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Author-it vs. Sanity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Author-it
Score 7.3 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Author-it offers a series of component authoring solutions, described by the vendor as a suite of integrated solutions that give businesses of all sizes the power to create, maintain, review, reuse and localize content, and publish into a full spectrum of outputs.N/A
Sanity
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Sanity 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
Author-itSanity
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Free
$0
Growth
$15
per month per seat
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
per month per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Author-itSanity
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Author-itSanity
User Ratings
Author-itSanity
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(2 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Usability
6.8
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Author-itSanity
Likelihood to Recommend
Author-it
It’s almost perfect for our needs. In particular, the ability to manage long and complex book structures and control styles and layout via media objects is a huge advantage. The new output options (New Word, ProCSS, AION) represent real improvements. Support in Europe has also improved significantly.
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Anonymous
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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.
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Anonymous
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Pros
Author-it
No answers on this topic
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.
SS
Shivam Sharma
CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
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Cons
Author-it
No answers on this topic
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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Usability
Author-it
This platform is not intuitive and is not easy to use. The learning curve is steep for this platform. Also, there are lots of work arounds needed in order for basic items to be processed. We have had to pay for additional IT support and training just to be able to use our platform and has been in service for over 10 years
Verified User
Anonymous
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Sanity.io
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Author-it
In the beginning, we used a Word-based HAT. We switched to Author-it already in 2004. For us, the database-driven approach and the easier management of styles were the game-changers. Compared to XML-based tools, the user-friendliness is a major advantage.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Sanity.io
Pricing is better than graph cms. and easy to use the intuitive interface to write my blog.
SS
Shivam Sharma
CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
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Return on Investment
Author-it
No answers on this topic
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
Verified User
Anonymous
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