TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Arena.im

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AArena.im is a live chat, live blog, and content wall solution that can be embedded on a website, from the company of the same name headquartered in San Francisco. The solution avails an in-built customer data platform that enables users to activate individual marketing with centralized data and deliver real-time personal experiences to customers.

    $99

    per month

    Contentful

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AContentful is a cloud based CMS solution that provides the ability to manage content across multiple platforms.The editing interface allows for managing content interactively and provides developers the ability to deliver the content with the programming language and template framework of their choice.

    $0

    Sanity

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASanity from the company of the same name in San Francisco is a platform for structured content that comes with an open-source editing environment called Sanity Studio that users can customize with JavaScript and a real-time hosted data store.

    $15

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    Arena.imContentfulSanity
    Editions & Modules
    Professional
    $99
    per month 25,000 page views/month
    Business
    $249
    per month 100,000 page views/month
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Lite
    $300
    per month
    Community
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Free
    $0
    Growth
    $15
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Arena.imContentfulSanity
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts available for annual subscription.——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Arena.imContentfulSanity
    Considered Multiple Products
    Arena.im
    No answer on this topic
    Contentful
    No answer on this topic
    Sanity.io
    Chose Sanity
    - There is no fear of hitting a limit and suddenly having to start paying 500$ per month when you have been using it for free for a while
    - You don't have to worry about infrastructure because datasets are available as a service
    - With an open-source UI based on React, you don't …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Arena.imContentfulSanity
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Arena.im and Contentful and Sanity
    Feature
    Arena.im
    -
    Ratings
    Contentful
    8.5
    10 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sanity
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Arena.im and Contentful and Sanity
    Feature
    Arena.im
    -
    Ratings
    Contentful
    9.5
    12 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Sanity
    -
    Ratings
    API00 Ratings9.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Arena.im and Contentful and Sanity
    Feature
    Arena.im
    -
    Ratings
    Contentful
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Sanity
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings9.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings9.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings4.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings9.312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Arena.im and Contentful and Sanity
    Feature
    Arena.im
    -
    Ratings
    Contentful
    9.4
    12 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Sanity
    -
    Ratings
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Arena.imContentfulSanity
    Small Businesses
    Quora Blogs / Spaces (discontinued)
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Blogger
    Score10 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Quora Blogs / Spaces (discontinued)
    Score8.7 out of 10
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Arena.imContentfulSanity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    8.3
    (13 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Arena.imContentfulSanity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Arena.im
    It is well suited for situations where a chat solution can be embedded on a page. This instance requires minimal setup and allows you to add chat functionality to your site within minutes. I think it's less suited as an internal messaging tool- there are already other solutions like Slack that have cornered that market.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Contentful
    It's a great all rounder for content projects. It's easy in the basics and powerful in the complex, data heavy scenarios. Extending the platform is straightforward and the SDK gives you everything you need. If you have many many varying content types , it gets expensive and perhaps not the best choice .
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Sanity.io
    Customization and creation of CMS are almost limitless. Building and customizing the platform is facilitated by a wealth of documentation and video content. As opposed to graphql and traversing rest APIs, Sanity's query language is a breath of fresh air. It really helps you if you want something lightweight but at the same time you want it to be scalable then I think Sanity is your best option.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    Arena.im
    • Easy to set up
    • Easy to use
    • Cost efficient
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Contentful
    • Flexible. This CMS can be easily extended and provide access to dynamic content
    • Simple. The WYSWG is very easy to work with and identifying pages and content in the system is fairly easy
    • Clean Interface. The interface is clean and uncluttered keeping focus on the content and not other factors.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Sanity.io
    • GraphQL support.
    • Nice Intuitive Web interface to write blogs.
    • They provide us a subdomain on their cloud so that we can start testing our things directly on the web.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Arena.im
    • Offer a lower-priced subscription for smaller blogs and websites.
    • Provide a clearer way to see how many impressions have been used on the account so far.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Contentful
    • Contentful uses "references" to allow you to build very modular content. If I have a "slider" content type, I can create a "slide" content type which references a "button" content type, and so forth. This works well, but I occasionally wish there was a better solution for one-off content, like a settings page. Currently, this is done for creating an entire content type called "settings" with a single entry. Not a big deal, but not ideal, either.
    • There are a few quirks with GatsbyJS integration, etc, but these issues are being fixed and improved upon very quickly.
    • A minor gripe, but Contentful does not have a way to organize fields within an entry. Entries with many fields are somewhat tiresome to scroll through.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Sanity.io
    • CMS can be a bit hard to work with for the new users
    • Documentation should include more examples of the output and code along with the output.
    • Custom inputs are quite difficult to start and work with.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    Arena.im
    No answers on this topic
    Contentful
    It is a very easy to use and configure application. I find that it is on the user to manage the content after the models have been created, yet I still do not encounter issues finding or creating new components for our site. It is easy to set up and easy to navigate.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Sanity.io
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Arena.im
    We did not evaluate any other products as Arena.im fit our needs from the start.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Contentful
    Easy to use and much more organized as a single platform versus multi. The layout is clean and easy to read and we don’t have to worry about certain users safe guarding data or content then losing it when they leave the company. It’s a one stop shop for imagery
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Sanity.io
    Pricing is better than graph cms. and easy to use the intuitive interface to write my blog.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Arena.im
    • Allowed us to fulfill customer requirements
    • Saves us from developing it ourselves (build vs buy)
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Contentful
    • Contentful has saved us valuable development time that was previously spent doing deploys for minor content updates.
    • Contentful has helped us maintain consistent documentation, reducing time needed to review for consistency.
    • Can't say we've really experienced any negative ROI impacts from using Contentful, but we've run into some limitations in adding too many content models and the next pricing tier is substantially more expensive.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Sanity.io
    • It helped us to create an excellent developer experience and good experience for their editors as well
    • Sanity has created an incredible platform that effortlessly balances good DX for content modeling and good UI for content editing.
    • Pay-as-you-go hybrid service, no need to worry about reaching a cap and having to suddenly pay $500
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Contentful Screenshots

    Product screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshot