## Why Hygraph is a better alternative to Contentful?

Hygraph is not only a popular choice for simple use cases, but is also flexible for more innovative cases; especially end-user facing digital products requiring user-generated content. Contentful, on then other hand, is only good at serving typical legacy cases, for example, marketing pages. 

This is because Contentful has major limitations when it comes to GraphQL performance. For instance, Contentful offers a limit of 8 KB for GraphQL requests as compared to 2024 KB by Hygraph. There is no GraphQL mutations API or GraphQL management API, no management API permissions and it offers rigid limitations for GraphQL complexity. Other limitations of Contentful include the lack of reusable components, no integrated API explorer and no saved queries. 

Lastly for enterprises, unlike Hygraph, Contentful offers no option to choose datacenter location, no audit logs, and less efficient cache invalidation.

## Challenges you are likely to face with Contentful

You are likely to face these challenges when using Contenful: 
- It will cause performance issues for large scale use cases because of rate limits. For instance, the GraphQL request size is 8 KB, which can’t be increased even on the enterprise plans. 
- To save time and ensure consistency, you would likely be using the same set of fields across multiple content models. Contentful offers no functionality to create such reusable components across models.
- It’s hosted on Amazon’s AWS on the US East Coast. There are no other options to choose from and this is a challenge if you are looking to host in your own region.
- It does not allow you to connect to any third-party API.
- It does not offer a GraphQL mutations API. Changes to content would instead have to be made through the Content Management REST API.
- It offers no audit logs at the moment.
- It offers detailed permissions for content accessed through the UI. However, these permissions can’t be set based on field values (for eg., add a condition that a role can only access content where { "author": "John" }). Moreover, it lacks permission based tokens for content and management API.
- Lacks depth when it comes to certain content management capabilities. For instance, you can’t edit the default asset model, perform batch editing, hide fields from the UI, publish separately for each locale, etc. 

On the other hand, Hygraph offers the capabilities to solve all of these challenges. [Sign up for a free developer account](https://app.hygraph.com/signup) to experience the difference.

## API and core features

| | Hygraph | Contentful |
|-|-|-|
| Cloud Hosted (SaaS) | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Regions | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Content API | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Management API | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Mutations | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Native | Yes | No |
| Public API | Yes | No |
| Public API Permissions | Yes | No |
| Management API Permissions | Yes | No |
| API Playground | Yes | No |
| Image Delivery and Transformation API | Yes | Yes |
| Front-End Agnostic | Yes | Yes |
| Migration Tools | Yes | Yes |
| Simple User Permissions | Yes | Yes |
| Granular User Permissions | Yes | No |
| On premises hosting / Self | No | No |
| Open Source | No | No |
| Permanent Auth Tokens | Yes | Yes |
| Webhooks | Yes | Yes |
| Global CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Cache Invalidation | Yes | No |
| Environment Management (Master, Sandbox, etc.) | Yes | Yes |
| Connect to a Third-Party REST API | Yes | No |
| Connect to a Third-Party GraphQL API | Yes | No |

Learn more about Hygraph's [core features](/features).

## Content modelling

| | Hygraph | Contentful |
|-|-|-|
| Schema Builder | Yes | Yes |
| Field Validations | Yes | Yes |
| Components | Yes | No |
| Hide Fields from UI (API Only Fields) | Yes | No |
| Filters | Yes | Yes |
| Flexible Content Modelling | Yes | Yes |
| Localisation (i18n) | Yes | Yes |
| Required Fields | Yes | Yes |
| Saved Queries | Yes | No |
| Searchable Content | Yes | Yes |
| Sortable Relations | Yes | Yes |
| Sorting | Yes | Yes |
| Unique Fields | Yes | Yes |
| Versioning | Yes | Yes |

## Editorial features and content management

| | Hygraph | Contentful |
|-|-|-|
| Batch Overwrites | Yes | Yes |
| Batch Operations (Editing) | Yes | No |
| Batch Operations (Publish/Unpublish) | Yes | Yes |
| Batch Operations (Delete) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Asset Picker | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Booleans (Checkbox) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Color | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Date and Time | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Enumeration (Dropdown) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Float (Decimals) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Integers (Numbers) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: JSON Editor | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Map | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Markdown | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Multi-Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: References | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Single Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Metadata | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Roles | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Stages | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Unions (Polymorphic Relations) | Yes | Yes |
| Image Editor | Yes | Yes |
| Project Cloning | Yes | Yes |
| Rich Editing Interface | Yes | Yes |
| SEO Friendly | Yes | Yes |
| Static Site Generator Friendly | Yes | Yes |

Explore all of Hygraph's capabilities on our [features page](/features) and [docs](/docs).

## Digital asset management

| | Hygraph | Contentful |
|-|-|-|
| Asset Transformations | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from Facebook | Yes | No |
| Assets from Google Drive | Yes | No |
| Assets from Instagram | Yes | No |
| Assets from Search | Yes | No |
| Assets from System | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from URL | Yes | Yes |
| Digital Asset Management (DAM) | Yes | Yes |
| Add Fields to the Default Asset Model | Yes | No |
| Global Asset CDN | Yes | No |
| SEO Optimized Asset Management | Yes | Yes |

## Community and resources

| | Hygraph | Contentful |
|-|-|-|
| Examples : Blog | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gatsby | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gridsome | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : NextJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : NuxtJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : ReactJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Sapper | Yes | No |
| Examples : Svelte | Yes | No |
| Examples : Union Types | Yes | No |
| Examples : VueJS | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : eCommerce | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Events and Conferences | Yes | No |
| Reference App : Marketing Website | Yes | No |
| Reference App : Podcasts | Yes | No |
| Reference App : Travel & Hospitality | Yes | No |

Explore more references on our [GitHub profile](https://github.com/hygraph), or view [examples created](https://github.com/hygraph/hygraph-examples) with Hygraph and popular frameworks like Gatsby, NextJS, Svelte, Gridsome, and Vue, amongst others.

