Sanity vs Payload CMS Comparison

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Sanity

Headless CMS Software

4.8 751 user ratings

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85% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Payload CMS

Headless CMS Software

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Overview

Description	Sanity is a management system which delivers high-quality content to digital devices and products. It provides solutions such as landing page builder, e-commerce support, localization, mobile app backend, data and document archives, and much more. Users can treat content as structured data, so that it can be distributed to any channel, device or product. They can also author text or images once and use them across multiple platforms. Sanity Studio has a customizable and open-source editing environment, which enables users to get the desired workflows for authoring, SEO, localization, and content optimization. This open-source CMS responds to the editor’s needs such as re-organizing navigation, rendering analytics next to content editing, etc. The platform also provides a real-time, cloud-hosted API for writing, patching, and querying the data. Sanity can drive the modern web frameworks as well as synchronize data with legacy systems. It even connects the user’s frontend, services, apps, scripts or devices to Sanity APIs. Read more	Payload CMS is an appropriate Node & React headless CMS and application framework that can be used by professionals and businesses to manage their content over the internet. This application framework is inclusive of Node.js, MongoDB and React. It gives full control to users to manage their Express app. All they need to do is initialize Payload and pass it to the Express app. The solution also helps them to maintain their own functionality outside the Payload. With Payload CMS, businesses can customize the output, filter the incoming data and integrate it with third-party platforms. Admins can secure their business data by incorporating the access control functions that are based on either a document or field level. In this application framework, all admin fields can be switched on or off according to the defined function. Payload CMS offers the freedom to swap every high-level component present in the Admin dashboard with users’ own React component. They can customize existing field types, views and even add their own routes. Read more
Pricing Options	Free Trial Not Available Starts at $15.0. Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.	Free Trial Not Available Starts at $35.0. Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.
SW Score & Breakdown	93% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more 100% Reviews 82% Momentum 70% Popularity 94%	85% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more 93% Reviews 60% Momentum 74% Popularity 90%
SaaSworthy Awards	# 2 Fastest Growing # 5 Most Popular	Not Available

Features

Total Features	9 Features	7 Features
Common Features for All	Access Control Defines application access to various users. Includes role-based system that controls options to be displayed to different users based on their role Approval Process Control Allows to approve or reject the content before publishing Content Blocks Allows editors to build and edit dynamic pages without needing a developer’s help. Document Management Ability to store and manage various information and documents in electronic format. Drag and Drop Editor Lets you customize the elements with images, web forms, boxes, tables, etc. by simple drag and drop interface Multi-language Support Available in multiple languages to support global customers Rich Text Editor Allows to write content directly with rich text formatting Version Control It gives the team the ability to recall specific versions of a document, code, content, file, or folder that records changes over time. WYSIWYG Editor Helps to edit in real time while building the website using the software + 6 More - Show Less	Access Control Defines application access to various users. Includes role-based system that controls options to be displayed to different users based on their role Approval Process Control Allows to approve or reject the content before publishing Content Blocks Allows editors to build and edit dynamic pages without needing a developer’s help. Document Management Ability to store and manage various information and documents in electronic format. Drag and Drop Editor Lets you customize the elements with images, web forms, boxes, tables, etc. by simple drag and drop interface Multi-language Support Available in multiple languages to support global customers Rich Text Editor Allows to write content directly with rich text formatting Version Control It gives the team the ability to recall specific versions of a document, code, content, file, or folder that records changes over time. WYSIWYG Editor Helps to edit in real time while building the website using the software + 4 More - Show Less

Technical Details

Organization Types Supported	Freelancers Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business	Freelancers Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business
Platforms Supported	SaaS/Web/Cloud	SaaS/Web/Cloud
Modes of Support	Online	Online
API Support	Available	Available

Reviews & Ratings

User Rating	4.8/5 751 user ratings	Not Available
Rating Distribution	Excellent 83.5% Very Good 15.6% Average 0.7% Poor 0.1% Terrible 0.1%	Not Available
Review Summary	Sanity is a highly customizable and user-friendly headless CMS that excels at managing structured content and integrating with modern frameworks like React and Next.js. Users praise its flexibility, speed, and real-time collaboration features, but some point out a learning curve, particularly for complex functionalities. Its strength lies in providing a powerful back-end solution for content management, freeing developers to focus on front-end development and empowering content creators to easily publish and update content, ultimately leading to faster development times and improved user experiences.	Not Available
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Pricing

Pricing Options	Free Trial Not Available Starts at $15.0. Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.	Free Trial Not Available Starts at $35.0. Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.
Pricing Plans Monthly Plans Annual Plans	Free Free Growth $15.00 $15.00 per month Enterprise Custom	Self-hosted Free Standard $35.00 $35.00 per month Pro $199.00 $199.00 per month Enterprise Custom
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