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    CommonSpot

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACommonSpot is a Web platform that includes a content management system, an application development framework, marketing solutions, and social media features from PaperThin, Inc, a privately held, MA-based company. PaperThin's customers span multiple industries, including: government, healthcare, higher education, and association/non-profit sectors.N/A

    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
    CommonSpotSanity
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
    $0
    Growth
    $15
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CommonSpotSanity
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    CommonSpotSanity
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of CommonSpot and Sanity
    Feature
    CommonSpot
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Sanity
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    Role-based user permissions7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of CommonSpot and Sanity
    Feature
    CommonSpot
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Sanity
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    Code quality / cleanliness6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of CommonSpot and Sanity
    Feature
    CommonSpot
    7.7
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Sanity
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    Content taxonomy7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CommonSpotSanity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
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    Usability
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    CommonSpotSanity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PaperThin, Inc
    Commonspot is well suited for web content management to be conducted by individuals with low-level web skills.
    Incentivized
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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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    Pros
    PaperThin, Inc
    • I think CommonSpot's greatest strength is its ease of use. It's relatively intuitive in it's usage, so it therefore makes it easy to train new people to use it.
    • Within my usage of it, our options were limited, which again added to it's ease of use.
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    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.
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    Cons
    PaperThin, Inc
    • Commonspot needs to improve on its authoring feature. It is impossible to author on more than one page at a time . (One must always click on "View work on all changes") before switching between pages otherwise, the changes will not be saved.
    • CommonSpot does not support sharing the definition of any custom element or any template layouts. Therefore, one must recreate these in each site.
    • In Commonspot, a user who has to manage content in multiple sites will have to log in to each site to see and act on any actions.
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    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.
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    Usability
    PaperThin, Inc
    I had no previous background in content management, and found it very easy to use. If I could figure it out, I am pretty certain that just about anyone else could as well.
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    Sanity.io
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    Alternatives Considered
    PaperThin, Inc
    Commonspot works in tandem with Zendesk very well to accomplish tasks an an efficient manner.
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    Sanity.io
    Pricing is better than graph cms. and easy to use the intuitive interface to write my blog.
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    Return on Investment
    PaperThin, Inc
    • I was working in a religious institution and based upon our usage and audience, there was no ROI to speak of. Our usage was more for providing information than having any type of interaction. In that instance, it worked very well.
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    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
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