Ghost vs Sanity

Ghost and Sanity are both CMS options. Here's how they compare on official platforms, features, and positioning — sourced from each vendor's own site, not from ratings or reviews.

Side-by-side summary

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Best for Ghost

Ghost positions itself for creators (YouTubers, bloggers, podcasters, musicians), publishers/journalists, businesses running content marketing, and developers.

Best for Sanity

Sanity positions itself for development teams, content operations professionals, and enterprises managing complex, structured content workflows across multiple brands and touchpoints.

Feature comparison

Every feature listed here comes directly from each vendor's own official site.

Ghost

Custom site design/branding control
Rich publishing editor (galleries, video, audio, embeds)
Native email newsletter delivery with segmentation
Membership and paid-subscription management
Native analytics
0% payment processing fees (via Stripe integration)

Sanity

Structured content with schema-as-code (JSON-based)
Content Studio editorial interface
GROQ query language
AI-powered Content Agent / Agent Actions
In-context visual editing
Real-time webhooks and Content Releases (staged publishing)

Pros and cons

Ghost

Pros

Custom site design/branding control
Rich publishing editor (galleries, video, audio, embeds)
Native email newsletter delivery with segmentation
Membership and paid-subscription management
Native analytics
0% payment processing fees (via Stripe integration)

Cons

We don't publish a "cons" list for either product. No vendor's official site documents its own product's weaknesses, so there's no sourced basis for one — and we'd rather say that plainly than invent one.

Sanity

Pros

Structured content with schema-as-code (JSON-based)
Content Studio editorial interface
GROQ query language
AI-powered Content Agent / Agent Actions
In-context visual editing
Real-time webhooks and Content Releases (staged publishing)

Cons

Key differences

Ghost lists Custom site design/branding control, Rich publishing editor (galleries, video, audio, embeds), Native email newsletter delivery with segmentation, Membership and paid-subscription management, Native analytics, 0% payment processing fees (via Stripe integration) that Sanity doesn't list.
Sanity lists Structured content with schema-as-code (JSON-based), Content Studio editorial interface, GROQ query language, AI-powered Content Agent / Agent Actions, In-context visual editing, Real-time webhooks and Content Releases (staged publishing) that Ghost doesn't list.

Choose Ghost if…

Choose Ghost if this fits: Ghost positions itself for creators (YouTubers, bloggers, podcasters, musicians), publishers/journalists, businesses running content marketing, and developers.

Choose Sanity if…

Choose Sanity if this fits: Sanity positions itself for development teams, content operations professionals, and enterprises managing complex, structured content workflows across multiple brands and touchpoints.

Facts on this page are sourced from each vendor's official site (linked below), not from ratings or reviews. Products change — verify anything that matters to your decision directly on the vendor's own site before switching. See our Disclaimer and Sources Policy.