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At a Glance
Sanity
Sanity
Star Rating
(912)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.8% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
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dotCMS
dotCMS
Star Rating
(108)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.1% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
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Sanity vs dotCMS

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 dotCMS.
  • 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 dotCMS.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Sanity
Free forever
Free
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dotCMS
Community (Business Source License)
Free
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Free Trial
Sanity
Free Trial is available
dotCMS
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
706
8.4
94
Ease of Use
8.6
719
8.0
94
Ease of Setup
8.7
572
6.8
55
Ease of Admin
9.0
547
7.8
55
Quality of Support
8.9
564
8.5
93
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
485
8.6
55
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
633
8.3
87
Features by Category
Web Content ManagementHide 23 FeaturesShow 23 Features
8.4
322
8.0
73
Content
9.1
314
8.6
66
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Verified
8.8
310
8.5
63
|
Verified
8.7
293
8.2
65
|
Verified
7.9
278
8.0
62
8.2
264
7.8
57
|
Verified
8.3
255
7.9
58
|
Verified
8.3
288
8.1
65
|
Verified
8.2
278
7.8
60
|
Verified
8.7
289
8.2
65
|
Verified
Design
7.1
243
7.0
43
7.7
237
7.4
44
|
Verified
7.9
241
7.7
49
|
Verified
9.1
284
8.5
58
|
Verified
Platform
8.5
274
7.4
57
8.5
258
8.1
53
|
Verified
8.8
277
8.4
59
|
Verified
8.5
280
8.3
67
|
Verified
8.6
253
8.6
63
|
Verified
8.0
237
8.1
48
|
Verified
7.6
241
7.4
47
|
Verified
8.9
280
8.3
62
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
9.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
7.7
63
8.4
31
Analytics
7.0
35
8.0
18
6.3
33
8.0
18
6.1
30
7.7
18
6.4
37
8.1
19
8.9
40
8.8
11
7.4
31
8.6
12
Content Management
8.7
46
8.3
26
8.4
54
8.8
28
8.6
43
8.9
26
Design & Development
Feature Not Available
8.9
25
Feature Not Available
8.3
25
8.8
48
8.8
25
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
8.7
38
Not enough data
Functionality
9.5
36
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
9.1
35
Not enough data
Management
9.2
34
Not enough data
7.7
30
Not enough data
8.9
34
Not enough data
Support
7.8
37
Not enough data
8.2
34
Not enough data
8.7
29
Not enough data
8.1
480
7.9
36
Publishing
8.6
355
8.5
25
|
Verified
8.1
317
7.9
26
|
Verified
5.7
219
7.1
21
Development
8.4
434
7.4
29
|
Verified
8.7
406
8.4
29
|
Verified
8.0
360
8.3
30
7.3
321
7.6
26
|
Verified
Analytics
8.1
345
7.6
26
|
Verified
8.2
366
8.3
25
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Headless CMS
9.7
5
Not enough data
Enterprise Content Management (ECM)Hide 25 FeaturesShow 25 Features
8.0
52
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
8.5
48
Not enough data
8.5
48
Not enough data
6.3
36
Not enough data
8.6
45
Not enough data
9.0
49
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
7.7
43
Not enough data
7.7
41
Not enough data
7.0
40
Not enough data
7.9
47
Not enough data
9.0
47
Not enough data
6.7
41
Not enough data
Workflow
7.9
44
Not enough data
8.1
44
Not enough data
7.9
39
Not enough data
8.0
40
Not enough data
8.0
37
Not enough data
Platform
8.1
41
Not enough data
8.7
46
Not enough data
7.9
40
Not enough data
7.4
39
Not enough data
8.9
46
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Sanity
Sanity
dotCMS
dotCMS
Unique Categories
dotCMS
dotCMS has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Sanity
Sanity
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
72.8%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
18.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
9.2%
dotCMS
dotCMS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
12.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
40.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
47.1%
Reviewers' Industry
Sanity
Sanity
Computer Software
20.1%
Information Technology and Services
12.2%
Marketing and Advertising
7.0%
Design
4.6%
Retail
3.1%
Other
53.0%
dotCMS
dotCMS
Higher Education
14.7%
Information Technology and Services
11.8%
Financial Services
6.9%
Retail
5.9%
Computer Software
5.9%
Other
54.9%
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dotCMS
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Discussions
Sanity
Sanity Discussions
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
Harvey M.
HM
Sanity is a flexible, highly customizable content platform used to organize your content into categories, create logical relationships between content types,...Read more
What are the features of sanity testing?
1 Comment
Knut M.
KM
Hi! I'm not sure I fully understand your question. Could you elaborate a bit? Thanks! Read more
dotCMS
dotCMS Discussions
Does dotCMS offer a free trial?
1 Comment
Official Response from dotCMS
Yes! You can download and use dotCMS for free from our website: https://dotcms.com/download/. Once you download, you can request a free trial of the...Read more
How is dotCMS priced?
1 Comment
Official Response from dotCMS
Because every implementation of dotCMS is different, we offer custom pricing based on your need. Contact our team today to get a pricing quote right for your...Read more
I didn't check last versions so it might be already there. When dotCMS will fully support all the entities (containers, templates, pages, etc) and content to be deployable through APIs? Is that in the roadmap and for when?
1 Comment
Official Response from dotCMS
Kelvin, Thank you for your comment. The latest release of dotCMS (5.x) now supports containers and pages in addition to content, content types, themes, and...Read more