--- title: Strapi vs Sanity: Simple Guide to Picking Your Headless CMS description: Strapi and Sanity are two leading headless CMS platforms with fundamentally different approaches. Strapi is an open-source, self-hosted solution built on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/strapi-vs-sanity-simple-guide-to-picking-your-headless-cms-2z7tm16rm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Strapi vs Sanity: Simple Guide to Picking Your Headless CMS | daily.dev og:description: Strapi and Sanity are two leading headless CMS platforms with fundamentally different approaches. Strapi is an open-source, self-hosted solution built on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/strapi-vs-sanity-simple-guide-to-picking-your-headless-cms-2z7tm16rm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2Z7tm16Rm.png og:image:alt: Strapi vs Sanity: Simple Guide to Picking Your Headless CMS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Strapi vs Sanity: Simple Guide to Picking Your Headless CMS **[Netguru](https://daily.dev/sources/netguru)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Strapi and Sanity are two leading headless CMS platforms with fundamentally different approaches. Strapi is an open-source, self-hosted solution built on Node.js that offers complete infrastructure control, visual content modeling, and predictable flat-rate pricing ($0-$499/month). Sanity is a cloud-first platform with real-time collaborative editing, schema-as-code content modeling using JavaScript, and usage-based pricing. Strapi uses traditional REST/GraphQL APIs with a database-driven architecture, while Sanity employs GROQ query language and stores content in its proprietary Content Lake. Choose Strapi for infrastructure control, compliance requirements, and custom deployments. Choose Sanity for rapid deployment, distributed team collaboration, and managed cloud infrastructure. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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