## Plans and pricing

| | Hygraph | Contentful |
|-|-|-|
| Additional API Operations | 1,000,000/month 10c/10,000 On top | Extra API calls cost $5 per 1,000,000 calls |
| Additional Asset Traffic | 500GB/month 10c/1GB On top | Extra asset bandwidth $65 per 1 TB. |
| Content Entries | 10,000 - Unlimited | 5,000-unlimited |
| Custom Pricing | Yes | No |
| Enterprise Plans | Yes | Yes |
| Free forever community plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial for Premium features | Yes | No |
| Monthly and Annual Plans | Yes | Yes |
| Plans in EUR | Yes | No |
| Plans in USD | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing By | Project | Project |
| Self Service Plans | Yes | Yes |

[Get started with a free forever developer plan](https://app.hygraph.com) or explore our other [pricing options](/pricing) to accommodate your scaling needs.

## Security, compliance, and support

| | Hygraph | Contentful |
|-|-|-|
| 24/7 Infrastructure Monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Firewall Rules | Yes | Yes |
| Audit Logs | Yes | No |
| Authentication | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Choice of data center | Yes | No |
| Community Support | Yes | Yes |
| Customer Success | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated Infrastructure | Yes | Yes |
| Email Support | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption at rest | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption in transit | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR Compliant Infrastructure | Yes | Yes |
| Hosted in Europe | Yes | No |
| Implementation Partner Network | Yes | Yes |
| Login with Github | Yes | Yes |
| Login with Socials | Yes | Yes |
| Onboarding and Architecture Support | Yes | Yes |
| Onsite Chat | Yes | No |
| Project Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Public Slack Channel | Yes | Yes |
| SLA Performance | Yes | Yes |
| SLA Support | Yes | Yes |
| Solution Architects | Yes | Yes |
| SSO Support | Yes | Yes |
| User Management | Yes | Yes |


> Note: We constantly monitor and update the information here as and when we're aware of any changes. For any inconsistencies or inaccuracies please [get in touch](/contact) to update the comparisons.

Used by over 30,000 teams of all sizes across the world, Hygraph is the solid content infrastructure powering the ambitious ideas of companies like Shure, Unilever, and Discovery.

Whether you’re adding more products into your portfolio, evolving your tech stack, increasing your project’s complexity, or expanding into new markets, Hygraph can scale horizontally, vertically, and globally.

Hygraph raises the bar

We’re committed to building an industry-leading and best in class solution for companies and teams of all sizes. Over the years we've taken great pride in the ideas our customers have built, and continue to work alongside them in raising the bar to see what they can accomplish with Hygraph. In return, we've enjoyed their support and feedback with exceptional reviews across [GetApp](https://www.getapp.com/website-ecommerce-software/a/graphcms/), [Capterra](https://www.capterra.com/p/168151/GraphCMS/), [G2 Crowd](https://www.g2.com/products/graphcms/reviews), and [ProductHunt](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/graphcms-3).

Loved and trusted at scale

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Hygraph Vs. Contentful

## Why Hygraph is a better alternative to ButterCMS?

ButterCMS is good for blog sites, marketing websites, or small-scale projects. However, unlike Hygraph, it lacks important capabilities required for large scale projects such as building an e-commerce site, portal, knowledge base, or digital products that require user-generated content.

Even for smaller projects, ButterCMS has limitations as it only provides a REST API; and no GraphQL API. This API is only for read operations on the standard plans, and read-write on the enterprise plans. There’s no API for content management or mutations.

From an extensibility perspective, you can’t connect ButterCMS to any third-party REST or GraphQL API. There’s no SDK to build custom plugins or applications to add functionalities to the platform.   

Lastly, ButterCMS does not offer audit logs and neither the ability to choose your datacenter location; important capabilities needed by enterprises.

## Challenges you are likely to face with ButterCMS

You are likely to face these challenges when using ButterCMS:
- It offers a REST API for content delivery. Having a REST API as opposed to a GraphQL API, [has its own limitations](/blog/graphql-vs-rest-apis) in terms of performance and functionality. 
- It does not offer a management or mutations API.  
- It only offers high-level permissions for content and no detailed permissions. For instance, you can allow a user to access “blogs”, but can’t add a condition (e.g., { "author": "John" }), or define stages.
- Custom roles and permissions are only available on enterprise plans.
- It does not offer the ability to create multiple Permanent Auth Tokens with detailed permissions for the API.
- It does not allow you to connect to any third-party API.
- It does not offer an app framework, plug-ins or UI extensions to connect to other platforms or add functionalities to the CMS.
- There are no other options to choose from and this is a challenge if you are looking to host in your own region.
- It offers no audit logs at the moment.
- It lacks depth when it comes to certain content management capabilities. For instance, it doesn’t offer custom content stages, batch edits, scheduling content as part of a release, advanced content search, and more. 

On the other hand, Hygraph offers the capabilities to solve all of these challenges. [Sign up for a free developer account](https://app.hygraph.com/signup) to experience the difference.

## API and Core Features

|  | Hygraph | ButterCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Cloud Hosted (SaaS) | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Regions | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Content API | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Management API | Yes | No  |
| GraphQL Mutations | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Native | Yes | No  |
| Public API | Yes | Yes |
| Public API Permissions | Yes | No |
| API Playground | Yes | Yes |
| Front-End Agnostic | Yes | Yes |
| Image Delivery and Transformation API | Yes | Yes |
| Migration Tools | Yes | Yes |
| Simple User Permissions | Yes | Yes |
| Granular User Permissions | Yes | No |
| On premises hosting / Self | No | No |
| Open Source | No | No |
| Permanent Auth Tokens | Yes | No  |
| Webhooks | Yes | Yes |
| Global CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Cache Invalidation | Yes | No |
| Environment Management (Master, Sandbox, etc.) | Yes | Yes |
| Connect to a Third-Party REST API | Yes | No |
| Connect to a Third-Party GraphQL API | Yes | No |

Learn more about Hygraph's [core features](/features).

