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Modernize beyond Drupal

Finding PHP talent is expensive, major version upgrades consume quarters, and your editors dread the admin interface. We migrate your content to Sanity: TypeScript schemas, structured content, and an editorial experience your team will actually use.

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Why teams leave Drupal

Why teams leave Drupal

  • PHP talent is expensive and scarce

    Drupal requires developers who understand its module system, hooks, render arrays, and configuration management. That's a specialized PHP skill set that commands a premium, and the talent pool shrinks every year as developers move to TypeScript and React.

  • Major version upgrades are their own projects

    Drupal 7 to 8 was a rewrite. 8 to 9 required module rebuilds. 9 to 10 brought more breaking changes. Each major version demands weeks of migration work, module updates, and regression testing. You're upgrading the platform instead of building features.

  • Module dependency creates fragility

    Enterprise Drupal sites accumulate dozens of contributed and custom modules with complex interdependencies. Updating one module can break three others. Your site's stability depends on a web of third-party code you don't control.

  • Editors avoid the admin interface

    Drupal's admin UI is powerful but intimidating. Content editors find it slow, cluttered, and confusing. The result: editors go through developers instead of using the CMS directly, creating bottlenecks for every content change.

What you gain with Sanity

  • TypeScript and React instead of PHP

    Your content infrastructure runs on the same stack as modern web applications. Hire from a larger talent pool, use modern tooling, and stop context-switching between PHP and JavaScript.

  • An editing experience editors actually use

    Sanity Studio is clean, fast, and customized for your team's workflow. Custom inputs, live preview, real-time collaboration, and validation rules that guide instead of confuse. Your editors go direct instead of through developers.

  • No more version upgrade migrations

    Sanity handles platform updates transparently. No multi-month upgrade projects between major versions. Your schemas are versioned in your codebase, and the platform evolves without breaking your setup.

  • Structured content without module overhead

    Content stored as structured data you can query with GROQ. No render arrays, no hook system, no module dependency chains. Just schemas, documents, and a powerful query language.

What changes when you move to Sanity

TypeScript and React instead of PHP

Your content infrastructure runs on the same stack as modern web applications. Hire from a larger talent pool, use modern tooling, and stop context-switching between PHP and JavaScript.

An editing experience editors actually use

Sanity Studio is clean, fast, and customized for your team's workflow. Custom inputs, live preview, real-time collaboration, and validation rules that guide instead of confuse. Your editors go direct instead of through developers.

No more version upgrade migrations

Sanity handles platform updates transparently. No multi-month upgrade projects between major versions. Your schemas are versioned in your codebase, and the platform evolves without breaking your setup.

Structured content without module overhead

Content stored as structured data you can query with GROQ. No render arrays, no hook system, no module dependency chains. Just schemas, documents, and a powerful query language.

Managed infrastructure

Sanity is fully hosted and globally distributed. The platform manages servers, databases, and caching. Your ops burden drops to zero.

Granular permissions without the complexity

Role-based access at the document and field level. No Drupal permission matrix with hundreds of checkboxes. Set up access controls that are readable and maintainable.

How we migrate from Drupal

We untangle your content from Drupal's module dependencies and restructure it as clean Sanity data. This is a 6–12 week process. We've already scoped for the complexity.

1

Content inventory

We catalog all content types, fields, taxonomies, Paragraphs, Views, media entities, and custom module data in your Drupal site. You get a complete map of what's being migrated and what's being rebuilt.

2

Schema design

We design Sanity schemas that capture your Drupal content structure while stripping away module-dependent complexity. Paragraphs become array blocks. Taxonomies become referenced documents. Custom fields become typed schema fields.

3

Data extraction

We extract content via Drupal's JSON:API, direct database queries, or custom migration scripts, depending on your Drupal version and module setup. Whatever method gets the cleanest data.

4

Content transformation

Drupal's formatted text, entity references, Paragraphs, media entities, and taxonomy terms all get converted to Sanity equivalents. Every relationship is preserved.

5

Frontend build

We replace Drupal's theming layer with a modern frontend: Next.js, Astro, or your framework of choice. Your design carries over or gets modernized. No more Twig templates.

6

QA, redirects, and launch

Full content comparison, URL mapping with 301 redirects, regression testing, and coordinated DNS cutover. We monitor post-launch and train your editorial team on the new Studio.

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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 Drupal 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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