Service comparison

Contentful vs. Sanity

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

Last 90 days · 28 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Contentful

contentful.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  98.07%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  20
  
  4 major · 16 minor
- Median resolution
  
  57m
- Longest outage
  
  12h 47m
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Sanity

sanity.io

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  99.19%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  8
  
  3 major · 5 minor
- Median resolution
  
  39m
- Longest outage
  
  6h 6m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Contentful	Sanity	Δ
Last 24 hours	93.89%	100.00%	-6.11 pp
Last 7 days	99.13%	100.00%	-0.87 pp
Last 30 days	95.82%	99.42%	-3.60 pp
Last 90 days	98.07%	99.19%	-1.12 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Contentful

20 total

4 major 16 minor
- Median resolution
  
  57m
- Longest outage
  
  12h 47m
Sanity

8 total

3 major 5 minor
- Median resolution
  
  39m
- Longest outage
  
  6h 6m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Contentful
- Jun 30
  
  Latency and errors using Content Model Templates
  
  1h 28m
  
  Minor
- Jun 29
  
  Issues signing in to Contentful using GitHub
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Jun 28
  
  Periodic errors and latency spikes on Contentful Management and Preview APIs.
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
- Jun 18
  
  Connection issues with the Management and Preview APIs
  
  4h 46m
  
  Minor
- Jun 18
  
  Cloudinary asset picker not working
  
  26m
  
  Minor
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Sanity
- Jun 25
  
  Query Performance Degradation for Some Customers
  
  < 1m
  
  Major
- Jun 15
  
  Slow Query Performance for Some Customers
  
  4h 9m
  
  Major
- May 29
  
  Content Agent - Delivery issue with some longer-running threads
  
  5h 55m
  
  Minor
- May 1
  
  Sanity MCP Server Unavailability
  
  1h 18m
  
  Major
- Apr 14
  
  Issues with organization and project creation
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

Sanity wins

Sanity edges out on 90-day uptime.

Contentful posted 98.07% vs. 99.19% for Sanity (Δ -1.12 pp). Incidents: 20 vs. 8 (+12).

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