## Content Modelling

|  | Hygraph | ButterCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Schema Builder | Yes | Yes |
| Field Validations | Yes | Yes |
| Components | Yes | Yes |
| Nested Components | Yes | No |
| Filters | Yes | No |
| Flexible Content Modelling | Yes | Yes |
| Localisation (i18n) | Yes | Yes |
| Nested Fields | No | No |
| Required Fields | Yes | Yes |
| Saved Queries | Yes | No |
| Searchable Content | Yes | Yes |
| Sortable Relations | Yes | No |
| Sorting | Yes | Yes |
| Unique Fields | Yes | No |
| Validations | Yes | Yes |
| Versioning | Yes | Yes |

## Editorial Features and Content Management

|  | Hygraph | ButterCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Batch Overwrites | Yes | Yes |
| Batch Operations (Editing) | Yes | No |
| Batch Operations (Publish/Unpublish) | Yes | Yes |
| Batch Operations (Delete) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Asset Picker | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Booleans (Checkbox) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Color | Yes | No |
| Content Type: Date and Time | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Enumeration (Dropdown) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Float (Decimals) | Yes | No |
| Content Type: Integers (Numbers) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: JSON Editor | Yes | No |
| Content Type: Map | Yes | No |
| Content Type: Markdown | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Multi Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: References | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Single Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Metadata | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Roles | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Stages | Yes | No |
| Custom Workflows | No | Yes |
| Global Content CDN | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Unions (Polymorphic Relations) | Yes | No |
| Image Editor | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Environments | Yes | Yes |
| Project Cloning | Yes | No |
| Rich Editing Interface | Yes | Yes |
| SEO Friendly | Yes | Yes |
| Static Site Generator Friendly | Yes | Yes |

Explore all of Hygraph's capabilities on our [features page](/features) and [docs](/docs).

## Digital Asset Management

| | Hygraph | ButterCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Asset Transformations | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from Facebook | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from Google Drive | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from Instagram | Yes | No |
| Assets from Search | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from System | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from URL | Yes | Yes |
| Digital Asset Management (DAM) | Yes | Yes |
| Add Fields to the Default Asset Model | Yes | No |
| Global Asset CDN | Yes | No |
| SEO Optimized Asset Management | Yes | Yes |

## Community and Resources

| | Hygraph | ButterCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Examples : Blog | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gatsby | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gridsome | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : NextJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : NuxtJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : ReactJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Sapper | Yes | No |
| Examples : Svelte | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Union Types | Yes | No |
| Examples : VueJS | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : eCommerce | Yes | No |
| Reference App : Events and Conferences | Yes | No |
| Reference App : Marketing Website | Yes | No |
| Reference App : Podcasts | Yes | No |
| Reference App : Travel & Hospitality | Yes | No |

Explore more references on our [GitHub profile](https://github.com/hygraph), or view [examples created](https://github.com/hygraph/hygraph-examples) with Hygraph and popular frameworks like Gatsby, NextJS, Svelte, Gridsome, and Vue, amongst others.

## Plans and Pricing

| | Hygraph | ButterCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Additional API Operations | 1,000,000/month 10c/10,000 On top |  |
| Additional Asset Traffic | 500GB/month 10c/1GB On top |  |
| Content Entries | 10,000 - Unlimited | 50 - Custom |
| Custom Pricing | Yes | No |
| Enterprise Plans | Yes | Yes |
| Free forever community plan | Yes | 30 day trial |
| Free trial for Premium features | Yes | Yes |
| Monthly and Annual Plans | Yes | Yes |
| Plans in EUR | Yes | No |
| Plans in USD | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing By | Project | Project |
| Self Service Plans | Yes | Yes |

[Get started with a free forever developer plan](https://app.hygraph.com) or explore our other [pricing options](/pricing) to accommodate your scaling needs.

## Security, Compliance, and Support

| | Hygraph | ButterCMS |
|-|-|-|
| 24/7 Infrastructure Monitoring | Yes | Unknown |
| Advanced Firewall Rules | Yes | Unknown |
| Audit Logs | Yes | No |
| Authentication | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Choice of Data Center | Yes | No |
| Community Support | Yes | Yes |
| Customer Success | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated Infrastructure | Yes | Unknown |
| Email Support | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption at rest | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption in transit | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR Compliant Infrastructure | Yes | Unknown |
| Implementation Partner Network | Yes | Yes |
| Login with Github | Yes | Yes |
| Login with Socials | Yes | No |
| Onboarding and Architecture Support | Yes | Yes |
| Onsite Chat | Yes | Yes |
| Project Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Public Slack Channel | Yes | Unknown |
| SLA Performance | Yes | Yes |
| SLA Support | Yes | Yes |
| Solution Architects | Yes | Yes |
| SSO Support | Yes | Unknown |
| User Management | Yes | Unknown |

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Hygraph Vs. ButterCMS

## Why Hygraph is a better alternative to Contentstack?

Both Hygraph and Contentstack offer a variety of features for content teams, but Contentstack falls short in being a popular choice for developers. 

This is because Contentstack lacks numerous capabilities when it comes to GraphQL and performance. For example, Contentstack offers no GraphQL mutations API or GraphQL management API, and developers have to use the REST alternatives, which also have their limitations (e.g., limit of 10 entries per batch mutation). Contentstack also lacks an integrated API explorer, type safety and auto-generated documentation.

The lack of GraphQL features and content federation, makes Contentstack a popular choice for typical legacy cases quite well, for example, marketing pages. But it is not flexible for more innovative cases especially end-user facing tools requiring user-generated content. 

## Challenges you are likely to face with Contentstack

You are likely to face these challenges when using Contentstack:
- It only offers a GraphQL API for content delivery. Moreover, it does not offer a high-performance read-only API endpoint with advanced caching solutions.
- It does not offer a GraphQL mutations API. Mutations would instead have to be made through the content management REST API. That too, has a limit of up to 10 entries at a time.
- It does not allow you to connect to any third-party API.
- It does not offer an integrated API explorer, type safety and auto-generated documentation.
- It lacks detailed permissions for API tokens.
- It lacks depth for certain content management and modeling capabilities. For example, it doesn't offer two-way references, no ability to hide fields from the UI (make them API-only), no scheduling of content as part of a release, etc.

On the other hand, Hygraph offers the capabilities to solve all of these challenges. [Sign up for a free developer account](https://app.hygraph.com/signup) to experience the difference.

