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At a Glance
Hygraph
Hygraph
Star Rating
(562)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (68.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
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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
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that Hygraph excels in content authoring with a score of 8.7, while Sanity shines even brighter with a score of 9.1, indicating a more user-friendly interface and better tools for creating and managing content.
  • Reviewers mention that Hygraph's versioning feature scores 8.1, which is lower than Sanity's 8.7, suggesting that users find Sanity's version control more robust and reliable for tracking changes over time.
  • G2 users highlight that Hygraph offers superior personalization capabilities with a score of 8.0 compared to Sanity's 8.9, indicating that Sanity provides more advanced options for tailoring content to specific audiences.
  • Users on G2 report that Hygraph's API / Integrations score of 8.6 is slightly lower than Sanity's 8.9, suggesting that Sanity may offer more seamless integration options with other tools and platforms.
  • Reviewers mention that both platforms have strong ease of admin scores of 9.0, but users report that Hygraph's overall support quality is rated higher at 9.0 compared to Sanity's 8.9, indicating a more responsive support experience.
  • Users say that Hygraph's customization options are rated at 8.3, while Sanity stands out with a score of 9.2, suggesting that Sanity provides more flexibility for tailoring the platform to meet specific business needs.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Hygraph
Free Developer Plan
$0.00
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Sanity
Free forever
Free
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Free Trial
Hygraph
Free Trial is available
Sanity
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
487
9.0
673
Ease of Use
8.8
503
8.6
685
Ease of Setup
8.8
417
8.7
538
Ease of Admin
8.9
269
9.0
527
Quality of Support
9.0
404
8.9
536
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
239
9.3
464
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
469
9.3
590
Features by Category
Web Content ManagementHide 21 FeaturesShow 21 Features
8.2
4,758
8.3
4,824
Content
8.7
245
9.1
272
8.6
244
8.7
267
8.1
233
8.7
251
7.5
225
7.9
236
8.3
223
8.2
223
8.4
228
8.2
211
8.6
238
8.2
245
7.9
233
8.2
237
8.4
233
8.7
249
Design
7.4
215
7.1
203
7.2
216
7.7
198
7.8
215
7.9
200
8.3
227
9.2
243
Platform
7.9
219
8.5
236
8.2
223
8.4
219
8.3
220
8.7
239
8.4
232
8.5
241
8.3
218
8.6
213
8.4
223
8.0
195
8.0
212
7.6
204
8.6
236
8.9
242
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)Hide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
8.3
506
7.8
331
Analytics
8.3
40
7.3
26
8.0
40
6.7
25
8.1
41
6.4
23
8.5
41
6.9
31
7.9
40
8.9
34
8.1
41
7.6
24
Content Management
8.3
43
8.6
42
8.6
45
8.3
47
8.7
45
8.4
38
Design & Development
8.0
43
Feature Not Available
8.2
44
Feature Not Available
8.7
43
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
2,647
8.0
2,811
Publishing
8.6
306
8.6
314
8.2
297
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Verified
8.0
275
6.3
261
|
Verified
5.8
186
Development
8.2
317
|
Verified
8.3
402
8.3
305
|
Verified
8.8
371
7.7
294
|
Verified
8.1
323
7.5
280
7.5
288
Analytics
7.6
285
8.3
315
8.3
302
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
Hygraph
Hygraph
Sanity
Sanity
Hygraph and Sanity are categorized as Digital Experience Platforms (DXP), Headless CMS, and Web Content Management
Unique Categories
Hygraph
Hygraph has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Hygraph
Hygraph
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
68.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
25.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
6.4%
Sanity
Sanity
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
72.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
18.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
9.2%
Reviewers' Industry
Hygraph
Hygraph
Computer Software
24.0%
Information Technology and Services
8.0%
Financial Services
5.5%
Marketing and Advertising
4.9%
Program Development
3.6%
Other
54.0%
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
Hygraph
Hygraph
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Marc L.
ML
Marc L.
Verified User in Construction

Hygraph was a breeze to setup - From the setup via the dashboard of configuring your schema and creating content it was extreme straightforward. It was easy enough to actually co-configure this with our client live. The developer experience is also...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Computer Software

There was a bit of a learning curve on how to best use the tool. A lot of the content is siloed and then you have to piece it all together which is challenging at first, but then once you have a lot of content it actually makes it easier to reuse and put...

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
Hygraph
Hygraph Discussions
What are the benefits of GraphQL?
2 comments
Official Response from Hygraph
One Endpoint to Rule Them All With GraphQL as a query language, it is up to your client application to specify the shape of the data it requires from the...Read more
What is GraphQL and how is it different from REST?
1 comment
Official Response from Hygraph
GraphQL is a data query language and runtime designed and used at Facebook to request and deliver data to mobile and web apps since 2012. It got open-sourced...Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Hygraph has no more discussions with answers
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
Can I expect some changes to the HTTP api to be inegrated to the Sanity JS sdk?
1 comment
Knut M.
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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