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Challenges with Dato CMS

Despite its strengths, Dato CMS may pose issues, particularly for projects requiring extensive customisation or specific feature sets, as it might lack depth in certain areas compared to other CMS platforms. We've never been huge believers in "drag-and-drop" schema builders because they lack inherent validation and extensibility.

The pricing model, which scales with the required functionality and traffic usage, could be a limitation for startups or smaller businesses. Additionally, the learning curve associated with its API-driven environment might pose challenges to non-developers. Some users may also need additional plugins or custom development to fully meet their needs.

Key Pain Points

•Limited customisation options
•Feature depth variability
•Pricing based on traffic
•Can be costly for startups
•Steeper learning curve
•API knowledge required
•Need for additional plugins
•Custom development needed
•Limited feature set scalability
•Non-developer challenges
•Potential integration issues
•Dependency on third-party tools

Benefits of Sanity

You know where our bias' lies. We think Sanity is literally the best headless content management out there. The schema is code-based, so it can be easily versioned, scaled and extended without a heap of third-party hoops to jump.

It's got Live Content API, which is unbeatable for previews on the market - it means you hit the publish button and it's live, no waiting for build times, no issues with caching and uncaching data, one singular API usage that scales perfectly.

It also offers one of the best editorial experiences in the industry with Presentation. We've always been huge fans of it, and we've pivoted our business with it when we realised how ahead it is.