## API and Core Features

|  | Hygraph | Contentstack |
|-|-|-|
| Cloud Hosted (SaaS) | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Regions | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Content API | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Management API | Yes | No  |
| GraphQL Mutations | Yes | No |
| Public API | Yes | No |
| Public API Permissions | Yes | No |
| API Playground | Yes | No |
| Management API Permissions | Yes | No |
| Frontend Agnostic | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Content API | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Management API | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Mutations | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Native | Yes | No |
| Image Delivery and Transformation API | Yes | Yes |
| Migration Tools | Yes | Yes |
| Simple User Permissions | Yes | Yes |
| Granular User Permissions | Yes | Yes |
| On premises hosting / Self | No | No |
| Open Source | No | No |
| Permanent Auth Tokens | Yes | Yes |
| Webhooks | Yes | Yes |
| Global CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Cache Invalidation | Yes | No |
| Environment Management (Master, Sandbox, etc.) | Yes | Yes |
| Connect to a Third-Party REST API | Yes | No |
| Connect to a Third-Party GraphQL API | Yes | No |

Learn more about Hygraph's [core features](/features).

## Content Modelling

|  | Hygraph | Contentstack |
|-|-|-|
| Schema Builder | Yes | Yes |
| Field Validations | Yes | Yes |
| Components | Yes | Yes |
| Filters | Yes | Yes |
| Flexible Content Modelling | Yes | Yes |
| Localisation (i18n) | Yes | Yes |
| Required Fields | Yes | Yes |
| Hide Fields from UI (API Only Fields) | Yes | No |
| Saved Queries | Yes | No |
| Searchable Content | Yes | Yes |
| Sortable Relations | Yes | Yes |
| Sorting | Yes | Yes |
| Unique Fields | Yes | Yes |
| Versioning | Yes | Yes |

## Editorial Features and Content Management

|  | Hygraph | Contentstack |
|-|-|-|
| Batch Overwrites | Yes | Yes |
| Batch Operations (Editing) | Yes | No |
| Batch Operations (Publish/Unpublish) | Yes | Yes |
| Batch Operations (Delete) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Asset Picker | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Booleans (Checkbox) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Color | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Date and Time | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Enumeration (Dropdown) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Float (Decimals) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Integers (Numbers) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: JSON Editor | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Map | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Markdown | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Multi Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: References | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Single Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Metadata | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Roles | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Stages| Yes | Yes |
| Global Content CDN | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Unions (Polymorphic Relations) | Yes | No |
| Image Editor | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Environments | Yes | Yes |
| Project Cloning | Yes | Yes |
| Rich Editing Interface | Yes | Yes |
| SEO Friendly | Yes | Yes |
| Static Site Generator Friendly | Yes | Yes |

Explore all of Hygraph's capabilities on our [features page](/features) and [docs](/docs).

## Digital Asset Management

| | Hygraph | Contentstack |
|-|-|-|
| Asset Transformations | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from Facebook | Yes | No |
| Assets from Google Drive | Yes | No |
| Assets from Instagram | Yes | No |
| Assets from Search | Yes | No |
| Assets from System | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from URL | Yes | Yes |
| Digital Asset Management (DAM) | Yes | Yes |
| Global Asset CDN | Yes | No |
| SEO Optimized Asset Management | Yes | Yes |

## Community and Resources

| | Hygraph | Contentstack |
|-|-|-|
| Examples : Blog | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gatsby | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gridsome | Yes | No |
| Examples : NextJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : NuxtJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : ReactJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Sapper | Yes | No |
| Examples : Svelte | Yes | No |
| Examples : Union Types | Yes | Modular Blocks |
| Examples : VueJS | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : eCommerce | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Events and Conferences | Yes | No |
| Reference App : Marketing Website | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Podcasts | Yes | No |
| Reference App : Travel & Hospitality | Yes | No |

Explore more references on our [GitHub profile](https://github.com/hygraph), or view [examples created](https://github.com/hygraph/hygraph-examples) with Hygraph and popular frameworks like Gatsby, NextJS, Svelte, Gridsome, and Vue, amongst others.

## Plans and Pricing

| | Hygraph | Contentstack |
|-|-|-|
| Additional API Operations | 1,000,000/month 10c/10,000 On top | Unknown |
| Additional Asset Traffic | 500GB/month 10c/1GB On top | Unknown |
| Content Entries | 10,000 - Unlimited | Unknown |
| Custom Pricing | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise Plans | Yes | Yes |
| Free forever community plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial for Premium features | Yes | No |
| Monthly and Annual Plans | Yes | Yes |
| Plans in EUR | Yes | Yes |
| Plans in USD | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing By | Project | Project |
| Self Service Plans | Yes | No |

[Get started with a free forever developer plan](https://app.hygraph.com) or explore our other [pricing options](/pricing) to accommodate your scaling needs.

## Security, Compliance, and Support

| | Hygraph | Contentstack |
|-|-|-|
| 24/7 Infrastructure Monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Firewall Rules | Yes | NA |
| Audit Logs | Yes | Yes |
| Authentication | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Choice of data center | Yes | Yes |
| Community Support | Yes | No |
| Customer Success | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated Infrastructure | Yes | Yes |
| Email Support | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption at rest | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption in transit | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR Compliant Infrastructure | Yes | Yes |
| Hosted in Europe | Yes | Yes |
| Implementation Partner Network | Yes | Yes |
| Login with Github | Yes | No |
| Login with Socials | Yes | Yes |
| Onboarding and Architecture Support | Yes | Yes |
| Onsite Chat | Yes | Yes |
| Project Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Public Slack Channel | Yes | No |
| SLA Performance | Yes | Yes |
| SLA Support | Yes | Yes |
| Solution Architects | Yes | Yes |
| SSO Support | Yes | Yes |
| User Management | Yes | Yes |

> Note: We constantly monitor and update the information here as and when we're aware of any changes. For any inconsistencies or inaccuracies please [get in touch](/contact) to update the comparisons.

