# Sanity to Webflow migration > How to migrate from Sanity to Webflow, with a side-by-side comparison and FAQs. --- ## Source: Sanity - **Type:** headless - **Official site:** https://www.sanity.io - **Pricing:** https://www.sanity.io/pricing - **Last reviewed:** 2026-07-28 ## Key advantages 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. Providing you build it with a solid foundation, which we always recommend Turbo Start Sanity, it's going to be the most valuable hub for content you can imagine. It's got a very unique tooling called the Live Content API, which in simple terms means when you press publish, its live. No issues with caching, and a single API usage that scales perfectly with multichannel content delivery. It also offers one of the best editorial experiences in the industry with Presentation and customizable content structures. We're obviously huge fans of it, and we've pivoted our business with it when we realised how ahead it is. ### Real time collaboration You write, your teammate tags in, adds citations, and updates the same doc without stepping on each other. It’s the fastest way to ship content without the "who has edit access?" chaos. ### Live preview block building With Sanity, you don’t have to guess what your page might look like. Real-time previews update the moment you type. It’s a 1:1 mirror of your site before it ever goes live, so your campaigns look right the first time. ### Meta tags, structured content Sanity’s structured content gives Google clean data and rich schema, so your pages surface higher without manual hacking. Automated schema, smarter metadata, and better rankings. ### Better media management A blazing-fast media library with first-class support for Cloudinary, Mux, Wistia and more. Upload, drag-and-drop, preview without wrestling with assets, and waiting for spins of doom. ### Automated social sharing Ever wanted to share one update, and automatically populate every social platform? Welcome to the future we've built that. Why should social media be a chore. ### Automated image generation Sanity keeps your subject centred and sharp like a tiny author thumbnail or a full-page hero banner. There are no awkward crops, or chopped heads. Your visuals just look right everywhere. ## Key pain points We obviously prefer Sanity, so much so that our own website is on Sanity. But if you don't have the right implementation team, you might find yourself in a bad situation. Its highly customizable nature can lead to complexity and time-consuming setup processes for less experienced developers. We've inherited our fair share of stinkers, but we advise that before you jump ship, you let us look over it to see if it's salvageable. That said, if you are considering moving, we can help you migrate away with automated migration scripts, web scraping, and content mapping. It'll be a 1:1 with whatever platform you choose. ### Not always plug-and-play Sanity gives you a ton of flexibility, but it’s not a "drag-and-drop" CMS. If your team prefers instant themes and presets, you’ll need a little extra setup to get started. ### Potentially high resource demand As your content model grows, Sanity gives you incredible power and real-time performance. Just keep in mind that very large projects may require a bit more horsepower behind the scenes. ### Less ideal for beginners Editors love Sanity once everything is set up, but teams switching from traditional CMSs may need a short onboarding period to learn the workflow. ### Infrastructure management needed Unlike hosted CMS platforms, you own your content pipeline. That gives you full control and scalability, but also means setup and environments need to be managed properly. ### Technical skill required Since Sanity is schema-driven, developers can model content precisely the way your business needs it. Non-technical teams benefit from that structure, but setup usually requires engineering support. ### Complexity in setup Sanity doesn’t force rigid templates or assumptions. You have to define everything like content, structure, and workflows. The tradeoff: a bit more initial setup for much more flexibility long-term. ## Target: Webflow - **Type:** headless - **Official site:** https://webflow.com - **Pricing:** https://webflow.com/pricing - **Last reviewed:** 2026-07-28 ## Key advantages We're really trying to think of a good reason to love Webflow, and if you’re building a simple marketing site, a portfolio, or a 10-page brochure site, it works. Designers get pixel-perfect layouts without touching code, the HTML it spits out is clean, hosting is included, and nobody has to panic over plugin updates or random server outages. In that world, Webflow is for you. One of the Reddit users who likes Webflow states that it has global CDN, SSL handling, and 99.99% uptime without touching a server or updating a single plugin. But to be real, Webflow isn't a platform to build on top of, it's a "one and done" kind of thing. Honestly just go to fiverr and find somebody who's designs don't suck. But if you are dead set on it, connect with us, and we will try to develop the best solution for you. ### Visual design without coding Designers can build the site they see in their heads without waiting on a dev or translating Figma to