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Get the flexibility Contentful charges extra for

Per-seat pricing spikes, API rate limits throttle your builds, and customizing the editor means fighting the app framework. We migrate your content models and entries to Sanity: usage-based pricing, a fully customizable Studio, and GROQ.

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Why teams leave Contentful

Why teams leave Contentful

  • Per-seat pricing gets expensive fast

    Contentful charges per user. Every editor, marketer, and content manager adds to the bill. Growing your team means growing your CMS cost, even if total content volume stays the same.

  • API rate limits throttle builds and traffic

    Hit Contentful's Content Delivery API rate limits during peak traffic or static site builds, and your site degrades or your builds fail. Upgrading your rate limit means upgrading your plan.

  • Customization hits walls

    Want a custom sidebar widget, a unique field type, or a workflow that matches your process? Contentful's app framework gives you some flexibility, but you're building inside their constraints, not your own React codebase.

  • Schema changes are painful once content exists

    Changing a content model that's already in use requires migration scripts, careful rollouts, and sometimes content re-entry. Adding a field is fine. Restructuring a content type is a project.

What you gain with Sanity

  • Pricing that scales with content, not headcount

    Sanity charges for API usage and dataset storage, not per seat. Add 50 editors without the bill changing. Your cost grows with your content volume, not your team size.

  • Build and serve without API throttling

    Sanity's CDN-backed API handles high query volumes without throttling. Your static site builds run to completion. Your frontend stays fast during traffic spikes.

  • A Studio you fully control

    Sanity Studio is a React application you own and customize. Build any input component, any workflow, any sidebar tool. No app framework constraints; it's your codebase.

  • Schemas that evolve without migration scripts

    Add, modify, or restructure fields on existing content types without writing migration scripts. Your schema is defined in code and evolves with your content needs.

What changes when you move to Sanity

Pricing that scales with content, not headcount

Sanity charges for API usage and dataset storage, not per seat. Add 50 editors without the bill changing. Your cost grows with your content volume, not your team size.

Build and serve without API throttling

Sanity's CDN-backed API handles high query volumes without throttling. Your static site builds run to completion. Your frontend stays fast during traffic spikes.

A Studio you fully control

Sanity Studio is a React application you own and customize. Build any input component, any workflow, any sidebar tool. No app framework constraints; it's your codebase.

Schemas that evolve without migration scripts

Add, modify, or restructure fields on existing content types without writing migration scripts. Your schema is defined in code and evolves with your content needs.

Real-time collaboration that actually works

Concurrent editing with live presence: multiple editors in the same document at the same time. No locking, no merge conflicts, no stale data warnings.

GROQ queries instead of API pagination

Query your content with GROQ: joins, projections, computed fields, and deep filtering in a single request. No more pagination loops or multiple API calls to assemble a page.

How we migrate from Contentful

A headless-to-headless migration that preserves every content relationship and reference. No architecture change, just a better platform underneath.

1

Content model export

We export your Contentful content models, entries, and assets using the Content Management API. Every content type, field, validation, and reference relationship gets documented.

2

Schema translation

We translate Contentful content types to Sanity schemas, mapping fields, validations, references, and content type relationships. Rich text fields get special attention for Portable Text conversion.

3

Entry migration

We transform and import all entries with their references intact. Contentful's structured rich text, including embedded entries and inline assets, converts cleanly to Sanity Portable Text.

4

Asset transfer

All assets move to Sanity's CDN with metadata, alt text, titles, and document references preserved. No broken links, no missing files.

5

Frontend re-pointing

We update your frontend to query Sanity's GROQ API instead of Contentful's Content Delivery API. Data fetching, rendering logic, and preview workflows all get adapted.

6

Validation and launch

We run automated checks comparing source and target content: entry counts, reference integrity, asset checksums. When everything matches, we coordinate the switchover.

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Other migration paths

We handle migrations from all major CMS platforms to Sanity, preserving your content, assets, and SEO rankings.

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Move your Contentful content to Sanity.

Book a free consultation and we\u2019ll audit your current setup, map your content to Sanity schemas, and provide a migration plan with timeline and cost estimate. No obligation.

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