Explore Hygraph as a Contentstack alternative

GraphCMS Vs. Contentstack: GraphCMS as a Contentstack Alternative

Contentstack

Hygraph Vs. Contentstack

## Why Hygraph is a better alternative to Kontent.ai?

Both Hygraph and Kontent.ai offer an advanced CMS with numerous features. Both are preferred by content teams equally, but Kontent.ai falls short in being a popular choice for developers.

This is because both Hygraph and Kontent.ai offer a GraphQL API. However, Kontent.ai’s GraphQL API is only limited to content delivery. Hygraph, on the other hand, offers a GraphQL API for content management and mutations as well. You can’t generate permanent auth tokens, each with separate permissions for the API, and there’s no integrated API explorer. Lastly, Kontent.ai doesn’t offer the capability to connect to any third-party REST or GraphQL API.  

From a content management perspective, Kontent.ai offers granular permissions, but not as detailed as that of Hygraph. Other limitations of Kontent.ai include the lack of batch edits, the ability to hide fields from the UI, advanced content filtering, and more.

## Challenges you are likely to face with Kontent.ai

You are likely to face these challenges when using Kontent.ai:
- It only offers a GraphQL API for content delivery. You would have to use the REST API for content management and there’s no mutations API. 
- It offers high-level permissions on content and management. This means you can define permissions for everything of a particular content type, but can’t define details. For instance, you can allow a user to access all or assigned “blogs”, but can’t add a condition (e.g., { "author": "John" }), or define stages, or locales.
- It does not offer the ability to create multiple Permanent Auth Tokens with detailed permissions for the API.
- It does not allow you to connect to any third-party API.
- There are only three options to choose the hosting location from; North America, Europe, and Australia.
- It lacks depth when it comes to certain content management capabilities. For instance, it doesn’t offer batch edits, the ability to hide fields from the UI, advanced content filtering, and more.

On the other hand, Hygraph offers the capabilities to solve all of these challenges. [Sign up for a free developer account](https://app.hygraph.com/signup) to experience the difference.

## API and Core Features

|  | Hygraph | Kontent.ai |
|-|-|-|
| Cloud Hosted (SaaS) | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Regions | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Content API | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Management API | Yes | No  |
| GraphQL Mutations | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Native | Yes | No  |
| Public API | Yes | Yes |
| Public API Permissions | Yes | No |
| API Playground | Yes | Yes |
| Front-End Agnostic | Yes | Yes |
| Image Delivery and Transformation API | Yes | Yes |
| Migration Tools | Yes | Yes |
| Simple User Permissions | Yes | Yes |
| Granular User Permissions | Yes | No |
| On premises hosting / Self | No | No |
| Open Source | No | No  |
| Permanent Auth Tokens | Yes | Yes |
| Permanent Auth Tokens with Permissions | Yes | No |
| Public APIs | Yes | Yes |
| Shared Regions | 9 | 3 |

Learn more about Hygraph's [core features](/features).

## Content Modelling

|  | Hygraph | Kontent.ai |
|-|-|-|
| Schema Builder | Yes | Yes |
| Field Validations | Yes | Yes |
| Components | Yes | Yes |
| Nested Components | Yes | No |
| Filters | Yes | No |
| Flexible Content Modelling | Yes | Yes |
| Localisation (i18n) | Yes | Yes |
| Nested Fields | No | Yes |
| Pagination | Yes | Yes |
| Required Fields | Yes | Yes |
| Saved Queries | Yes | No |
| Searchable Content | Yes | Yes |
| Sortable Relations | Yes | Yes |
| Sorting | Yes | Yes |
| Unique Fields | Yes | Via Workarounds |
| Validations | Yes | Yes |
| Versioning | Yes | Yes |

## Editorial Features and Content Management

|  | Hygraph | Kontent.ai |
|-|-|-|
| Batch Overwrites | Yes | Yes |
| Batch Operations (Editing) | Yes | No |
| Batch Operations (Publish/Unpublish) | Yes | Yes |
| Batch Operations (Delete) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Asset Picker | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Booleans (Checkbox) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Color | Yes | No |
| Content Type: Date and Time | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Enumeration (Dropdown) | Yes | No but via plugin |
| Content Type: Float (Decimals) | Yes | No |
| Content Type: Integers (Numbers) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: JSON Editor | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Map | Yes | No but via plugin |
| Content Type: Markdown | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Multi Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: References | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Single Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Metadata | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Roles | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Stages| Yes | Yes |
| Custom Workflows | No | Yes |
| Global Content CDN | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Unions (Polymorphic Relations) | Yes | Yes |
| Image Editor | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Environments | Yes | Yes |
| Project Cloning | Yes | Yes |
| Rich Editing Interface | Yes | Yes |
| SEO Friendly | Yes | Yes |
| Static Site Generator Friendly | Yes | Yes |

Explore all of Hygraph's capabilities on our [features page](/features) and [docs](/docs).

## Digital Asset Management

|  | Hygraph | Kontent.ai |
|-|-|-|
| Asset Transformations | Yes | Via Plugin |
| Assets from Facebook | Yes | No |
| Assets from Google Drive | Yes | No |
| Assets from Instagram | Yes | No |
| Assets from Search | Yes | No |
| Assets from System | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from URL | Yes | No |
| Digital Asset Management (DAM) | Yes | Via Plugin |
| Add Fields to the Default Asset Model | Yes | No |
| Global Asset CDN | Yes | Yes |
| SEO Optimized Asset Management | Yes | Yes |

## Community and Resources

|  | Hygraph | Kontent.ai |
|-|-|-|
| Examples : Blog | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gatsby | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gridsome | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : NextJS | Yes | No |
| Examples : NuxtJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : ReactJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Sapper | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Svelte | Yes | No |
| Examples : Union Types | Yes | No |
| Examples : VueJS | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : eCommerce | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Events and Conferences | Yes | No |
| Reference App : Marketing Website | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Podcasts | Yes | No |
| Reference App : Travel & Hospitality | Yes | No |

Explore more references on our [GitHub profile](https://github.com/hygraph), or view [examples created](https://github.com/hygraph/hygraph-examples) with Hygraph and popular frameworks like Gatsby, NextJS, Svelte, Gridsome, and Vue, amongst others.