HTML. You just drag, drop, animate, and publish. If you can design it, Webflow will render it. ### Global CDN infrastructure Your site gets served fast everywhere, without you configuring servers or worrying about uptime charts. Webflow handles delivery at scale, and pages load like they’ve had three shots of espresso. ### Automatic SSL management You don't need any certificates, renewals, or late-night expiration scares. SSL is handled out of the box, so security stops being a chore and starts being standard. ### Clean semantic HTML output Unlike many no-code builders, Webflow doesn’t produce spaghetti markup. The code it generates is tidy, semantic, and Google-friendly, which is why performance is generally strong. ### Built-in SEO optimization Webflow gives you proper SEO controls with meta titles, descriptions, alt text, structured data, and Open Graph. You don't need plugins or setup. It has native tools that keep your site search-friendly. ### Plugin-free architecture Webflow ships with most essentials built in, so you’re not babysitting 12 plugins just to keep the lights on. Fewer moving parts means fewer things blowing up. ## Key pain points Now for the part Webflow doesn't put on their homepage. Pricing escalates fast. The $25/month Premium plan sounds reasonable until you stack Workspace seats and bandwidth overages on top, and enterprise contracts are custom-quoted deals that routinely land well into five figures a year for high-traffic sites. The CMS editor is the other pain point everyone loves to hate. Tiny text fields, awkward formatting, and the occasional "why did hitting save unpublish my article?" moment. Not the confidence you want from a content platform. Then there are the technical walls. Only one designer can edit the canvas at a time. Reference fields have shallow depth. CMS reference limits force strange workarounds for anything resembling real relational content. And if you ever want to leave Webflow, the exported code drops CMS content, interactions, and animations, so your "no-code" site suddenly needs code everywhere. ### Expensive pricing tiers Webflow starts cheap, but the moment you need CMS items, traffic, or team features, the bill jumps fast. If you want just 10 pages, go ahead. But if you need an enterprise website, we suggest reconsidering. ### Outdated CMS editor interface For all the design polish, the CMS editor feels stuck in another decade. Tiny text fields, formatting quirks, and the occasional "why did that unpublish my live page?" moment doesn't help content teams move fast. ### CMS reference limitations Complex content models often require hacks, workarounds, or custom code anyway, which defeats the "no-code" dream. It doesn't have repeaters or shallow reference depth, and collection limits add friction to what should be simple tasks. ### Single-designer collaboration limit Only one designer can work in the Webflow canvas at a time. On larger projects, this turns teamwork into a queue. ### Third-party integration dependency If you need advanced features, prepare to stitch in custom code or third-party services. The plugin ecosystem is small, so extending Webflow usually means bolting on tools outside the platform. ### Limited export functionality You can export your site, but you lose CMS features, interactions, and animations the moment you do. It’s more like a one-way door than a portable build. ## Frequently asked questions ### How much does Sanity cost? Sanity's Free plan includes 20 user seats, 10,000 documents, 1M CDN API requests, 250K regular API requests, 100GB of assets, and unlimited locales. The Growth plan is $15 per seat/month for up to 50 seats, with 25,000 documents and the same API allowances, plus pay-as-you-go overages, private datasets, and 5 roles including Editor, Developer, and Contributor. Enterprise pricing is custom for organisations that need custom roles, dedicated SLAs, or single-tenant infrastructure. Most mid-size teams we work with stay well inside Growth's limits. ### How much does Webflow cost? Webflow's pricing is layered and confusing. Site plans (billed yearly) start at $15/month for Basic (no CMS) and $25/month for Premium with up to 20,000 CMS items. Those are per-site. On top of the per-site plans, Webflow still sells Workspace plans for teams, and adds Platform plans for larger orgs that run $2,500/month for Team (annual contract required) or custom pricing for Enterprise. Ecommerce runs $29, $74, or $212/month depending on the tier. The real cost surprise comes from CMS item caps and bandwidth overages, a single CMS site that grows past its tier's item limit forces an upgrade. ### How do I understand Webflow pricing? Think of it as two separate bills. First, your Site plan, which covers hosting, CMS items, bandwidth, and form submissions for each individual site. Second, your Workspace plan, which covers team seats, staging sites, and collaboration features. You pay both. A solo freelancer on one site might spend $25/month. A team of five managing three sites easily lands between $300 and $500/month. Always check CMS item limits before launching, because Basic has no CMS at all and Premium caps out at 20,000 items, so a growing content library means an enterprise conversation sooner than you'd think.