Compare Magnolia and Sanity 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (48.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (72.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free
Magnolia
Star Rating
(36)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (48.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 3 pricing plansSanity
Star Rating
(914)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansMagnolia vs Sanity
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Sanity easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Sanity overall.
- Reviewers felt that Sanity meets the needs of their business better than Magnolia.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Sanity is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Sanity over Magnolia.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Magnolia
Community Edition CMS
Free
Access the essential capabilities of Magnolia with a free, open-source platform designed for developers. Perfect for prototyping and small-scale projects, it offers the flexibility to build custom, content-driven solutions with full code transparency.
- Create content
- Manage content
- Optimize content
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
Magnolia
No trial information availableSanity
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.1
26
9.0
707
Ease of Use
8.1
26
8.6
720
Ease of Setup
7.5
12
8.7
573
Ease of Admin
7.9
12
9.0
549
Quality of Support
7.4
26
8.9
564
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.1
12
9.2
487
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
22
9.3
634
Features by Category
Content
8.2
17
9.1
314
8.5
17
8.8
309
7.7
15
8.7
292
8.0
15
7.9
277
8.1
16
8.2
263
8.3
13
8.3
254
8.6
17
8.3
287
7.6
17
8.2
277
7.8
17
8.7
288
Design
7.9
14
7.1
242
7.6
14
7.7
236
7.8
16
7.9
240
8.1
17
9.1
283
Platform
7.7
15
8.5
274
8.4
16
8.5
258
8.0
15
8.8
276
8.6
16
8.5
279
8.1
15
8.6
252
8.8
15
8.0
236
7.3
13
7.6
240
8.0
14
8.9
280
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
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
8.5
9
8.6
354
8.8
12
8.1
316
7.5
8
5.7
218
Development
8.5
12
8.4
433
8.5
12
8.7
405
6.4
12
8.0
360
7.4
12
7.3
320
Analytics
8.2
10
8.1
344
8.2
11
8.2
365
Agentic AI - Headless CMS
Not enough data
8.7
5
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
Agentic AI - SAP Store
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Magnolia and Sanity are categorized as Headless CMS, Web Content Management, and Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
Unique Categories
Magnolia is categorized as SAP Store
Sanity is categorized as WebOps Platforms and Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Magnolia
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
15.2%
Telecommunications
9.1%
Insurance
9.1%
Information Technology and Services
9.1%
Retail
6.1%
Other
51.5%
Computer Software
19.9%
Information Technology and Services
12.2%
Marketing and Advertising
6.9%
Design
4.6%
Retail
3.1%
Other
53.2%
Discussions
What is Magnolia technology?
1 Comment
GM
Comment deleted by user.Read more
Magnolia has no more discussions with answers
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
Would it be possible to add to ability to create "Singles" and "Global variables"?
1 Comment
KM
Hi! This is actually possible today using the Structure Builder API. You can follow this tutorial to set it up:...Read more
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