## Plans and Pricing

|  | Hygraph | Kontent.ai |
|-|-|-|
| Additional API Operations | 1,000,000/month 10c/10,000 On top | Must upgrade |
| Additional Asset Traffic | 500GB/month 10c/1GB On top | Must upgrade |
| Content Entries | 10,000 - Unlimited | 10,000 - Unlimited |
| Custom Pricing | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise Plans | Yes | Yes |
| Free forever community plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial for Premium features | Yes | Yes |
| Monthly and Annual Plans | Yes | Yes |
| Plans in EUR | Yes | No |
| Plans in USD | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing By | Project | Company |
| Self Service Plans | Yes | Yes |

[Get started with a free forever developer plan](https://app.hygraph.com) or explore our other [pricing options](/pricing) to accommodate your scaling needs.

## Security, Compliance, and Support

|  | Hygraph | Kontent.ai |
|-|-|-|
| 24/7 Infrastructure Monitoring | Yes | Unknown |
| Advanced Firewall Rules | Yes | Unknown |
| Audit Logs | Yes | Yes |
| Authentication | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Choice of data center | Yes | Yes |
| Community Support | Yes | Yes |
| Customer Success | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated Infrastructure | Yes | Unknown |
| Email Support | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption at rest | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption in transit | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR Compliant Infrastructure | Yes | Yes |
| Hosted in Europe | Yes | Yes |
| Implementation Partner Network | Yes | Yes |
| Login with Github | Yes | No |
| Login with Socials | Yes | No |
| Onboarding and Architecture Support | Yes | Yes |
| Onsite Chat | Yes | Yes |
| Project Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Public Slack Channel | Yes | No |
| SLA Performance | Yes | Yes |
| SLA Support | Yes | Yes |
| Solution Architects | Yes | Yes |
| SSO Support | Yes | Yes |
| User Management | Yes | Unknown |

> Note: We constantly monitor and update the information here as and when we're aware of any changes. For any inconsistencies or inaccuracies please [get in touch](/contact) to update the comparisons.

Explore Hygraph as a Kontent.ai alternative

GraphCMS Vs. Kentico Kontent: GraphCMS as a Kentico Kontent Alternative

Kontent.ai

Hygraph Vs. Kontent.ai

## Why Hygraph is a better alternative to DatoCMS?

DatoCMS is a popular choice serving typical legacy cases quite well – ex. marketing pages. It is not flexible for more innovative cases – especially end-user facing tools requiring user-generated content. 

For starters, it offers a GraphQL API for content delivery only, and no GraphQL API for mutations. It doesn’t allow you to connect to any third-party API to source content. 

In terms of content management, DatoCMS lacks a detailed user permissions system, which is required by large-scale teams. It does not offer collaborative features, and does not offer batch editing of content through the UI. 

Lastly, DatoCMS does not allow you to choose your datacenter location; an important capability needed by enterprises for compliance or performance purposes.

## Challenges you are likely to face with DatoCMS

You are likely to face these challenges when using DatoCMS:
- It only offers a GraphQL API for content delivery, and no GraphQL API for, content management or mutations. 
- It does not offer advanced caching solutions. 
- There are no other options to choose from and this is a challenge if you are looking to host in your own region.
- It does not allow you to connect to any third-party API.
- It only offers conditions for models, but you can't define detailed permissions. For instance, you can allow a user to access “blogs”, but can’t add a condition (e.g., { "author": "John" }), or define stages or locales.
- It does not allow content editors to add comments to content entries. 
- It lacks depth when it comes to certain content management capabilities. For instance, DatoCMS doesn’t offer batch editing, in-line or block embedding of content, the ability to add fields to default asset model and more.

On the other hand, Hygraph offers the capabilities to solve all of these challenges. [Sign up for a free developer account](https://app.hygraph.com/signup) to experience the difference.

## API and Core Features

|  | Hygraph | DatoCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Cloud Hosted (SaaS) | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Regions | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Content API | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Management API | Yes | No  |
| GraphQL Mutations | Yes | No |
| Public API | Yes | No|
| Public API Permissions | Yes | No |
| API Playground | Yes | No |
| Frontend Agnostic | Yes | Yes |
| Image Delivery and Transformation API | Yes | Yes |
| Migration Tools | Yes | Yes |
| Simple User Permissions | Yes | Yes |
| Granular User Permissions | Yes | No |
| On premises hosting / Self | No | No |
| Open Source | No | No |
| Webhooks | Yes | Yes |
| Global CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Cache Invalidation | Yes | No |
| Environment Management (Master, Sandbox, etc.) | Yes | Yes |
| Connect to a Third-Party REST API | Yes | No |
| Connect to a Third-Party GraphQL API | Yes | No |

Learn more about Hygraph's [core features](/features).

## Content Modelling

|  | Hygraph | DatoCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Schema Builder | Yes | Yes |
| Field Validations | Yes | Yes |
| Components | Yes | Yes |
| Nested Components | Yes | Yes |
| Filters | Yes | Yes |
| Flexible Content Modelling | Yes | Yes |
| Localisation (i18n) | Yes | Yes |
| Pagination | Yes | Yes |
| Required Fields | Yes | Yes |
| Saved Queries | Yes | Yes |
| Searchable Content | Yes | Yes |
| Sortable Relations | Yes | Yes |
| Sorting | Yes | Yes |
| Unique Fields | Yes | Yes |
| Validations | Yes | Yes |
| Versioning | Yes | Yes |

## Editorial Features and Content Management

|  | Hygraph | DatoCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Batch Overwrites | Yes | Yes |
| Batch Operations (Editing) | Yes | No |
| Batch Operations (Publish/Unpublish) | Yes | Yes |
| Batch Operations (Delete) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Asset Picker | Yes | yes |
| Content Type: Booleans (Checkbox) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Color | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Date and Time | Yes | yes |
| Content Type: Enumeration (Dropdown) | Yes | No |
| Content Type: Float (Decimals) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Integers (Numbers) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: JSON Editor | Yes | yes |
| Content Type: Map | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Markdown | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Multi Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: References | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG) | Yes | No |
| Content Type: Single Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Metadata | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Roles | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Stages | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Workflows | No | Yes  |
| Global Content CDN | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Unions (Polymorphic Relations) | Yes | Yes |
| Image Editor | Yes | Yes |
| Project Cloning | Yes | Yes |
| Rich Editing Interface | Yes | Yes |
| SEO Friendly | Yes | Yes |
| Static Site Generator Friendly | Yes | Yes |

Explore all of Hygraph's capabilities on our [features page](/features) and [docs](/docs).

