Service comparison

Contentful vs. Sanity

Contentful vs. Sanity — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 25 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Contentful

contentful.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  97.55%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  15
  
  2 major · 13 minor
- Median resolution
  
  2h 27m
- Longest outage
  
  12h 47m
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Sanity

sanity.io

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  99.08%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  10
  
  4 major · 6 minor
- Median resolution
  
  23m
- Longest outage
  
  6h 20m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Contentful	Sanity	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	97.07%	99.55%	-2.48 pp
Last 30 days	98.89%	98.63%	+0.26 pp
Last 90 days	97.55%	99.08%	-1.53 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (Contentful minus Sanity). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Contentful

15 total

2 major 13 minor
- Median resolution
  
  2h 27m
- Longest outage
  
  12h 47m
Sanity

10 total

4 major 6 minor
- Median resolution
  
  23m
- Longest outage
  
  6h 20m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Contentful
- Aug 17
  
  Experience API experiencing issues on upsert operations
  
  2h 51m
  
  Minor
- Aug 13
  
  Errors on Content Management API
  
  2h 4m
  
  Major
- Aug 10
  
  Increased latency and error rates for Snapshots
  
  3h 6m
  
  Minor
- Jul 3
  
  Errors on requests to Contentful from Frankfurt (FRA) region
  
  7h 53m
  
  Minor
- Jul 2
  
  Errors on Contentful Content Management and Preview APIs.
  
  6h 34m
  
  Minor
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Sanity
- Aug 17
  
  Intermittent Studio connectivity issues for some customers
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
- Aug 14
  
  Elevated API and API CDN rates
  
  45m
  
  Major
- Aug 6
  
  Elevated API and API CDN error rate for some customers
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
- Jul 24
  
  Elevated errors serving images and assets
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
- Jul 22
  
  Partial Live Content API outages in some regions
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

Sanity wins

Sanity edges out on 90-day uptime.

Contentful posted 97.55% vs. 99.08% for Sanity (Δ -1.53 pp). Incidents: 15 vs. 10 (+5).

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