Sanity vs WooCommerce

Developer-first CMS meets wordpress's e-commerce sidekick. Here's our take.

Sanity

Nice Pick

Developer-first CMS. Customizable everything.

Pros

• Highly customizable
• Real-time collaboration
• Great DX
• GROQ queries

Cons

• Learning curve
• Can get complex
• Pricing scales

WooCommerce

WordPress's e-commerce sidekick. It turns your blog into a store, but good luck keeping up with the plugin updates.

Pros

• Seamless integration with WordPress, leveraging its CMS for content and SEO
• Highly customizable with thousands of themes and extensions
• Open-source and free to start, ideal for small businesses on a budget

Cons

• Can get bloated and slow with too many plugins, requiring constant optimization
• Security and maintenance rely heavily on third-party extensions, increasing vulnerability risks

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. Sanity is a headless cms while WooCommerce is a hosting & deployment. We picked Sanity based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

Sanity wins

Based on overall popularity. Sanity is more widely used, but WooCommerce excels in its own space.