## Digital Asset Management

|  | Hygraph | DatoCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Asset Transformations | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from Facebook | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from Google Drive | Yes | No |
| Assets from Instagram | Yes | No |
| Assets from Search | Yes | no |
| Assets from System | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from URL | Yes | Yes |
| Digital Asset Management (DAM) | Yes | Yes |
| Add Fields to the Default Asset Model | Yes | No |
| Global Asset CDN | Yes | No |
| SEO Optimized Asset Management | Yes | Yes |

## Community and Resources

|  | Hygraph | DatoCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Examples : Blog | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gatsby | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gridsome | Yes | No |
| Examples : NextJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : NuxtJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : ReactJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Sapper | Yes | No |
| Examples : Svelte | Yes | No |
| Examples : Union Types | Yes | Modular Blocks |
| Examples : VueJS | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : eCommerce | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Events and Conferences | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Marketing Website | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Podcasts | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Travel & Hospitality | Yes | Yes |

Explore more references on our [GitHub profile](https://github.com/hygraph), or view [examples created](https://github.com/hygraph/hygraph-examples) with Hygraph and popular frameworks like Gatsby, NextJS, Svelte, Gridsome, and Vue, amongst others.

## Plans and Pricing

|  | Hygraph | DatoCMS |
|-|-|-|
| Additional API Operations | 1,000,000/month 10c/10,000 On top | Unknown |
| Additional Asset Traffic | 500GB/month 10c/1GB On top | Yes |
| Content Entries | 10,000 - Unlimited | 30- custom models |
| Custom Pricing | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise Plans | Yes | Yes |
| Free forever community plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial for Premium features | Yes | No |
| Monthly and Annual Plans | Yes | Yes |
| Plans in EUR | Yes | Yes |
| Plans in USD | Yes | Unknown |
| Pricing By | Project | Project |
| Self Service Plans | Yes | One self service |

[Get started with a free forever developer plan](https://app.hygraph.com) or explore our other [pricing options](/pricing) to accommodate your scaling needs.

## Security, Compliance, and Support

|  | Hygraph | DatoCMS |
|-|-|-|
| 24/7 Infrastructure Monitoring | Yes | yes |
| Advanced Firewall Rules | Yes | Unknown |
| Audit Logs | Yes | Yes |
| Authentication | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Choice of data center | Yes | No |
| Community Support | Yes | Yes |
| Customer Success | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated Infrastructure | Yes | Dedicated S3 buckets |
| Email Support | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption at rest | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption in transit | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR Compliant Infrastructure | Yes | Yes |
| Hosted in Europe | Yes | Yes |
| Implementation Partner Network | Yes | Yes |
| Login with Github | Yes | No |
| Login with Socials | Yes | No |
| Onboarding and Architecture Support | Yes | Yes |
| Onsite Chat | Yes | No |
| Project Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Public Slack Channel | Yes | Yes |
| SLA Performance | Yes | Yes |
| SLA Support | Yes | Yes |
| Solution Architects | Yes | Yes |
| SSO Support | Yes | Yes |
| User Management | Yes | Yes |

> Note: We constantly monitor and update the information here as and when we're aware of any changes. For any inconsistencies or inaccuracies please [get in touch](/contact) to update the comparisons.

GraphCMS Vs. DatoCMS: GraphCMS as a DatoCMS Alternative

DatoCMS

Hygraph Vs. DatoCMS

## Why Hygraph is a better alternative to Sanity?

Sanity and Hygraph both are popular choices for dev teams. However, unlike Hygraph, Sanity lacks capabilities required by the non-dev stakeholders in your enterprise. 

Sanity’s UI is not the best for non-dev teams and lacks the CMS capabilities needed by them (e.g. content stages). Other downsides include having to separately host the editorial interface, not being backend agnostic, lack of a GraphQL mutations API and other GraphQL limitations. 

Lastly, Sanity does not offer audit logs and the ability to choose your datacenter location, which are important capabilities that might be needed.

## Challenges you are likely to face with Sanity

You are likely to face these challenges when using Sanity:
- The UI is not the best for non-dev teams. For example, it does not allow non-dev teams to create or edit the schema. Non-devs can’t customize how content is listed (create custom views), perform bulk actions on content, and much more.
- You need to host the CMS yourself, but the data is hosted by Sanity. There are no options to choose from if you are looking to host in your own region.
- It does not offer GraphQL by default and offers its own query language GROQ. GROQ is not a standard query API in the community, and many developers need to learn it from scratch while adopting it.
- It also allows you to deploy a GraphQL API, but with limitations. It’s only available for content delivery and you would have to use the REST API for mutations. You would have to make some changes to your schema to make it GraphQL compatible. 
- If you use the GraphQL API, this makes the schema of your content public, so all types and fields will be introspectable by anonymous users.
- It does not allow you to connect to any third-party API.
- You can't define detailed permissions. For instance, you can allow a user to access “blogs”, but can’t add a condition (e.g., { "author": "John" }), or define stages or locales.
- It offers no audit logs at the moment.
- Lacks depth when it comes to certain content management capabilities. For instance, Sanity doesn’t offer custom content stages, batch operations, in-line or block embedding of content, the ability to create custom views, localized search, location based permissions, the ability to nest components and more. 

On the other hand, Hygraph offers the capabilities to solve all of these challenges. [Sign up for a free developer account](https://app.hygraph.com/signup) to experience the difference.

