Sanity review

Sanity ranks first because it pairs a flexible content model with one of the most generous free plans in the category. The free tier allows up to 20 user seats, 2 public datasets, 10k documents, unlimited content types and locales, and 1m API CDN requests a month, which covers many production marketing sites. Developers configure the open-source Sanity Studio in React and query content with GROQ or GraphQL, and editors get live previews, visual editing and real-time collaboration. The Growth plan costs $15 per seat per month and adds private datasets, more roles, comments, tasks, scheduled drafts and AI Assist, with pay-as-you-go charges above the included quotas, such as $1 per 25k extra API requests. The drawbacks are that the studio needs developer setup before editors can use it, and some add-ons are expensive: an extra dataset is $999 per month and dedicated support is $799 per month. Enterprise adds SSO, custom roles and an uptime SLA.

Who it is for

Developer-led teams that want a custom content model and editing studio with a generous free plan.

Price

Free plan with up to 20 seats; Growth $15 per seat per month.

For teams with scaling projects and increasing collaboration needs. $ 15 per seat / month
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Key features

• Open-source editing studio built with React, with free hosting
• Hosted real-time content database with GROQ and GraphQL queries
• Live preview, visual editing and a presentation tool for page building
• Unlimited content types and locales on every plan
• Content Agent and AI Assist features included on paid plans

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free plan includes up to 20 user seats and 10k documents
• Strength: Unlimited content types and locales even on the free plan
• Strength: Paid usage scales pay-as-you-go instead of forcing a plan jump
• Weakness: Comments, tasks and scheduled drafts need the paid Growth plan
• Weakness: Extra datasets cost $999 per dataset per month on Growth
• Weakness: Building a custom studio takes developer time up front

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes, up to 20 seats, 2 public datasets, 10k documents
• Query languages: GROQ and GraphQL
• Growth plan seats: Up to 50

Where it ranks

Sanity is No. 1 in our Best Headless CMS verdict.