Managed vs self-hosted
Sanity handles hosting, scaling, and infrastructure for you. For teams that want to reduce operational overhead, this is often the primary driver of the move.
Strapi → Sanity
Strapi to Sanity Migration
Strapi is a powerful open-source CMS — but as content teams grow and self-hosting demands increase, some teams could find a managed platform like Sanity better fits where they're headed.
Signs Sanity might be a better fit
As content volume and team size grow, the overhead of managing your own infrastructure starts to outweigh the benefits. A managed platform removes that burden entirely.
Self-hosted CMS setups require ongoing server management, upgrades, and maintenance. A fully managed platform frees your team to focus on building the product.
If the same content needs to appear across apps, emails, or other channels, a structured API-first CMS handles that cleanly — without duplication or workarounds.
If you're actively comparing platforms, we can help you understand the tradeoffs based on your specific content needs, team setup, and infrastructure requirements.
How Sanity complements what you've built on Strapi
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Editorial experience
Sanity Studio is fully configurable and purpose-built for content teams. As editorial teams grow, the Studio's flexibility becomes a significant advantage. -
Content modelling flexibility
Sanity's schema-as-code approach gives developers full control over content structure and editorial UI — a natural fit for teams already comfortable with code-first CMS thinking.
What we migrate
We migrate
- All collection types and content entries
- Media assets and file uploads
- Content relationships and references
- API integrations and webhooks
- User roles and permissions
We protect
- Your content structure — rebuilt in Sanity's schema
- Your frontend with API queries updated
- Your editorial workflows mapped into Sanity Studio
- Your SEO metadata and URL structure
How our Strapi to Sanity migration works
Audit
We review your Strapi setup — collection types, plugins, integrations, and frontend queries — before planning anything.
Content modelling
We design your Sanity schema to match your existing content architecture — improved and cleaned where possible.
Frontend rebuild
All content and assets migrated and validated before any frontend changes are made.
Migration & validation
We update your frontend queries from Strapi's API to Sanity's GROQ — and configure real-time preview for your editors.
Training & handover
Your team gets trained on Sanity Studio before launch. Full documentation included.
Frequently asked questions
Not if the migration is managed properly. We map every URL, implement redirects, and validate all metadata before go-live.
No. We run the migration in a staging environment and validate all frontend queries before cutting over. Your live site stays untouched until everything is verified.
Not necessarily. We update your API queries from Strapi to Sanity's GROQ — no full rebuild needed unless you want a revamp.
Typically 6 to 10 weeks depending on content volume, plugin complexity, and integration requirements.
We audit every plugin upfront and map each one to its Sanity equivalent — native feature, third-party tool, or custom build.
Most editors do. Sanity Studio is purpose-built for content teams — we configure it specifically for your workflow so it feels intuitive from day one.
Sanity is fully managed — no hosting required on your side. Your frontend hosting stays the same.
Ready to migrate?
Tell us what you're running and what's not working. We'll give you an honest assessment of what a migration involves and whether it's the right call.
