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Market Segments
Small-Business (51.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (72.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free
Directus
Star Rating
(49)4.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (51.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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Star Rating
(911)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Directus easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Directus overall.
- Reviewers felt that Directus meets the needs of their business better than Sanity.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Directus is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Sanity over Directus.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Directus
Self-Hosted
Free
For individuals, companies, and organizations with less than $5,000,000 in total finances.
- Unlimited Usage
- Free and Open Source for Qualifying Users
- No Feature Gates or Limitations
Sanity
Free forever
Free
For individuals experimenting or shipping smaller projects.
- 20 user seats included
- 2 datasets (public)
- Unlimited content types and locales
Free Trial
Directus
Free Trial is available
Sanity
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.4
39
9.0
705
Ease of Use
9.3
41
8.6
718
Ease of Setup
9.1
40
8.7
571
Ease of Admin
9.4
34
9.0
547
Quality of Support
9.3
38
8.9
563
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
32
9.2
485
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
38
9.4
632
Features by Category
Content
8.9
9
9.1
313
8.1
9
8.8
309
7.1
7
8.7
292
7.3
8
7.9
277
7.1
7
8.2
263
6.4
7
8.3
254
8.1
8
8.3
287
7.6
7
8.2
277
8.1
7
8.7
288
Design
5.7
7
7.1
242
6.4
7
7.7
236
7.9
8
7.9
240
8.1
8
9.1
283
Platform
7.5
8
8.5
273
7.6
7
8.5
257
9.2
8
8.8
276
9.2
8
8.5
279
9.0
7
8.6
252
8.1
6
8.0
236
7.4
7
7.6
240
9.0
7
8.9
279
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
7.0
35
Not enough data
6.3
33
Not enough data
6.1
30
Not enough data
6.4
37
Not enough data
8.9
40
Not enough data
7.4
31
Content Management
Not enough data
8.7
46
Not enough data
8.4
54
Not enough data
8.6
43
Design & Development
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
48
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.5
36
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
9.1
35
Management
Not enough data
9.2
34
Not enough data
7.7
30
Not enough data
8.9
34
Support
Not enough data
7.8
37
Not enough data
8.2
34
Not enough data
8.7
29
Publishing
7.9
21
8.6
354
8.7
23
8.1
316
4.4
14
5.7
218
Development
8.8
26
8.4
433
8.8
24
8.7
405
7.9
22
8.0
359
8.3
22
7.3
320
Analytics
7.6
22
8.1
344
8.4
22
8.2
365
Agentic AI - Headless CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
File Management
Not enough data
8.5
47
Not enough data
8.4
47
Not enough data
6.1
35
Not enough data
8.6
44
Not enough data
9.0
48
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
7.7
42
Not enough data
7.7
40
Not enough data
7.0
39
Not enough data
7.9
46
Not enough data
9.0
46
Not enough data
6.6
40
Workflow
Not enough data
7.9
43
Not enough data
8.0
43
Not enough data
7.9
38
Not enough data
8.0
39
Not enough data
7.9
36
Platform
Not enough data
8.1
40
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
7.8
39
Not enough data
7.3
38
Not enough data
8.9
45
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Directus and Sanity are categorized as Headless CMS and Web Content Management
Unique Categories
Directus is categorized as Product Information Management (PIM)
Sanity is categorized as WebOps Platforms, Digital Experience Platforms (DXP), and Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Directus
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Sanity
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
16.3%
Program Development
10.2%
Real Estate
6.1%
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
6.1%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.1%
Other
57.1%
Computer Software
20.0%
Information Technology and Services
12.2%
Marketing and Advertising
7.0%
Design
4.6%
Retail
3.1%
Other
53.1%
Discussions
What is Directus used for?
1 Comment
JW
Directus provides an Open Data Platform with dynamic database mirroring APIs and no code Admin App to manage data model, content/data items, etc with a...Read more
Directus has no more discussions with answers
What is sanity IO used for?
4 Comments
CD
We’re using Sanity as our CMS for our international corporate website and sub-sites in several languages, and might also consider using it for our intranet. Read more
What is sanity software?
3 Comments
HM
Sanity is a flexible, highly customizable content platform used to organize your content into categories, create logical relationships between content types,...Read more
Can I expect some changes to the HTTP api to be inegrated to the Sanity JS sdk?
1 Comment
KM
Hi! Our JavaScript client has always supported full CRUD operations against our APIs. You can check out the documentation here:...Read more
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