## API and Core Features

|  | Hygraph | Sanity |
|-|-|-|
| Cloud Hosted (SaaS) | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Regions | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Content API | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL Management API | Yes | No  |
| GraphQL Mutations | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Native | Yes | No  |
| Public API | Yes | Yes |
| Public API Permissions | Yes | No |
| API Playground | Yes | Yes |
| Front-End Agnostic | Yes | Yes |
| Image Delivery and Transformation API | Yes | Yes |
| Migration Tools | Yes | Yes |
| Simple User Permissions | Yes | Yes |
| Granular User Permissions | Yes | No |
| On premises hosting / Self | No | No  |
| Open Source | No | No  |
| Webhooks | Yes | Yes |
| Global CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Cache Invalidation | Yes | No |
| Environment Management (Master, Sandbox, etc.) | Yes | Yes |
| Connect to a Third-Party REST API | Yes | No |
| Connect to a Third-Party GraphQL API | Yes | No |

Learn more about Hygraph's [core features](/features).

## Content Modelling

|  | Hygraph | Sanity |
|-|-|-|
| Schema Builder | Yes | No |
| Field Validations | Yes | Yes |
| Components | Yes | Yes |
| Nested Components | Yes | No |
| Filters | Yes | Yes |
| Flexible Content Modelling | Yes | Yes |
| Localisation (i18n) | Yes | Yes |
| Pagination | Yes | Yes |
| Required Fields | Yes | Yes |
| Saved Queries | Yes | No |
| Searchable Content | Yes | Yes |
| Sortable Relations | Yes | Yes |
| Sorting | Yes | Yes |
| Unique Fields | Yes | No |
| Versioning | Yes | Yes |

## Editorial Features and Content Management

|  | Hygraph | Sanity |
|-|-|-|
| Batch Overwrites | Yes | Yes |
| Batch Operations (Editing) | Yes | No |
| Batch Operations (Publish/Unpublish) | Yes | No |
| Batch Operations (Delete) | Yes | No |
| Content Type: Asset Picker | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Booleans (Checkbox) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Color | Yes | Yes, plugin |
| Content Type: Date and Time | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Enumeration (Dropdown) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Float (Decimals) | Yes | No |
| Content Type: Integers (Numbers) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: JSON Editor | Yes | Unknown |
| Content Type: Map | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Markdown | Yes | Yes, plugin |
| Content Type: Multi Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: References | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Type: Single Line Text | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Metadata | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Roles | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Stages | Yes | No |
| Global Content CDN | Yes | No |
| GraphQL Unions (Polymorphic Relations) | Yes | Yes |
| Image Editor | Yes | Yes |
| Project Cloning | Yes | Unknown |
| Rich Editing Interface | Yes | Yes |
| SEO Friendly | Yes | Yes |
| Static Site Generator Friendly | Yes | Yes |

Explore all of Hygraphs capabilities on our [features page](/features) and [docs](/docs).

## Digital Asset Management

|  | Hygraph | Sanity |
|-|-|-|
| Asset Transformations | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from Facebook | Yes | No  |
| Assets from Google Drive | Yes | No  |
| Assets from Instagram | Yes | No  |
| Assets from Search | Yes | No  |
| Assets from System | Yes | Yes |
| Assets from URL | Yes | No  |
| Digital Asset Management (DAM) | Yes | Plugin  |
| Add Fields to the Default Asset Model | Yes | No |
| Global Asset CDN | Yes | No  |
| SEO Optimized Asset Management | Yes | Yes |

## Community and Resources

|  | Hygraph | Sanity |
|-|-|-|
| Examples : Blog | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gatsby | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Gridsome | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : NextJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : NuxtJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : ReactJS | Yes | Yes |
| Examples : Sapper | Yes | Template project |
| Examples : Svelte | Yes | No  |
| Examples : Union Types | Yes | No  |
| Examples : VueJS | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : eCommerce | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Events and Conferences | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Marketing Website | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Podcasts | Yes | Yes |
| Reference App : Travel & Hospitality | Yes | No  |

Explore more references on our [GitHub profile](https://github.com/hygraph), or view [examples created](https://github.com/hygraph/hygraph-examples) with Hygraph and popular frameworks like Gatsby, NextJS, Svelte, Gridsome, and Vue, amongst others.

## Plans and Pricing

|  | Hygraph | Sanity |
|-|-|-|
| Additional API Operations | 1,000,000/month 10c/10,000 On top | $1 per 25k additional API Requests per month |
| Additional Asset Traffic | 500GB/month 10c/1GB On top | $1 per 100k additional API CDN Requests per month |
| Content Entries | 10,000 - Unlimited | unlimited Assets, Documents, Bandwidth limited |
| Custom Pricing | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise Plans | Yes | Yes |
| Free forever community plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial for Premium features | Yes | Yes |
| Monthly and Annual Plans | Yes | No  |
| Plans in EUR | Yes | No |
| Plans in USD | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing By | Project | Project |
| Self Service Plans | Yes | Yes |

[Get started with a free forever developer plan](https://app.hygraph.com) or explore our other [pricing options](/pricing) to accommodate your scaling needs.

## Security, Compliance, and Support

|  | Hygraph | Sanity |
|-|-|-|
| 24/7 Infrastructure Monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Firewall Rules | Yes | Unknown |
| Audit Logs | Yes | No |
| Authentication | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Choice of data center | Yes | No |
| Community Support | Yes | Yes |
| Customer Success | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated Infrastructure | Yes | Yes |
| Email Support | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption at rest | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption in transit | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR Compliant Infrastructure | Yes | Yes |
| Hosted in Europe | Yes | Yes |
| Implementation Partner Network | Yes | Yes |
| Login with Github | Yes | Yes |
| Login with Socials | Yes | No |
| Onboarding and Architecture Support | Yes | Yes |
| Onsite Chat | Yes | No |
| Project Backups | Yes | No  |
| Public Slack Channel | Yes | Yes |
| SLA Performance | Yes | Yes |
| SLA Support | Yes | Yes |
| Solution Architects | Yes | Unknown |
| SSO Support | Yes | Yes |
| User Management | Yes | Yes |

> Note: We constantly monitor and update the information here as and when we're aware of any changes. For any inconsistencies or inaccuracies please [get in touch](/contact) to update the comparisons.

GraphCMS Vs. Sanity: GraphCMS as a Sanity Alternative

Sanity

Hygraph Vs. Sanity

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