Quick Answer
Start with Sanity if
Start with Sanity if its strongest fit is your current bottleneck: flexible structured content model for product teams with developers.
Start with Decap CMS if
Start with Decap CMS if its strongest fit is your current bottleneck: free git-based cms for static site owners.
Pricing
Sanity
Free plan; Growth $15/seat/mo; Enterprise custom.
Free
$0
Up to 20 seats and 2 public datasets.
Growth
$15
/seat/mo
Private datasets, comments, tasks, scheduled drafts, and AI Assist.
Enterprise
Custom
SSO, SLAs, onboarding, custom seats, and custom quotas.
Sanity add-ons and quotas can change total cost beyond the base seat price.
Decap CMS
Free.
Open source
$0
Decap CMS is a free open-source CMS for Git-backed static site content.
Fit
Sanity is best for
- Product teams with developers
- Sites needing custom content models
- Companies building composable stacks
Decap CMS is best for
- Static site owners
- Developers wanting a free CMS
- Small teams editing Git-backed content
Decision shortcut
If the buyer wants product teams with developers, start with Sanity. If the buyer wants static site owners, start with Decap CMS.
Strengths And Limits
Sanity
Strengths
- Flexible structured content model
- Developer-friendly APIs
- Custom editorial workflows
Limits
- Sanity should be checked against the full AI visibility loop: monitoring, diagnosis, content decisions, review, scheduling, and publishing.
- The main gap to plan around is that the workflow still needs visibility evidence and finished content to move through it.
- Pricing, usage limits, seats, and add-ons can change, so verify the current official package before purchase.
Decap CMS
Strengths
- Free Git-based CMS
- Works with static site generators
- Simple editorial admin
Limits
- Decap CMS should be checked against the full AI visibility loop: monitoring, diagnosis, content decisions, review, scheduling, and publishing.
- The main gap to plan around is that the workflow still needs visibility evidence and finished content to move through it.
- Pricing, usage limits, seats, and add-ons can change, so verify the current official package before purchase.
AI Visibility
BeVisible for AI search
See whether your content changes AI answers
Sanity and Decap CMS help teams manage or publish content. BeVisible shows whether that work changes how your brand appears in AI answers, which sources get cited, and where competitors still win.
FAQ
How should teams choose between Sanity and Decap CMS?
Use Sanity when your work matches product teams with developers. Use Decap CMS when you need static site owners. Then check what still remains outside the tool: AI answer monitoring, prompt evidence, article ideas, review, scheduling, and CMS publishing.
Which is cheaper, Sanity or Decap CMS?
Sanity pricing snapshot: Free plan; Growth $15/seat/mo; Enterprise custom. Decap CMS pricing snapshot: Free. Verify current packaging on both official pricing pages before purchase.
Where does BeVisible fit with Sanity and Decap CMS?
Use Sanity or Decap CMS for the work they cover. BeVisible monitors tracked prompts, brand mentions, competitors, citations, and answer history, then turns those gaps into article ideas, drafts, review, scheduling, and publishing work.