Choose Directus if you need
- Integration with Claude, ChatGPT or Windsurf. We haven't found them on Sanity's website.
At a glance
- Both have a free plan.
- Directus offers a free trial (14 days). We haven't confirmed one for Sanity.
- Directus' lowest paid plan is Core at $89 per month billed yearly, or $99 monthly, as of November 13, 2026.
- Sanity's lowest paid plan is Growth at $15 per seat per month, as of November 13, 2026.
- Both work with Cursor.
- Both list SOC 2, GDPR and SSO.
- Both have a public API.
- Directus can be self-hosted. We haven't confirmed that for Sanity.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Sanity if you need
- Integration with Claude Code or v0. We haven't found them on Directus' website.
Directus
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Sanity
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Review SanityThe facts
- What it does
- DirectusThe collaborative backend and self-hostable headless CMS over any database.
- SanitySanity is the back-end built for AI content operations.
- Free plan
- DirectusYes
- SanityYes
- Pricing
- DirectusNot confirmed
- SanityPer seat, monthly, with a free plan
- Paid plans from
- Directus
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
Both
- Cursor
Only Directus
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Windsurf
Only Sanity
- Claude Code
- v0
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Directus and Sanity yet.
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