grained document history.
- GROQ and GraphQL queries, plus a strong CDN.
- AI Assist and APIs that let you build your own content agents.
Watch out for
- Needs developers to set up and evolve the Studio.
- Per-seat and usage costs grow with large editorial teams.
- Visual editing requires extra setup with the Presentation tool.
More comparisons
Everything on this page comes from our profiles of the two platforms, checked against each vendor's own documentation and pricing pages. Vendors change plans often: confirm prices on their site before you buy.