Framer vs Sanity
Design and publish websites — no-code meets modern design tools
vs. Structured content platform — headless CMS with real-time + GROQ
Pricing tiers
Framer
Free
$0. 1 Framer site (framer.website subdomain). Framer branding. No CMS publishing.
Free
Mini
$5/mo annual. 1 site. Custom domain. Basic analytics. No CMS.
$5/mo
Basic
$15/mo annual. 1 site. CMS (1000 items). Password protection. Higher bandwidth.
$15/mo
Pro
$30/mo annual. 3 sites. CMS (10,000 items). 1M bandwidth. Staging.
$30/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SSO, SAML, team + agency features, high bandwidth, priority support.
Custom
Sanity
Free
20 seats. 2 public datasets. 10K documents. 250K API req + 1M CDN req/month. Content Agent + live preview + visual editing.
Free
Growth
$15 per seat/month. 50 seats. 2 datasets (public or private). 25K docs. Same API limits + pay-as-you-go overages.
$15/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SAML SSO, Media Library, dedicated support, 99.99% SLA.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Framer vs free on Sanity.
| Metric | Framer | Sanity |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Framer · 17 features
- A/B Testing — Split test variants.
- Animations + Effects — Motion, scroll, hover.
- Code Components — React components inside Framer.
- Code Overrides — Inject React logic on elements.
- Design Canvas — Vector + layout design.
- Forms — Built-in form collection.
- Framer AI — Generate designs + content.
- Framer Analytics — Page views, devices, referrers.
- Multi-Language Sites — Native i18n support.
- Native CMS — Collections, relations, localization.
- Plugins API — Custom plugins marketplace.
- Publish to Framer Hosting — One-click deploy with SSL/CDN.
- Responsive Design — Breakpoints + layout.
- SEO Controls — Meta, OG, sitemap, robots.
- Staging Environments — Preview URL before publish.
- Templates Marketplace — Free + paid templates.
- Wireframer — AI wireframes from prompt.
Sanity · 16 features
- Agent Context — Expose your content schema + docs to LLM agents.
- Content Agent (AI) — AI assistant inside Studio for generation + translation.
- Content History — Every change versioned. Rollback + diff.
- Content Lake — Distributed real-time DB for structured content. Multi-region replicas.
- Datasets — Logical content partitions (stage/prod/etc.). Easy cloning.
- GROQ — Graph-Relational Object Queries — JSON-native query language.
- Image CDN — Smart transforms (crop, format, quality) via URL params.
- Internationalization — Multiple locales per document with native i18n plugins.
- Live Previews — Draft previews with stega-encoded content.
- Media Library (Ent) — Org-wide media with DAM features.
- Portable Text — Structured rich text format (JSON). Portable across channels.
- Real-Time Collaboration — Live presence + collaborative editing.
- Sanity Studio — Open-source React editor — customize with your own components + workflow.
- Scheduled Publishing — Schedule content to publish at a future date.
- Visual Editing — Click-to-edit inline on your Next.js/etc. website.
- Webhooks — Events on create/update/delete with GROQ filter.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Framer | Sanity |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | — | Sanity CLI |
| SDK | Framer Plugin API, Widgets (Code Overrides) | @sanity/client, sanity-python, @sanity/ui + next-sanity |
| REST | Framer CMS (Data) | Image CDN, Sanity HTTP API |
| MCP | — | Sanity MCP |
| OTHER | Framer Desktop, Framer Web | GROQ Query Language, Webhooks |
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