Choose Payload if you need
- Integration with Vercel, Cloudflare or Next.js. We haven't found them on Sanity's website.
At a glance
- Both have a free plan.
- Sanity's lowest paid plan is Growth at $15 per seat per month, as of November 13, 2026.
- They list no integrations in common.
- Both list SSO.
- Only Sanity lists SOC 2 and GDPR.
- Sanity has a public API. We haven't confirmed one for Payload.
- Payload 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 Cursor, Claude Code or v0. We haven't found them on Payload's website.
- SOC 2 or GDPR. We haven't found them on Payload's website.
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Review SanityThe facts
- What it does
- PayloadAn open-source headless CMS and application framework built with TypeScript and React.
- SanitySanity is the back-end built for AI content operations.
- Free plan
- PayloadYes
- SanityYes
- Pricing
- PayloadNot confirmed
- SanityPer seat, monthly, with a free plan
- Paid plans from
- Payload
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
BothNone in common
Only Payload
- Vercel
- Cloudflare
- Next.js
Only Sanity
- Cursor
- Claude Code
- v0
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Payload and Sanity yet.
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