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Contentful vs Sanity

Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.

Contentful

Enterprise headless CMS.

Headless CMSFreemium · $300/mo (Basic)
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Sanity

Structured content platform.

Headless CMSFreemium · $15/seat/mo
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At a glanceContentfulSanity
Pricing
$300/mo (Basic)
$15/seat/mo
Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Founded
2013
2017
Location
Berlin, Germany
Oslo, Norway
Bootstrapped
Open source
Category
Headless CMS
Headless CMS
Indie alternatives
7
5
Founders
Sascha Konietzke, Paolo Negri

Key differences

  • Pricing

    Sanity starts cheaper at $15/seat/mo; Contentful starts at $300/mo (Basic).

  • Funding

    Both are venture-backed.

  • Founded

    Contentful (2013) is 4 years older than Sanity (2017).

  • Category

    Both compete in Headless CMS.

  • Indie alternatives

    Contentful has 7 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Sanity has 5.

Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.

Founders of Contentful

Founder of Sanity

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