Comparison
Sanity vs Astro
A head-to-head look at Sanity and Astro — features, pricing, and what to pick. Plus a modern alternative to both.
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Side-by-side
Sanity
Structured content platform
Sanity offers real-time collaborative content modeling with the powerful GROQ query language. Flexible and developer-friendly but requires configuration.
Pros
- +Real-time collaboration
- +Flexible schema
- +GROQ query language
- +Customizable Studio
Cons
- −Requires setup per use case
- −No self-hosting
- −Pricing ramps quickly
- −No built-in blog/SEO
Astro
Modern static-first web framework
Astro is a modern web framework shipping zero JS by default. Great for content sites — but it's a framework, not a CMS. You need a backing data source.
Pros
- +Zero JS by default
- +Modern DX
- +Islands architecture
- +Framework-agnostic
Cons
- −No built-in CMS
- −Requires dev skills
- −No admin UI
- −Needs separate hosting
Which should you pick?
Choose Sanity if you're product teams with custom content needs.
Choose Astro if you're modern content sites with developer teams.
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