Sanity vs Webstudio (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Sanity if

• Fits if you have developers and want content kept apart from the site
• Works for a free project with up to 20 seats

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a site you can build without code, as the front end is separate
• Watch out: past the included usage, API requests, bandwidth and assets are billed on top
• Pricey if you want support or datasets: dedicated support is $799 a month and extra datasets $999 each
• Tight if you need SSO, custom roles or the Media Library, which are Enterprise only

Pick Webstudio if

• Fits if you know CSS and want a visual builder that exports a site you can host
• Works for people who connect a headless CMS

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price you can check, because plans are unverified here
• Not for you if you want to self-host the builder: the docs say that is not recommended for production
• Too light for dynamic sites when you export static: functionality is limited
• Watch out: the GitHub page and docs were the only pages read, since the pricing page refused automated access

Sanity

• It is a content backend and editing studio, so the front end of a site has to be built separately.
• Past the included usage, extra API requests, bandwidth and assets are billed on top of the plan.
• Growth add-ons include dedicated support at $799 a month and extra datasets at $999 each per month.
• SAML single sign-on, custom roles and the Media Library add-on are limited to Enterprise.

Webstudio

• Pricing could not be read: the pricing page refused automated access, so plans are unverified.
• The docs say self-hosting the Builder itself is not recommended for production; only exported sites are.
• Static exports have limited functionality compared with the dynamic JavaScript export.

Sanity

Sanity Studio

A customizable editing interface, with free hosting included on every plan, live previews and visual editing tools.

Hosted real-time content database

Content is stored as structured documents in a hosted database, with unlimited content types and locales on every plan.

Comments, tasks and scheduling

Growth adds comments and tasks for editors, and scheduled drafts so content can be queued ahead of publishing.

AI features

Content Agent and Agent Actions are on the Free plan, and Growth adds AI Assist.

Roles and security

Free has 2 permission roles and Growth 5. Enterprise adds custom roles, user attributes and SAML single sign-on.

Webstudio

Visual builder with full CSS

A design canvas that exposes all CSS properties, with design tokens and reusable components.

Headless CMS connection

Per its repository description, the builder can connect to any headless CMS for content.

Export and self-host sites

Projects export through the CLI or a download button, as a JavaScript app or a static site.

Deploy targets in the docs

Documentation covers Cloudflare Pages, GitHub Pages, Netlify, Vercel, Docker on a VPS and Coolify.

Open-source core

The core repository is AGPL-3.0; one optional animation package is proprietary under a separate EULA.

Sanity

• Free$0

  Up to 20 user seats, 2 permission roles, 2 public datasets, 10k documents, 250k API requests and 100 GB of bandwidth a month.

• Growth$15

  per seat / month

  Up to 50 seats, 5 roles, 25k documents, comments and tasks, scheduled drafts and AI Assist. Pay as you go above included usage.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom seats, roles and datasets, SAML single sign-on, an uptime SLA, dedicated support and onboarding.

Webstudio

Pricing could not be confirmed. See webstudio.is.