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Typeroll and Sanity compared
Sanity calls itself "The Content Operations Platform": a hosted content store with an open-source Studio that developers configure in code. The website is a separate front end that your developer builds and hosts. Typeroll is the website itself: content, design, forms and publishing in one CMS.
What you get
Sanity
A content backend and an editor (Studio).
Typeroll
A complete website: content, design, rendering and publishing.
The website
Sanity
A front end written by your developer in a framework such as Astro or Next.js.
Typeroll
Generated by Typeroll from blocks, templates and Styles; no site code to maintain.
Hosting
Sanity
Content in Sanity's hosted Content Lake; the front end on a host you choose.
Typeroll
Static files on your own Cloudflare.
Content model
Sanity
Defined by developers in code, as JavaScript objects.
Typeroll
Content types and fields defined in the CMS.
Editing
Sanity
Studio, real-time and collaborative. Visual editing after your developer integrates it; with Astro it needs server output.
Typeroll
Visual block editor in the browser, built-in AI assistant.
AI agents
Sanity
Hosted MCP server for content, schema, projects and media. Custom validation rules are skipped for writes through MCP.
Typeroll
Hosted MCP server for content, design, templates, block types and publishing.
Getting started
Sanity
Node.js and a terminal: npm create sanity, then local development servers for Studio and the front end.
Typeroll
Sign up in the browser and connect GitHub and Cloudflare by approving access.
Licence
Sanity
Studio is open source; the Content Lake is a hosted service.
Typeroll
MIT, including the CMS, which can be self-hosted on your own Cloudflare account.
Pricing
Sanity
Free for up to 20 seats; Growth USD 15 per seat per month; Enterprise custom. Usage quotas apply.
Typeroll
Open source free; Cloud free in beta (30-day trial), then USD 39/month or USD 29/month billed annually, unlimited sites and users; hosting billed by Cloudflare.
If you run sites for clients
The same comparison from the side of whoever builds and looks after the sites. Six things that change as you add clients.
Many client sites
Sanity
Each client is a project with its own plan, members and settings. Configuration cannot be shared across projects. Organization-level billing is on Enterprise.
Typeroll
One Organization for all your sites, or a Site shared with the client's own Organization. One agent connection reaches all of them.
Price as you grow
Sanity
Per seat and per project: free up to 20 seats, then USD 15 per seat per month on Growth, with usage quotas for each project.
Typeroll
One Typeroll Cloud plan for unlimited sites, users and languages: free in beta, then USD 39 per month or USD 29 billed annually. Hosting is billed by your own Cloudflare account.
A new kind of section
Sanity
A developer adds a schema type in code and writes the front-end component that renders it.
Typeroll
A custom block type is defined in the CMS, as fields, markup and CSS, by an administrator or your agent. No deployment.
What a client can change
Sanity
Administrator and Viewer roles on all plans; Editor and Contributor on Growth. Editors work in the Studio your developer configured.
Typeroll
Editors change content and build pages from existing blocks, not styles, block types or settings. An optional structure lock limits a site to text and images.
On the live site
Sanity
Your own front end on your own host, reading content from Sanity.
Typeroll
Static files only. No application, database or login on the visitor's domain. Forms run as a separate service.
From edit to live
Sanity
At once on a server-rendered front end. A static front end is rebuilt from a webhook.
Typeroll
After a publication, which builds and checks the site first. Allow a few minutes.
Choose Sanity when
- The same content feeds several websites, apps or other channels.
- The front end is a bespoke application and your developers want to model content in code.
- A larger editorial team works on content together in real time.
Choose Typeroll when
- What you deliver is a website, and you do not want a front-end repository to maintain for every client.
- Editors should build and rearrange whole pages, not only fill in fields.
- You run many client sites and want one plan and one workspace for them.
- Your agent should handle design and publishing as well as content.
Sources
Facts about Sanity come only from its own documentation and website, checked on 11 November 2026. If something has changed, tell us and we will correct it.
- Sanity pricing (retrieved 2026-11-11)
- Sanity website (retrieved 2026-11-11)
- Sanity documentation: Studio (retrieved 2026-11-11)
- Sanity documentation: visual editing with Astro (retrieved 2026-11-11)
- Sanity documentation: roles (retrieved 2026-11-11)
- Sanity documentation: webhooks (retrieved 2026-11-11)
- Sanity documentation: MCP server (retrieved 2026-11-11)
GOOD QUESTIONS
Questions and answers
Is Typeroll a headless CMS like Sanity?
No. Sanity delivers content to a front end you build. Typeroll generates and publishes the site itself, and its content is meant for that site.
Do both work with AI agents?
Yes, both have a hosted MCP server. Sanity's covers content and schema. Typeroll's also covers design, templates and publishing, because the site is part of the CMS.
Can I move from Sanity to Typeroll?
There is no dedicated Sanity importer. Your agent can import the published site with the URL import recipe (tr-import-url) and keep or redirect every URL.
START BUILDING
Try Typeroll alongside your current tools.
Free during the beta. No payment card. After the beta, USD 39 per month, or USD 29 per month billed annually.