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At a Glance
Butter CMS
Butter CMS
Star Rating
(200)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (64.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
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Sanity
Sanity
Star Rating
(893)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that Butter CMS excels in its Quality of Support, scoring 9.6, which reviewers mention as being responsive and helpful, while Sanity's support quality is rated lower at 8.9, indicating a potential gap in user assistance.
  • Reviewers mention that Butter CMS offers a more intuitive Ease of Use with a score of 9.2 compared to Sanity's 8.6, suggesting that users find Butter CMS easier to navigate and manage content effectively.
  • G2 users highlight Butter CMS's superior Automated Publishing feature, scoring 9.0, which allows for seamless content scheduling, whereas Sanity's score of 8.6 indicates it may not be as robust in this area.
  • Users on G2 report that Sanity shines in Customization, achieving a score of 9.2, which reviewers say allows for extensive personalization of workflows and content management, while Butter CMS scores 8.6, indicating less flexibility.
  • Reviewers mention that both platforms have similar scores in Content Authoring, with Butter CMS at 9.2 and Sanity at 9.1, but users note that Butter CMS's rich text editor is more user-friendly, enhancing the content creation experience.
  • Users say that while both platforms support API / Integrations equally at 8.9, Sanity is often praised for its developer tools, which reviewers mention provide a more flexible environment for custom integrations compared to Butter CMS.
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Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
145
9.0
673
Ease of Use
9.2
144
8.6
685
Ease of Setup
9.1
88
8.7
538
Ease of Admin
9.1
85
9.0
527
Quality of Support
9.6
138
8.9
536
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.6
83
9.3
464
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
130
9.3
590
Features by Category
Web Content ManagementHide 21 FeaturesShow 21 Features
8.3
962
8.3
4,824
Content
9.2
54
9.1
272
8.7
53
8.7
267
8.1
47
8.7
251
7.6
38
7.9
236
8.8
37
8.2
223
8.3
44
8.2
211
8.1
52
8.2
245
7.4
53
8.2
237
8.6
52
8.7
249
Design
8.3
44
7.1
203
8.0
46
7.7
198
8.2
43
7.9
200
8.6
51
9.2
243
Platform
8.0
42
8.5
236
8.5
48
8.4
219
8.3
49
8.7
239
8.6
48
8.5
241
8.4
41
8.6
213
7.9
36
8.0
195
7.7
35
7.6
204
8.9
49
8.9
242
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)Hide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
8.4
65
7.8
331
Analytics
7.8
6
7.3
26
8.1
6
6.7
25
7.8
6
6.4
23
7.8
6
6.9
31
8.9
6
8.9
34
7.5
6
7.6
24
Content Management
9.7
5
8.6
42
8.8
7
8.3
47
8.9
6
8.4
38
Design & Development
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.3
6
Feature Not Available
9.0
5
8.7
41
Not enough data
8.8
170
Functionality
Not enough data
9.4
21
Not enough data
8.7
20
Not enough data
9.0
19
Management
Not enough data
9.1
19
Not enough data
8.3
16
Not enough data
8.9
20
Support
Not enough data
8.7
21
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.9
15
7.9
360
8.0
2,811
Publishing
8.9
45
|
Verified
8.6
314
8.0
36
|
Verified
8.0
275
6.5
22
5.8
186
Development
8.0
57
|
Verified
8.3
402
8.7
49
|
Verified
8.8
371
7.8
41
|
Verified
8.1
323
7.0
24
7.5
288
Analytics
7.8
41
8.3
315
8.4
45
8.4
337
Enterprise Content Management (ECM)Hide 22 FeaturesShow 22 Features
Not enough data
7.9
880
File Management
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
8.4
45
Not enough data
6.0
33
Not enough data
8.5
42
Not enough data
9.0
46
Not enough data
8.1
41
Not enough data
7.6
40
Not enough data
7.6
38
Not enough data
6.9
37
Not enough data
7.9
44
Not enough data
9.0
45
Not enough data
6.6
38
Workflow
Not enough data
7.9
41
Not enough data
8.0
41
Not enough data
7.9
36
Not enough data
8.0
37
Not enough data
7.8
34
Platform
Not enough data
8.0
38
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
7.8
37
Not enough data
7.2
36
Not enough data
8.9
43
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Butter CMS
Butter CMS
Sanity
Sanity
Butter CMS and Sanity are categorized as Headless CMS, Web Content Management, and Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
Unique Categories
Butter CMS
Butter CMS has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Butter CMS
Butter CMS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
64.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
25.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
9.8%
Sanity
Sanity
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
72.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
18.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
9.2%
Reviewers' Industry
Butter CMS
Butter CMS
Computer Software
11.4%
Information Technology and Services
9.8%
Financial Services
7.8%
Internet
5.2%
Retail
4.7%
Other
61.1%
Sanity
Sanity
Computer Software
20.0%
Information Technology and Services
11.9%
Marketing and Advertising
6.9%
Design
4.7%
Retail
3.3%
Other
53.2%
Most Helpful Reviews
Butter CMS
Butter CMS
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Pratheesh K.
PK
Pratheesh K.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

The simplicity of Butter CMS is the part we like the most along with how quickly we were able to adapt it for our complex requirements.

Most Helpful Critical Review
PN
Paolo N.
Verified User in Consulting

On the big picture, the graphical interface has improved, but I don't feel comfortable with the new Collections landing page. I would like to land on the page and have the items already divided by collection. For what concerns the single item of a...

Sanity
Sanity
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Jeffrey F.
JF
Jeffrey F.
Verified User in E-Learning

With their templates to launch sites via Netlify, they make it really easy to get up and running with sites that get you started. Really low barrier to entry. I also like that they are not committed to just one technology - they even have a Sapper blog...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Medical Devices

I dislike the lack of different environments - we have those implemented as different datasets, but that means that we can on accident change data in the wrong dataset because we are connected to the only environment that exists. I dislike the low...

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Discussions
Butter CMS
Butter CMS Discussions
What is butter CMS?
1 comment
Jake L.
JL
ButterCMS is your content backend. An API-first headless CMS platform that marketers + developers love. Here's a quick overview:...Read more
How does a headless CMS work?
1 comment
Allison M.
AM
A headless CMS is a content management system that provides a way to author content (our UI/Dashboard), but instead of having your content tightly coupled to...Read more
What is Prismic?
1 comment
Allison M.
AM
A headless CMS is a content management system that provides a way to author content (our UI/Dashboard), but instead of having your content tightly coupled to...Read more
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